Mary Lynne Webb

 This thought popped in my head as I was praying after reading Proverbs 28 this morning. It’s interesting that as I have read through the Bible, this was the chapter that I read this morning. (I won’t expand on that but I encourage you to read that chapter for yourself.)  We think that our government should work for the common good, but as individuals we are sinful. Some of us recognize our sinfulness and turn to Jesus for forgiveness as we accept Him as Savior and submit to Him as Lord. Some want His salvation without His Lordship. Others are apathetic, agnostic or atheists. Others are blatantly, unashamedly evil. We cannot talk about the common good when we are rejecting God’s precepts and submitting to the evil around us.  Let me talk about what I believe the true common good means. First, none of us are good. We just established that in the previous chapter. Only God is truly good. Mark 10:18 Holman Christian Standard Bible 18 “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked hi...