Can God Be Pleased?

Can God be Pleased?
Hebrews 11:6
Diligently Seeking God …
Hebrews 11:6 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.
Signs of unbelief, shallow faith …
Too many nominal Christians …
Weakness and watered down commitment …
Too far behind in our spiritual development …
Seek God more diligently …
Hebrews 11:6 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.
Pleasing God …
Discouragement is all too prevalent, even among those who take God most seriously …
Can God be pleased ? …
Two dangerous extremes …

Can God be pleased ? …
Isaiah 64:6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags;
Luke 17:10 So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.'"
Truth #1: God Can be Pleased …
Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, "and was not found, because God had taken him"; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
God Can be Pleased …
Numbers 6:24-26 "The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace."'
God Can be Pleased …
Psalms 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.
Matthew 25:21 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.”
Truth #2: It is our Faith that Pleases God …
Leviticus 18:5 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.

Truth #2: It is our Faith that Pleases God …
Galatians 3:10-12 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them."11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith."12 Yet the law is not of faith, but "the man who does them shall live by them."
Truth #2: It is our Faith that Pleases God …
Romans 10:3-5 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them.
Truth #2: It is our Faith that Pleases God …
Romans 7:19-24 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
Truth #2: It is our Faith that Pleases God …
Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.
Truth #2: It is our Faith that Pleases God …
Romans 5:1-2 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Truth #2: It is our Faith that Pleases God …
Romans 4:3-5 For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."4 Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. 5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,
Truth #2: It is our Faith that Pleases God …
Philippians 3:9-11 that I may know Him and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; …
Abraham the great example of Faith …
Genesis 15:6 And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
Hebrews 11:8-10 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
Abraham the great example of Faith …
Hebrews 11:18-19 of whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called,"19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
James 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called the friend of God.
Faith allows both confidence and humility …
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
1 John 4:17-19 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.18 There is no fear in love; …
Importance of these truths …
Truth #1: God Can be Pleased … this gives confidence!
Truth #2: It is by our Faith we can please God … this imparts humility to us and takes away self-righteousness.
Faith allows both confidence and humility …
2 Corinthians 5:9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died;15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
Faith allows both confidence and humility …
Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Our highest goal pleasing God …
Seeing God as a Father who smiles on His children …
He is not only pleased, He delights in our faith …
Know that we have a Father who rejoices with us and embraces us with His loving arms …
Can God be Pleased?
Hebrews 11:6