WHY SHOULD I PLEASE GOD? PART 1


TEXT- PROVERBS 16:10-15

INTRODUCTION

TONIGHT I AM GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR STUDY FROM THE BOOK OF PROVERBS AND OUR TEXT IS FOUND IN PROVERBS 16:10-15.

AS WE CONSIDER THIS PASSAGE I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT BEGINNING WITH THIS CHAPTER SOLOMON IS IDENTIFYING WAYS THAT WE AS CHILDREN OF GOD ARE TO PLEASE THE LORD.

THE PRIMARY REASON WHY WE SHOULD PLEASE THE LORD IS BECAUSE OF HIS SOVEREIGNTY OVER OUR LIVES.

THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT IN VERSES 1-9.

BEING A KING HIMSELF, SOLOMON UNDERSTOOD THE MEANING OF SOVEREIGNTY AND USED THE TOPIC OF KINGSHIP TO ILLUSTRATE GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY.

IN FACT, IN VERSES 10-15 THE WORD "KING" OR "KINGS" IS USED FIVE TIMES TO EMPHASIZE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE LORD.

AS WE STUDY THESE VERSES I WOULD LIKE US TO NOTICE SIX CHARACTERISTICS THAT SOLOMON MENTIONS REGARDING A KING AND SEE HOW THEY APPLY TO THE LORD AS THE KING OF KINGS.

THESE SIX PROOFS OF THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST GIVE US A FOUNDATION FOR WHY WE ARE TO ALWAYS PLEASE HIM.