CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOD PLEASER2 Corinthians 5:9 (English Standard Version) 9So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to(A) please him. 1. He relizes that he cannot please God apart from being a Christian. Romans 8:8-9 (English Standard Version) 8Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact(A) the Spirit of God dwells in you.(B) Anyone who does not have(C) the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.2. He studies the scriptures to understand exactly what it takes to please God.Psalm 40:8 (English Standard Version) 8(A) I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is(B) within my heart."3. In everything he does he is conscious of pleasing God. Colossians 3:2 (English Standard Version) 2(A) Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth4. When he pleases people, he does so out of loving motives, not selfish ones.1 Corinthians 13 The Way of Love 1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I have(A) prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith,(B) so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3(C) If I give away all I have, and(D) if I deliver up my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.5. He knows that “It is more blessed to give than to receive.â€Because the man who loves to please God is not consumed by selfishness or fear, his focus is on what he can give, not on what he can get.6. He considers amending not only his actions, but also his thoughts and motives.Sanctifying the inner man, whom no one but the Lord sees, is the ambition of this God fearing man. . Luke 11:39-40 (English Standard Version) 39And the Lord said to him, (A) "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of(B) greed and wickedness. 40(C) You fools!(D) Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?7. He is concerned about fulfilling not only his public duties but also his private ones. I will(D) walk with(E) integrity of heart within my house; 8. He is more concerned with what God sees in his heart that man sees in his appearance.9. He programs his conscience by the Bible rather than by the culture.10. He does not shy away from necessary conflict or confrontation. Proverbs 28:23 (English Standard Version) 23Whoever(A) rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than(B) he who flatters with his tongue.11. He does not worry or fret when he displeases people if , if so doing he pleases God. ___________________________________________________________
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