When I please God, He is happy and rejoices. How do I please God? By living as He tells me. His commandments are not difficult in deed, only in my limited thoughts: 1) I am to live according to His commands (John 15); 2) I am to love Him and my fellow man (1 John 3); 3) I am to walk as He walked (Philipians 2); 4) I am not to lie or cheat or hate (Ephesians 5); 6) I am to be peaceful (Romans 12).
That is not to say that I will not sin. God knows that. That’s why God provided Christ. His blood covers me. But does that mean I can keep on sinning and not learn? (Rom 6:1) No, because sin is serious. God considers it so. (Deuteronomy 21:1-13) No matter what, and how rebellious I am, I am still accountable for what I do. Even though God has mercy to say I have a place with Him in heaven when I come to Him humbly and penitently, there are always consequences. Even though no one sees me in my sin, even though I think that God doesn’t mind one little bitty sin. If I am not in Him, I cannot be with Him in heaven.
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