Matthew 3:17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Matthew 12:18 “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

Matthew 17:5 He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

Pleased is the perfect past participle indicating that God the Father is pleased with what His Son has done. In Matthew 3:17 Jesus has done nothing. His ministry had not yet begun.

He had done nothing. He had not sinned.

I wish that I could say the same for myself.

In Matthew 12:18 the Father places His Spirit upon because He is well pleased. That seems right, Jesus never sinned, of course He is worthy of receiving the Holy Spirit.

In Matthew 17:5 they are instructed to listen to Jesus. That is easy for them because Jesus was with them at the time. He has ascended to the throne, what chance do I, a sinner, stand?

Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Faith!!! Maybe I have a shot at pleasing God after all.

Genesis 11:6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.”

Unity of purpose is the building blocks of success.

For those who are not familiar with the Word, this section is about the tower of Babel where man built a tower to attack a god they did not know.

As I look around at this current atmosphere of cooperation I see history repeating itself. They attack the god they do not know. If you have noticed I do not use the capitalized version of the word god then you know where I am coming from.

The simplicity of God’s Word was first distributed to a generation that worshiped God without knowing Him but did believe in the faith of their fathers. God chose Abram to reveal Himself to one man, one promise and watched all that happened because the building blocks of purpose began with one new brick that God chose to build upon, faith.

Romans 4:16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,