07-26-20, Proverbs 15;33-16;11, Pleasing God

Proverbs 15:33-16:11
Pleasing God
July 26, 2020
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA

What’s the number one thing?
The Glory of God!
1 Corinthians 10:31 NKJV
31Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or
whatever you do, do all to the glory of
God.

Father,
Teach usThy statutes (v12),
Open our eyes (v18),
Stir our hearts (v2,32,36),
And enlighten our minds (v27,34,73,125).
Psalm 119

Proverbs 15:33 NKJV
33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction
(beginning) of wisdom,
And before honor is humility.
(Our humility pleases God.)

Proverbs 16:1 NKJV
1 The preparations (elaborate plans) of
the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from
the LORD. (He has last word.)

2 All the ways of a man are pure in his
own eyes,
But the LORD weighs the spirits.
(God probes for what is good.)
Proverbs 16:2 NKJV

3 Commit your works to the LORD,
And your thoughts will be
established.
(What you have planned will take
place.)
Proverbs 16:3 NKJV

4 The LORD has made all for Himself,
Yes, even the wicked for the day
of doom (judgment).
Proverbs 16:4 NKJV

5 Everyone proud in heart is an
abomination (a thing that causes
disgust or hatred) to the LORD;
Though they join forces, none will go
unpunished.
Proverbs 16:5 NKJV

6 In mercy and truth
Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And by the fear of the Lord one
departs from evil.
Proverbs 16:6 NKJV

7 When a man’s ways please the LORD,
He makes even his enemies to be at
peace with him.
Proverbs 16:7 NKJV

8 Better is a little with righteousness,
Than vast revenues without justice.
Proverbs 16:8 NKJV

9 A man’s heart plans his way,
But the LORD directs his steps.
(Only God makes us able to live it
out.)
Proverbs 16:9 NKJV

10 Divination is on the lips of the king;
(A good leader motivates.)
His mouth must not transgress in
judgment.
(He doesn’t mislead nor exploit.)
Proverbs 16:10 NKJV

11 Honest weights and scales are the
Lord’s;
All the weights in the bag are His
work.
Proverbs 16:11 NKJV

11 God cares about honesty in
the workplace;
your business is His
business.
Proverbs 16:11 MSG

Mike Bennett
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lifehopeandtruth.com

1) Having faith pleases God.
2) Being spiritually minded pleases God.
3) Having the fear of the Lord pleases God.
4) Following Jesus Christ’s example pleases
God.
5) Obeying the Lord pleases God.
6) Doing His will pleases God.
7) Giving the sacrifice He wants pleases God.
Seven ways to please God

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.
Hebrews 11:6 NKJV

Enoch not only believed in the Creator
God, he believed God would come to
Earth with “ten thousands of His saints,
to execute judgment” (Jude 1:14-15) and
make everything right.

Jude 1:14TLB
14 Enoch, who lived seven generations
after Adam, knew about these men and
said this about them: “See, the Lord is
coming with millions of His holy ones.

15 He will bring the people of the world
before Him in judgment, to receive just
punishment and to prove the terrible
things they have done in rebellion
against God, revealing all they have said
against Him.” (Every dirty word they
have spewed of their pious filth.)
Jude 1:15TLB

Enoch knew that ungodly deeds bring
evil results and must be replaced by
godly deeds—walking the way God
walks—for this world to experience real
peace and joy.When we believe in God
and believe what He says.That faith will
also please God.

Romans 8:6-8 NKJV
6 For to be carnally minded is death, but
to be spiritually minded is life and
peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is
enmity against God; for it is not subject
to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So
then, those who are in the flesh cannot
please God.

9 But you are not in the flesh but in the
Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells
in you. Now if anyone does not have the
Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
Romans 8:9 NKJV

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, these are sons of God. 15 For you did
not receive the spirit of bondage again to
fear, but you received the Spirit of
adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba,
Father.”
Romans 8:14-15 NKJV

Romans 8:16-17 NKJV
16The Spirit Himself bears witness with
our spirit that we are children of
God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs
of God and joint heirs with Christ, if
indeed we suffer with Him, that we may
also be glorified together.

Does being spiritually minded please
God?Yes! Certainly! But one cannot be
spiritually minded without the Spirit of
God dwelling in her/him. Jesus said there
is “joy in heaven over one sinner who
repents” (Luke 15:7). God loves to add to
His family.

20 “Don’t be afraid,” Moses answered
them, “for God has come in this way to
test you, and so that your fear of Him will
keep you from sinning!”
Exodus 20:20 NLT

“This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased.
Hear Him!” (Matthew 17:5).
During the transfiguration, God impressed on Peter,
James and John the preeminence of Jesus Christ.
Jesus truly is the Son of God, and there is no one
who has pleased God more!

We should all hear Him and follow His example.
Jesus said He always did “those things that please
the Father” (John 8:29).
We should study the four Gospels to learn how we,
too, can please God.

“Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice” (1
Samuel 15:22). In this passage, the prophet
Samuel expressed God’s displeasure with
Israel’s first king Saul. Saul had disobeyed
God’s direct command with the excuse that
“the people” had wanted to give what should
have been destroyed. But God doesn’t want
our physical gifts if we are going to break His
laws to give them!

Again, God doesn’t command us to obey just
because it is good for Him, but because it is
good for us (Deuteronomy 10:13). His laws
and commands are beneficial; and as a result
of obeying Him, we grow in godly, righteous
character—we become more like Him! This is
how to please God. The fact that obeying
God is pleasing to Him is expressed in
various ways throughout the Bible.

