TO BE PLEASING TO GOD | Sabbath School Lesson 3 | 1Q 2025

Sabbath School Lesson Review | 1st Quarter, 2025
Lesson 3: "TO BE PLEASING TO GOD"
Review with Pastor Lex Mercado

Our loving God rejoices, and is pleased, to have a loving relationship with His creatures.
Lesson Themes: This week's lesson highlights three basic points:
1. God's pleasure with His creatures shows how valued we are in His eyes.In God's eyes, every single person is precious and of incalculable value and worth. For this reason, He delights and takes pleasure in His sons and daughters when they repent and seek Him. The parables in Luke 15 highlight God's joy and celebration over the salvation of a lost person.His pleasure in our salvation shows how valuable we are in God's sight.
2. God's pleasure is the reason for human joy and praise. God wants to fill our hearts with overflowing joy, and He takes pleasure in human joy and praise. He invites His people to experience pleasure in Him as they praise Him with joy through prayers and songs. Also, praises to God help us envision, in anticipation, His future pleasure and joy with His people.
3. Because of our indignity, we need Christ in order to please God. We are invited to please God, offering Him spiritual sacrifices by the praise of our lips in thanksgiving and by the practice of doing good and sharing.Yet, we can only do these things through the mediation of Christ. Our faith is pleasing to God only by means of Christ's work on our behalf.
Life Application: God's pleasure with His creatures shows how valued we are in His eyes and how much He treasures His creation. How may we value the worth of each person