The concept of the goodness of God is a central theme throughout the Bible, reflecting His benevolent nature and His desire for the well-being of His creation. Despite the clear manifestations of God's goodness, Scripture reveals that the wicked often disregard or reject this divine attribute.

Manifestations of God's Goodness

1. Creation: God's goodness is evident in the creation of the world. The beauty, order, and provision found in nature testify to His benevolent character. Psalm 33:5 states, "The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion."

2. Providence: God's ongoing care and provision for humanity further demonstrate His goodness. Acts 14:17 declares, "Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness."

3. Redemption: The ultimate manifestation of God's goodness is found in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. John 3:16 affirms, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."

The Wicked Disregard God's Goodness

1. Rejection of God's Revelation: Despite the clear evidence of God's goodness, the wicked often choose to ignore or reject it. Romans 1:20-21 explains, "For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts."

2. Ingratitude: A hallmark of the wicked is their lack of gratitude for God's goodness. In 2 Timothy 3:2 , Paul describes the wicked as "lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy."

3. Moral Corruption: The wicked often live in ways that are contrary to the goodness of God, embracing sin and moral corruption. Psalm 10:4 notes, "In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God."

4. Denial of God's Justice: The wicked may also deny or disregard the justice that accompanies God's goodness. Malachi 2:17 states, "You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you ask, 'How have we wearied Him?' By saying, 'All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,' or, 'Where is the God of justice?'"

5. Consequences of Disregard: The Bible warns of the consequences for those who disregard God's goodness. Proverbs 1:24-26 warns, "Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you."

The goodness of God is a profound and pervasive truth in Scripture, yet the wicked often choose to disregard it, leading to spiritual blindness and moral decay. The Bible consistently calls individuals to recognize and respond to God's goodness with gratitude, obedience, and faith.Nehemiah 9:35
For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and fat land which you gave before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

The Bible --The Background and the Picture.
... our relations to perfect our condition and declare the glorious goodness of an ... the
devil; for God was with him." The presence of God was manifested in his ...
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Twenty Second Sunday after Trinity Paul's Thanks and Prayers for ...
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The Sovereignty of God in Reprobation
... verily, they do but despise "His goodness, and forbearance ... Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church-declares, "God, by an ... His glorious grace, to be manifested in due ...
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Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance.
... Hence the Church [321] extols the goodness of God, and ... to extinguish the truth of
God when manifested to them ... there cannot be the least doubt that God will be ...
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"It is Finished"
... Through Jesus, God's mercy was manifested to men; but ... thou be any more." Then "the
wicked shall not be ... A doubt of God's goodness would have remained in their ...
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The Marriage of Cana
... You have heard how he manifested, and will yet manifest his ... to undertake to sanctify
the elect people of God: and it ... it with a sense of his goodness, and makes ...
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Of Faith. The Definition of It. Its Peculiar Properties.
... that in the person of Christ the glory of God is visibly manifested to us ... to
faith"an assurance which leaves no doubt that the goodness of God is clearly ...
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Covenanting Adapted to the Moral Constitution of Man.
... of it as a guide to duty, manifested by receiving it ... to lay hold upon the proposals
of God's goodness and mercy ... Christian Church was pure, the law of God was to ...
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Trinity Sunday the Article of Faith on the Trinity.
... Again, because when he was sent he manifested himself, and ... be glorified because he
manifests such unutterable goodness to all ... God must defeat minds so perverted ...
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The Priesthood of Christ
... and attention which you have hitherto manifested, and which I ... two combatants that
were, in God, the supreme protectresses of all equity and goodness. ...
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