The best way to know if God is pleased with you is to read the verses in the gospels that weigh your heart and challenge you to walk in the commands of Jesus Christ. Chapters 5,6 and 7 of Matthews gospel,together with chapters 2 and 3 of the book of Revelation,are probably the best to weigh your heart and to show you if you are pleasing to God.

Angela_888

i know he is pleased when....

1 . I seek his word and commandments diligently and obey them and teach others to do also. (He know i love him because i obey him)

2. when i believe every word he speaks whether its rational to me or not. (I believe that he is and his word is)

3. When i have a humble and contrite heart. (I recognize the work the blood of jesus has done for me and others regardless of what things seem like)

4. when he asks the devil "have you considered my servant rainman" (All hell seems like its breaking lose)

5. When i love the lord and hate every evil and perverse way of this world.

6.When i search for and minister to his lost sheep. (Havent done much of that lately i wouldnt know which church to send them to)

7. When i sow my best 24 hour miracle seed and in 24 hrs i receive a £24,000 harvest (okay maybe not)

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. John 14:20

How do you know?

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me SHALL BE LOVED of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21

For the Father Himself loveth you, BECAUSE ye have loved Me, and have believed that I came out from God. John 16:27

The Lord tells us how to be loved by He and His Father.

Jesus answered and said unto him, IF, IF, IF a man love me, HE WILL, WILL, WILL keep my words: and my Father WILL LOVE HIM, and WE WILL come unto him, and make our abode with him. John 14:23

He that hath my commandments, and KEEPETH THEM, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me SHALL BE loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21

OH MAN- THAT'S FLESH

we are a keeper of His commands because He now dwells in us. God found a LEGAL way to dwell in an earthly sinful vessel.

Make no mistake- you cannot keep anything on your own. It is impossible in and of yourselves.

please don't let people tell you that you are now able to keep the law since you are Saved. That's what got many in trouble in the epistles. Setting yourself up for failure is what that is.

Once you figure out that you cannot keep law, then what? You be discouraged and give up the Faith? Because let me tell you, many are in that boat right now and have no clue why.

knitefall,

Not too clear who you are speaking about. But, I agree. We are not to try to keep the letter of the law. Cannot be done. The Spirit replaced the Law for Believers and now we serve in newness of spirit. We walk by the Spirit and not by the flesh. His law has been written in our hearts.
Jer 31:33, Heb 8:10, Heb 10:16

Romans 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; hat we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

The law is alive and will not die, so we had to die so that we could be free to marry another and now walk in newness of life and serve in newness of spirit.

Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with Him in baptism into death: THAT like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we ALSO should walk in newness of life.

We not the law are the dying party. This death dissolves our "marriage" obligation to the law leaving us at liberty to contract a new relationship, to be joined to the Risen Lord, for spiritual fruitfulness.

Many expositors say the law died, but that is not what the Word is saying.

Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.


With all of that said, I hope you agree that we now have a WALK to walk. In other words, we are to WALK according to the Spirit and not according to the Flesh. It is not automatic, but must be purposeful and cannot be done apart from Christ, without abiding in Him.

Gal 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

And Eph 2:2, Col 3:7, 1 Pet 4:3 and

1 Jn 2:6
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

There is a walk now that we must walk. It is called the Walk of Sanctification. Be ye holy for I am holy.

It's not enough that 25 years ago we walked the aisle and got our ticket punched. Is our faith active and real? How are we today, 25 years later?

Not a popular topic to bring up these days.

Hi codek,

I would suggest, by the sweetness of fellowship you have with Him privately.

Mahoney suggested

If we are IN HIM, He is pleased with us.

Take some time to study what "IN HIM" means. Here are a few verses to give you a headstart. IN HIM is where you want to be. This is the true work of God in your life.

1Jn 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: HEREBY KNOW WE THAT WE ARE IN HIM.

Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

Col 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye IN HIM:

Col 2:7 Rooted and built up IN HIM, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Col 2:10 And ye are complete IN HIM, which is the head of all principality and power:

1Jn 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth IN HIM, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

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Sandra Miller