What is right?

What is right?

Whatever you do if it pleases God it will be right. ("The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering. But he wasn't pleased with Cain and his offering" Genesis 4:5) God was not pleased with the Cain's offering so Cain became sad and angry instead of repenting and doing the right thing. Even then God gave him the clue or warning, that also he avoided or he didnt took it serious, thus happened the biggest sin in the world. The root cause that reached to the sin was, Cain was not able to please God.

("Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you." Romans 13:3)

How can we please God?

("And he will give us anything we ask. That's because we obey his commands. We do what pleases him" 1 John 3:22)

To please God we have to obey His commands.

From the Old Testament context we all know the Ten Commandments that God has given, we can see it in-
Exodus 20: 1 - 17:
(1 And God spoke all these words: 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 "You shall have no other gods before me. 4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments. 7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. 8 "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. 13 "You shall not murder. 14 "You shall not commit adultery. 15 "You shall not steal. 16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. 17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.")

Thus by observing the ten commandments one was able to be please God and be righteous in the Old Testament.

will continue.....