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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