Godfidence is a surrendered life at God's terms and not our own. God's terms are simple. Power, Love and Sound Mind or a simple dyad - Justice and Righteousness!

2 Timothy 1:7 He has NOT given us a spirit of Fear but of POWER, LOVE and SOUNDMIND.

Hosea 6:6 He desires mercy, not just sacrifices

Matthew 9:13 He desires mercy

Matthew 12:7 He desires mercy.

Isaiah 1: The sinful nation is broken and rejected. Their sacrifices, feats and gatherings (vs 13-14), and their prayers (vs 15) are rejected.

Solution: - vs 16 righteousness, vs 17 seek justice, vs 19 willing and obedient heart.

Isaiah 1 They trust in rituals - cleanse oneself and seek justice

Isaiah 2 They trust in other men - get rid of the idols

Isaiah 3 They trust in resources and supplies - vs 10 righteousness shall persevere. Vs 10 tell the righteous it shall be well with them!

Godfidence is the courage to carry on.

Matthew 7:1-28 treatise on

vs 11 Good Gifts!

"If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him?"

God gives us the "good gifts" of wisdom to be able to "fulfill the law - love neighbor as self.Galatians 5:14For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.Matthew 7: 12 "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

- Not to judge as God already have accepted them

- posture of grace

- Matt 7:6 posture of measured wisdom

- asking, seeking and knocking to have wisdom

- seeking the narrow, more difficult way that leads to life, that of love

- sacrificial and selfless - not as greedy ravenous wolves vs 15-16

- having good fruit

- strong, founded on the rock vs 25

- without wisdom in love, the foundation has the risk of a big fall.

Jesus the master orator, spoke with masterful demonstration of the need to not only hear but diligently carry out the mandate to love others as self - brilliant masterpiece! Thank you Jesus!

Jesus is introduced as logos in John 1: which emphasizes Jesus as deity himself. His teachings are genuine, truth on morality sending light to a world that needed truth.

Jesus Taught, Debated and Dialoged on various themes and topics.

Good reason is making sense to an audience, rational proofs, arguments to make clear and logical connections between ideas.

Jesus uses all forms of argument-types including causal, rebuttal, proposal, evaluation and narrative arguments.

Jesus gives rational proofs with evidence on themes of love, faith, forgiveness, repentance, kingdom of God, materialism, humility, sacrifice of self, service, prayer and much much more!