Weekly Words of Instruction

Many say they are pleased with their lives and the churches they attend, so don't bother speaking to them about God. But, it is possible for a person to be satisfied with himself and not be pleasing to God (2 Samuel 11:27, Proverbs 14:12, Isaiah 55:8–9). For example, there are many tax cheats, liars, drunks, crack heads, and unworthy people on food stamps who are pleased with their life. Does that make those people right? Do you think God is pleased with them?
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In Luke 18:18–25, we read of a rich man who walked away from Christ because he was pleased with his life style and didn't want to do what the Lord required. Did that make this man right? He certainly must have been satisfied with his life because he refused to change. But this didn't make him right and neither will such satisfaction of self make us right. What will make us right is complete obedience to God's word and relying on it to be our guide (Psalms 119:105, Acts 17:11, 1 John 4:1, 2 Timothy 2:15, John 5:39, James 1:22–25).

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