Once I knew a young man who could never please his father, no matter what he did, he could not please him.

Always received criticism. If he cut the grass, his father would point to the few blades of grass that were left and not the entire lawn that was beautifully cut.

If he cleans the garage, no matter how long he spent in cleaning the garage, no matter how much effort he puts into it, no matter what he has done,

the father found something to complain about. When he brings home a card from school reporting card,

and he would have five A's and one B plus, his father would spend all of his time talking and harping about that B plus ignoring the

five A's.

As a result, of course, this boy grew up to be a man and he thought of himself as a perpetual

failure.

Naturally, of course, this mindset stayed with him even after he became a Christian.

He felt that he could never please the Lord.

This young man began to see God like his father, that he could never please him.

Nothing he can do to please God.

And so, naturally, where people who have that kind of temperament,

what they do, they go from spiritual high to spiritual lows. They go from height to burning

and crashing. And so when he is down and discouraged and falls into temptation and becomes disobedient as he

down in the slow times of his life, he would say, after all, the Bible said, it is impossible

to please God. Of course, he misquoting the Bible completely.

He is misquoting Hebrews chapter 11 verse 6.

Here's what Hebrews 116 said.

Without faith, can you say without faith?

Those are two very important words.

It is impossible to please God. And I thought about this, and I wondered how many people are into religion, how many religious people who spend their life trying to

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