Gino (11 Sep 2022)
"have I sometimes forgotten?"


(Have I sometimes forgotten that what I do actually pleases or displeases Jesus?)

 

Jeremiah 44:4b  Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

 

Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

 

Psalms 78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

 

Mark 10:14a But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased,

 

II Samuel 11:27b But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

 

Isaiah 59:15b  and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

 

(I know that Jesus pleased the Father well:)

 

Matthew 3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

 

Matthew 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

 

(So it should be possible for me to please Jesus:)

 

Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord

 

Psalms 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
  31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

 

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



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