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!

Jesus uses "Good" or "God-inspired" Rhetorical devices to essentially "bring-out" the truth in ways that unpacked the truths of God's kingdom. He makes use of rhetorical devices to help simplify complex or abstract concepts to be concrete, and relatable. This helped to enhance engagement, understanding, vivid imagery, memorability, impactful and concise communication of the kingdom truths. Jesus uses metaphor, Analogy, Idioms, Simile, Personification, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Synecdoche and Euphemisms rhetorical devices in his speaking that achieved emotional connection with his audiences!

Let's indulge in story 3, 4 and 5 of Jesus to assess the impact of each story. Jesus told his truths in stories to emphasize truth, to be memorable, to teach and to demonstrate heaven's perspective! What a responsibility - Jesus carried out generously - left us timeless parables and simple stories, memorable and clear to effectively "write-the-law" in our hearts and minds to prepare us for the Kingdom of God.

Jesus used Story abundantly in his speaking, more than 46 times! The simple story elements served the depth of understanding of the Kingdom that Jesus sought to convey deeply. The story elements of plot, setting, character, perceptive and theme; helped transform what we know about heaven, love, forgiveness, rejoicing, leadership and the value of prayer. Jesus uses both the simple emotion-rich parables and the deep abstract "Allegory" that gave a multiple perspectives of the kingdom of God. He serves us the narrative structure of story including exposition, raising action, climax, falling action and resolution to construct complete allegories to explain a deep embedded truth!

Lord that you would open our eyes to see your truth in your word!

Good Emotions!

Pathos, which is emotional appeal was a central strategy in Jesus' speaking. Emotions provide the "flesh" for the logical framework backbone of ideas in the 4 "E"s

Elaboration (evoke feelings), Emotional impact (empathy and impact of an argument joy, fear, hope etc), Examples (vivid descriptions) and Effectiveness (lived experiences) .

Pathos is crucial because the goal of kingdom speaking is not to "tell" but to INSPIRE obedience, a response, and faith!

Good Dynamism!

Jesus illustrates Dynamism in His speaking in the most unique way because of the message and truth He needed to convey to his audiences. His techniques check all the boxes of charisma, energy, power, vocal techniques, body language and content and delivery that served to demonstrate "dynamism" to his audiences and make his message compelling. But in this episode, we explore why his message was delivered with "good dynamism" - unique and fitting for every occasion, revealing glory or grace and truth (John 1:14) that drew people to God.

John 7:18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him. Sums up Jesus dynamism, seeking to illuminate (Hebrews 1:3) the glory (grace and truth) of the father.