In this text, the Apostle Paul establishes two key truths that we take for granted, but that would have been mind-blowing in the Ancient Near East: (1) We can KNOW how to please God, and (2) we can please God in the way in which we live.
Now, Paul makes this assertion by building on the foundation of salvation by grace through faith. One cannot please God without the forgiveness of sins and the relationship that faith creates.
How do we know what pleases the Lord? His Word tells us. Who can please the Lord? Every man, woman, and child who comes to Jesus Christ by faith, who is empowered by the Holy Spirit, and who is joined together into a community of fellow disciples.
