NONE GOOD by Max Hill

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Apr 3, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 14.

NONE GOOD.

By Max Hill

“THERE is none that doeth good; no, not one.” How fond some people are of quoting this passage! What satisfaction they get from a text that seems to implicate all in evil-doing! What a theme for prayer meeting! We speak of trying to serve the Lord “in our weak way,” of “wanting” to do what is right; we are made sad to see the evil in the world about us, sorry we ourselves make so many mistakes; but “there is none good; no, not one!”

What a wail! Of course there is none good; no, not one—of himself. The natural man is not good, and this is the class David is speaking of, the fool that says in his heart, “There is no God,” the children of men that do not understand and seek God. They are not good. But there is One good, and that is God. His love, His perfection, His goodness, will cover all the imperfection of the man who will allow Him to do so. Man is not good because he is willing, wills to be otherwise.

Then what shall our testimony be? That we are perfect? By no means. Let it be, God is good, God is love, God is strong; His strength overtops “my weak way,” and I, too, am strong; and being strong in Him in whom I can do all things, I not only want to do His will, but am determined to do so. The world is evil; God give me strength and wisdom to help lead it to Thee. I do make mistakes; but I have an Advocate with the Father. I am not good myself of myself, but there are good men in the world, because God is good, and He can make me good.

Max Hill.