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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: What Is the Highest Good in Life?
Description: But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge.Psalm 73:28Asaph began Psalm 73 saying, “Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart” (73:1). What does it mean to say that “God is good to Israel?” The ancient philosophers —Plato, Socrates, etc.—used to debate what was the highest good in life. They used an old Latin phrase —the summum bonum—which is the highest good. What is the highest good?Asaph says to us: “It is good to be near to God” (73:2...