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Things that Please God

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Things that Please God

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Listen to this sermonPleasing to God · December 21, 2014 · slides available

Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:7-11

Pleasing to God

Intro.

1. To please someone means to be and to do what is acceptable to them.

2. Our aim must be to please God, 2 Cor. 5:9. Note how “we are well-pleased” corresponds with our being “well-pleasing” to the Lord (Lenski), 2 Cor. 5:8, 9.

3. Things that please God.

I. WALKING BY FAITH PLEASES GOD, 2 Cor. 5:7; Heb. 11:5-6.

A. Faith that Obeys the Word of God, Jno. 8:55 (29); 1 Jno. 3:22.

B. Faith that Endures (patient, steadfast), Heb. 10:36-39.

C. Faith that Worships God, Jno. 4:23-24. (God's way, not man's.)

1. Not due to convenience, but the conviction of faith.

2. Not those who worship only if it is easy; but when it is hard.

II. LIVING IN THE SPIRIT PLEASES GOD, Rom. 8:8-9.

A. Those in Christ are not Condemned, and Live according to the Spirit, Rom. 8:1-4.

B. The Spiritually Minded have Life and Peace, Rom. 8:5-7.

1. They submit to the law of God, Rom. 8:5.

2. They set their minds on heavenly things and put to death the sins of the flesh, Col. 3:1-17.

3. They follow the Spirit's word, bear His fruit, Gal. 5:22-26 (16-18).

III. GOSPEL PREACHING PLEASES GOD, 1 Cor. 1:21.

A. God's Message (not the messenger) is the Focus, 1 Cor. 1:23; 2:1-5.

1. Because it saves, 1:21. (Rom. 1:16)

2. Because it is the power and wisdom of God, 1:23-24.

IV. A LIFE THAT IS WORTHY (BECOMING) OF THE LORD PLEASES GOD, Col. 1:9-12 (Heb. 13:21).

A. Fruitful in Every Good Work, 1:10 (Eph. 2:10).

1. Requires knowledge of His will, Col. 1:9 (2 Pet. 3:18).

2. Requires wisdom (spiritual understanding), Col. 1:9 (Jas. 3:13).

3. Requires strength, patience, longsuffering (with joy), thankfulness, Col. 1:11-12.

V. FOR CHILDREN TO OBEY THEIR PARENTS PLEASES GOD, Col. 3:20.

A. Discipline Trains Respect for Parents and for God, Heb. 12:9-11.

VI. SINGULAR DEVOTION PLEASES GOD, 1 Cor. 7:32-33.

-Worldly entanglements hinder success, 2 Tim. 2:4. Heb. 12:1

A. Devoted Holiness, 1 Cor. 7:34 (1 Pet. 1:14-16).

B. Devoted Priorities, Matt. 6:33 ("...not as I will, but as You will", Matt. 26:39).

C. Devoted Love and Allegiance, Lk. 14:26 (Matt. 22:37).

Conclusion

1. Only living sacrifices are acceptable to God, Rom. 12:1.

2. Judgment Day is the reason we must please God, 2 Cor. 5:10.

3. We seek to persuade you to please God, 2 Cor. 5:11.

By: Joe R. Price

Posted: December 17, 2014

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