Pleasing

Mo. 9/10/12: Job 1:6 – 8                  Why was God pleased with Job?

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.

And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?”

So Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?”

Why was God pleased with Job? Job was unimpeachable (blameless) and still feared God.

Tu. 9/11/12: Proverbs 16:7                   What does pleasing God do?

When a man’s ways please the Lord,

He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

What does pleasing God do? Your enemies will be at peace with you!

We. 9/12/12: Colossians 3:20                  What is sure to please God?

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

What is sure to please God? Obeying parents is sure to please God.

Th. 9/13/12: Hebrews 13:20 – 21                  What do good works do?

Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

What do good works do? If our good works serve the will of God, it is well pleasing in His sight.

Fr. 9/14/12: Hebrews 11:6                  What cannot please God?

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

What cannot please God? Without faith you cannot please God.