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Pleasing God Makes Christian Decisions Simple

Romans 8:8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Galatians 5:17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.

We cannot please both men and God. Paul had to make a committment to be pleasing to God even if it meant turning men against himself.

From the beginning God has blessed those who were pleasing to Him. Enoch who lived before Noah was taken directly to heaven because he was a man who pleased God.

Romans 15:1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves

When Jesus arrived on this earth as a baby, the angels announced His arrival and proclaimed peace on earth "among men with whom He is pleased". God peace is there for those who please Him.

Pleasing God is something that can only be done by those who walk in the spirit of God and do not follow their fleshly desires. The flesh is the enemy of spiritual things so that what pleases us is not the way we live.

We should walk in a way that is worthy of the God that we serve. That means we should please Him in every way we can and bear fruit in good works and increase in the knowledge of God.

Luke 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased."

1 Cor 10:5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.

Even Jesus did not seek to please Himself but came to please His people. how much we ought to please others by meeting the needs of those around us.

The Word of God instructs us on what is pleasing to God. We need to learn hiw to walk and please Him and continue to excel in it.

Galatians 1:10 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.

Ephesians 6:6 not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

Paul speaks of the analogy of a soldier and his committment and devotion to the people he is serving. We need also to cimmot ourselves and discipline ourselves so that we may please the One whom we serve.

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Romans 15:3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "THE REPROACHES OF THOSE WHO REPROACHED YOU FELL ON ME."

Coloss 1:10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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Coloss 3:22 Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external ser

"...walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects..."
Colossians 1:10

1 Thess 4:1 Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more.

Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must belie

Hebrews 13:16 And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

2 Cor 5:9 Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at

Ephesians 5:10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

Philipp 4:18 But I have received everything in full and have

Hebrews 13:21 equip you in every good thing to do His will,

Coloss 3:20 Children, be obedient to your parents in all thi

1 Thess 2:4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts.

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Titus 2:9 Urge bondslaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.

1 John 3:22 and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because

God is not pleased with the world, but He also can be unpleased with Christians if we do not press on to spiritual maturity.

Where pleasing God begins is with faith. If yo do not have faith towards God you cannot please God. It is impossible.

A real temptation in life is to seek to please men rather than please God. God warns us of this danger and encourages us to do God's will from our hearts.

The church is the bride of Christ. How important that Bride is to God and therefore ought to be important to us. As we bear the weaknesses of God's Children we are not just pleasing ourselves, but pleasing Him.

Pleasing God does not come naturally to anyone, not even the Christian. We must learn what is pleasing to God by the continual study of His Ways and His thoughts as taught to us in His "Word.

2 Timothy 2:4 No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.