Pleasing God
How can I please God?
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Pleasing God is, or should be, the goal of all believers—all who call upon the name of Christ for salvation.
The requirements for all who want to
please God are that they must seek God by faith, walk in the Spirit and not in
the flesh, and walk worthy of our calling in obedience and submission to the
will of God.
These things may seem impossible to do,
but God wants us to please Him, and He makes it possible for us to please Him.
We do these things by the power of His Spirit who lives in our hearts.
Paul reminds the believers in Rome that “they who are in the flesh cannot please
God” (Romans 8:8).
So the first step in pleasing God is to
accept the sacrifice for sin that He provided in the death of Jesus Christ on
the cross.
Only then are we “in the Spirit” and not “in
the flesh.”
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We do this by faith because “without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Hebrews 11:6).
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We do this by faith because “without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Hebrews 11:6).
In Romans
8, Paul explains the difference between the sinful nature and the nature
of those regenerated by the Spirit.
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Those who are still in their sin have their minds set on sinful desires, whereas the ones regenerated by Christ have a completely new mind that is controlled by the Spirit and desire to live in accordance with Him.
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Those who are still in their sin have their minds set on sinful desires, whereas the ones regenerated by Christ have a completely new mind that is controlled by the Spirit and desire to live in accordance with Him.
“The
mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and
peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor
can it do so” (Romans 8:6-7).
So the first step for believers in
pleasing God is to be sure we are walking in the Spirit, not in the flesh.
Furthermore, we must live by faith (Hebrews 10:38).
God cannot be pleased with those who
“shrink back” from Him because they have no confidence in Him or they doubt the
truth of His declarations and promises, or who do not believe that His ways are
right and holy and perfect.
The requirement of faith and confidence
in God is not unreasonable; it is just what we require of our children and
spouses, and it is an indispensable condition of our being pleased with them.
So it is with God.
Therefore, pleasing God is a matter of living
according to His precepts, commandments, and doing so in love.
We always want to please those we love,
and the New Testament is full of exhortations to righteous living and loving
Christ by obeying His commandments.
Jesus made this very plain: “If you love me, you will obey what I
command” (John 14:15).
The Epistles are God’s plan for
believers and are filled with exhortations to display throughout our lives the
behavior that is pleasing to God: “For
the rest, then, my brothers, we beseech you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus,
that, as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so
you would abound more and more” (1 Thessalonians 4:1).
Would you want to have a deeper relationship
with God?
God has made it possible
for you to know Him
Say the following
prayer:
“Father God, I confess I am a sinner and my sins
have separated me from You.
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Maranatha!
Maranatha!
lyrics
Lord
I want to live my lifeTo please You
I bring my heart before You
To remold
Make of me a vessel fit for honor
That I might shine for You
As sparkling gold
(chorus)
To be pleasing You, pleasing You
This is all really want to do
To be pleasing You, pleasing You
This is all really want to do
Lord
I lift my heart in full surrender
All that I hold dear I give to You
Purify my heart and make me holy
That's pleasing You
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All that I hold dear I give to You
Purify my heart and make me holy
That's pleasing You
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