The Only Way to Please God

What about people who do good things, but don’t believe in God? Hebrews 11:6 says – without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is what pleases God. It involves both the inner motivation and the outer manifestation. In other words, faith takes action on a heartfelt desire to please God. But Romans 8:7 says that human nature is hostile to God. Romans 8:8 says that unbelievers cannot please God. Romans 8:9 says that unbelievers don’t have the Spirit of God. So, unsaved people can do good things by God’s common grace. And they can have good motives, in the sense of wanting to help people and make the world a better place. But they cannot be consciously dependent on God’s grace and desiring God’s glory. And so, at their heart level, they do not desire to please God. An idea of God may be motivating their life. But without the Spirit of God, the One True God isn’t in their life. Faith in Jesus is what pleases God. 

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Push You Down

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Are You Ready to Be Nobody?

If you want to have true, lasting, godly impact, and be rewarded by Jesus for it, in eternity, you must kill your longing for personal distinction. Aim for faithfulness, not fame. God rewards according to your heart, not people’s opinions.  Hudson Taylor said – A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness to a little thing is a big thing.

Are you ready to be nobody in this world, if you’re somebody to God?  What kind of distinction do you need to be truly satisfied in God? Pray that God would grant you to seek your commendation from him. Instead of trying to make your name great, make Jesus look great. Stop trying to make a name for yourself. Jesus has made a name for you. The Bible calls it Christian. 

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Christianity, Jesus, You

Christianity and salvation are about Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who became a sinless man to pay the penalty of your sin and give you the reward of his righteousness. On the cross, God treated Jesus as if he lived your life so that he could treat you as if you lived his life. He takes the burden of what you’ve done and gives you the blessing of what he’s done. He takes your guilt, your shame, and your punishment. And he gives you his joy, his peace, and his presence. He died in this life to give you eternal life. He rose from the dead to prove it. And so, if you give him the right to your life, he gives you the right to his life.

Here’s what I say to that…Jesus, I trust in who you are and what you’ve done to save my soul. I give myself to you. Forgive my sins, and grant me eternal life. Amen. 

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Don’t Be Afraid to Be Small

In John 13, we see Jesus wash his disciples’ feet. And he asked them if they understood what he had done. Vs.13-17 say – You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. To be like Jesus as he washed feet means more than just duplicating the physical act. It means being dedicated to humble service. Not afraid to stoop down. Not afraid to get your hands dirty. Not afraid to seem like less. Not afraid to be small.

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