"Good" without God is not "Good"

(This stemmed from a conversation I had with a friend last night)

As Christians, being “good” is not as broad as how the world sees “good”. You can do the exact same thing non-Christians would believe to be “good”, but not really be doing good. Even if it was done with sincerity. 

We, with our flawed nature, innately do NOT have goodness in us. Goodness springs from God’s love for us. It’s not in doing things we merely believe to be right, but rather a manifestation of God’s love and glory overflowing from our hearts. 

We might save a baby from a burning house, but unless we do it for God’s glory, we are not really doing “good”. We act on our own "logical" belief that the baby should be saved, and not by our belief that God would want us to save the child. There is no God in the former. And without God in it, it cannot be considered "good". 

Universal ethics do not constitute what God considers “good”. Rather, Christ-centered ethicality is the main and ONLY foundation of goodness. God IS good. And He is the ONLY good. ALL THE TIME.