June 6, 2018 GOD HAS A SOUL
Hebrews 13:16,18: “And do not neglect doing good and sharing; for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Pray for us, for we are sure we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. ….equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.”
We may forget that God has a soul; He can be pleased, and He can be displeased. It was obviously Paul’s desire to be pleasing to God in everything he did, and so it should be with us. God is not a distant God who sits on a throne, untouched by the activities of humans living on planet earth. God loves the human beings He chose to create, and He loves them so much that He sent His Son to be a sacrifice for the sin of man when man sinned against Him. Not only does God redeem those who believes in Him, He gives each believer His Holy Spirit; you can rightly say that God resides in His people. God’s redemption of man includes much more than going to heaven when he dies; redemption makes it possible for man to enjoy God and for God to enjoy man. God is personable. Before Adam and Eve sinned, God walked in the garden with them and talked with them-that is a picture of the heart of God toward us. Redemption is all about restoring the relationship that God and man enjoyed before the fall of man. That relationship has been restored, and it is being restored-that is one of the mysteries of the gospel. We have been adopted into God’s family, and now we are undergoing a transformation process that will culminate at the appearing of Jesus when He comes again. One of the basic aspects of this transformation is that of coming to know God as our true Father. Fathers who live as God designed, love their children; they enjoy them; they provide for them; they spend time with them; they care for them; and they enjoy pleasing their children as well as being pleased by them. God is pleased when we do what is right and what is good because that is what He does. He is pleased when we obey His word. When it is our goal to please Him in all we do, we will experience the peace of God, will have a good conscience, and others will be blessed because our actions will reflect the nature of our Father. Even in this world that has gone astray, God invites us to enjoy Him and He has made it possible for us to live in such a way that our very life is a reflection of Him. Just as with Paul, let us do the things that please Him.
Ephesians 5:8-10 “for you were formally darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light (for the fruit of the light consist in all goodness and righteousness and truth), trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.”
Blessings,
Buddy
Hebrews 13:16,18: “And do not neglect doing good and sharing; for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Pray for us, for we are sure we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. ….equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.”
We may forget that God has a soul; He can be pleased, and He can be displeased. It was obviously Paul’s desire to be pleasing to God in everything he did, and so it should be with us. God is not a distant God who sits on a throne, untouched by the activities of humans living on planet earth. God loves the human beings He chose to create, and He loves them so much that He sent His Son to be a sacrifice for the sin of man when man sinned against Him. Not only does God redeem those who believes in Him, He gives each believer His Holy Spirit; you can rightly say that God resides in His people. God’s redemption of man includes much more than going to heaven when he dies; redemption makes it possible for man to enjoy God and for God to enjoy man. God is personable. Before Adam and Eve sinned, God walked in the garden with them and talked with them-that is a picture of the heart of God toward us. Redemption is all about restoring the relationship that God and man enjoyed before the fall of man. That relationship has been restored, and it is being restored-that is one of the mysteries of the gospel. We have been adopted into God’s family, and now we are undergoing a transformation process that will culminate at the appearing of Jesus when He comes again. One of the basic aspects of this transformation is that of coming to know God as our true Father. Fathers who live as God designed, love their children; they enjoy them; they provide for them; they spend time with them; they care for them; and they enjoy pleasing their children as well as being pleased by them. God is pleased when we do what is right and what is good because that is what He does. He is pleased when we obey His word. When it is our goal to please Him in all we do, we will experience the peace of God, will have a good conscience, and others will be blessed because our actions will reflect the nature of our Father. Even in this world that has gone astray, God invites us to enjoy Him and He has made it possible for us to live in such a way that our very life is a reflection of Him. Just as with Paul, let us do the things that please Him.
Ephesians 5:8-10 “for you were formally darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light (for the fruit of the light consist in all goodness and righteousness and truth), trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.”
Blessings,
Buddy
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