What standard do you use to measure your own and others goodness? I ask because perceptions of goodness, our own included, are relative to the standard by which we measure them. C.S.Lewis once said, 'The holier I get, the unholier I realise I am.' In other words, the more he matured toward Christ's likeness (Lewis's standard of goodness), the greater his realisation on how far he had to go. Likewise, for Jesus, the standard was his Father (Mark 10:18). Which is to say: God's standard of good is Himself. A standard by which God looks upon humanity and declares, "There is none that does good, no, not one." (Romans 3:12); another way of saying that in comparison to God our goodness is negligible. Sound too harsh? Surely some part of how we live could be commended as good? The problem, again, is perspective. So easy it is to measure goodness by the standard of the fallen creation, rather than the Holy Creator. A perspective that prejudices us against the ...