How could God be delighted in us when we cannot do anything without Him?That's why I believe that we are saved by faith alone. What we could possiblygive Him?, when He Himself gives us all things. That's why Christian teachingsare directed towards our neighbor. By becoming a martyr, we strengthen the faithof our fellow Christian believers. Why would God be delighted in pain?, though temporary,I don't think so. So I think it's all about love, that love endures all things.By pleasing our neighbor, we please God in the process and it is love."But he (Stephen), full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God." Acts 7:55 (ESV)"Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.' And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them.' And when he had said this, he fell asleep."Acts 7:58-60 (ESV)"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you." John 15:12-15 (ESV)"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."1 Corinthians 13:7 (ESV)