Living to Please Jesus Hardin Valley Wed Night Bible Class Dec 14, 2011

II Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. II Peter 1:3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness

Philippians 2:6-11 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Colossians 1:16-18 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

II Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you - unless, of course, you fail the test? Colossians 3:1-17

Romans 8:8 Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. Romans 8:12-13 Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation – but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.

I Thessalonians 4:1-3(a) Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. It is God’s will that you should be sanctified I Thessalonians 4:7-8 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit. live,

Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:21 that only those that do the will of the Father will enter the Kingdom of Heaven! –It is God’s Will that we be a loving church – John 13:34-35 –It is God’s Will that we be a giving church – 1 Cor 16:1-2 –It is God’s Will that we be a praying church – 1 Thes 5:16-18 –It is God’s Will that we all come to a knowledge of the truth and be saved – 1 Timothy 2:3-4 –It is God’s Will that we be sanctified (set apart) – 1 Thes 4:3 –It is God’s Will that we live a holy life – 1 Thes 4:7 –It is God’s Will that we share Gospel w/lost – Matthew 28:18-20

Matthew 13:44-46 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.”

Living to Please Jesus Hardin Valley Wed Night Bible Class Dec 14, 2011