In 1 Chronicles 29:17 God has “pleasure in our
uprightness”. In Isaiah 56:4 He will bless
those who “keep My Sabbaths and choose
what pleases Me”; and in 1 Thessalonians
4:1-3 those who “abstain from sexual
immorality” and avoid breaking any of God’s
commandments, please God.

If we want to learn how to please God,
we must seek God’s help to always do His
will as well.

Hebrews 13:21 NLT
21 may He equip you with all you need
for doing His will.
May He produce in you,
through the power of Jesus Christ,
every good thing that is pleasing to Him.
All glory to Him forever and ever!
Amen.

Jesus did God’s will when He faced the
terrible scourging and crucifixion for our sins,
yet prayed, “Nevertheless not My will, but
Yours, be done” (Luke 22:42). He was willing
to give Himself totally to show His love and
to do His Father’s will. If we want to learn
how to please God, we must seek God’s help
to always do His will as well.

Hebrews 13:15-16 NKJV
15 Therefore by Him let us continually
offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that
is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to
His name. 16 But do not forget to do good
and to share, for with such sacrifices God
is well pleased.

We saw earlier that God rejected sacrifices
that were gained through disobedience. But
there are sacrifices that He is “well pleased”
with, including giving praise and thanks to
Him and sharing with others.

These reflect His teaching on love expressed in
the two great commandments that summarize
the rest of His law:
“‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your
heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
This is the first and great commandment. And
the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor
as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang
all the Law and Prophets” (Matthew 22:37-40).

Pleasing God, not man:
It’s a natural human tendency to seek to
please other people—those we can see.
We can find it harder to focus on pleasing
God—the One we cannot see.

Jesus pointed out the problem with seeking to
please man while pretending to try to please
God. In the Sermon on the Mount He said, “Take
heed that you do not do your charitable deeds
before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you
have no reward from your Father in heaven”
(Matthew 6:1). He made similar comments about
praying and fasting to gain favor from men
(verses 5 and 16).

Instead, we should do these things
privately, “and your Father who sees in
secret will Himself reward you openly”
(verse 4).

The apostle Paul uses an interesting
term to describe doing things just to be
seen by others: eyeservice.
“Bondservants, obey in all things your
masters according to the flesh, not with
eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in
sincerity of heart, fearing God”
(Colossians 3:22).

Paul himself understood the importance
of pleasing God, not man.
In 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Paul says - “But as
we have been approved by God to be
entrusted with the Gospel, even so we
speak, not as pleasing men, but God Who
tests our hearts”.

God is the ultimate source of all the good
things we have received, even those
things that come through family, friends
and other people. 1 John 3:1 says - He
has given us all our blessings, and life
itself. And He offers us eternal life as His
children. He deserves all our honor and
worship.

As King David wrote in Psalm 145:2-3 -
“Every day I will blessYou, and I will
praiseYour name forever and ever. Great
is the LORD, and greatly to be praised;
and His greatness is unsearchable -
beyond our understanding.”

The Bible clearly labels things that
displease God and hurt us.The main
label it uses is sin. Since we all have
sinned (Romans 3:23), we all have
displeased God.

1 John 1:6-7 NLT
6 So we are lying if we say we have fellowship
with God but go on living in spiritual
darkness; we are not practicing the
truth. 7 But if we are living in the light, as God
is in the light, then we have fellowship with
each other, and the blood of Jesus, His Son,
cleanses us from all sin.

8 If we claim we have no sin, we are only
fooling ourselves and not living in the
truth. 9 But if we confess our sins to Him,
He is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all
wickedness.
1 John 1:8-9 NLT

No matter how much we give God, we can
never come close to scratching the surface
of what He has done for us—much less what
He wants to do for us. In this life He offers
awesome benefits, such as this general
principle: “When a man’s ways please the
LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at
peace with him” (Proverbs 16:7).

Still, in this life Christians will face
persecution and tribulation, but as Jesus
Christ said in John 16:33, “These things I
have spoken to you, that in Me you may
have peace. In the world you will have
tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have
overcome the world.”

And in the future, Jesus has an incredible
gift in store for His faithful flock: Luke
12:32 - “Do not fear, little flock, for it is
your Father’s good pleasure to give you
the kingdom.” One of the most exciting
descriptions of the utopian Kingdom of
God was recorded by King David, a man
after God’s own heart, in Psalm 16.

Psalm 16:11 NKJV
11 You will show me the path of life;
InYour presence is fullness of joy;
AtYour right hand are pleasures
forevermore.

The Plan of Hope & Salvation
John 3:16-17 NKJV
16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His
Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the
world through Him might be saved.”
John 14:6 NKJV
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No
one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Romans 3:23 NKJV
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23a NKJV
23a For the wages of sin is death,
• Death in this life (the first death) is 100%.
• Even Jesus, the only one who doesn’t deserve death, died in this
life to pay the penalty for our sin.
• The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the “second death”
explained in Revelation 21:8.

Revelation 21:8 NKJV
8 “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually
immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the
lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
• Anyone who’s lifestyle is one or more of the sins listed in Revelation
21:8, will experience the “second death,” if they do not repent.
• To Repent means to turn around, to go in the opposite direction, to turn
away from sin and believe in Jesus.
Romans 5:8 NKJV
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were
still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 6:23b NKJV
23b but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
Revelation 21:7 NKJV
7 “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will
be his God and he shall be My son.”
• In Romans 10:9-10 it’s explained to us how to be
overcomers.

Romans 10:9-10 NKJV
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and
believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto
righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
Romans 10:13 NKJV
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Do you have questions?
Would you like to know more?
Please, contact First Baptist Church Jackson at 601-949-1900
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