John Piper // 1 Corinthians 13 // Epic reading
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- "There is no greater message to be heard than that which we call the gospel. But as important as that is, it is often given to massive distortions or over simplifications. People think they’re preaching the gospel to you when they tell you, ‘you can have a purpose to your life’, or that ‘you can have meaning to your life’, or that ‘you can have a personal relationship with Jesus.’ All of those things are true, and they’re all important, but they don’t get to the heart of the gospel.
The gospel is called the ‘good news’ because it addresses the most serious problem that you and I have as human beings, and that problem is simply this: God is holy and He is just, and I’m not. And at the end of my life, I’m going to stand before a just and holy God, and I’ll be judged. And I’ll be judged either on the basis of my own righteousness-or lack of it-or the righteousness of another. The good news of the gospel is that Jesus lived a life of perfect righteousness, of perfect obedience to God, not for His own well being but for His people. He has done for me what I couldn’t possibly do for myself. But not only has He lived that life of perfect obedience, He offered Himself as a perfect sacrifice to satisfy the justice and the righteousness of God.
The great misconception in our day is this: that God isn’t concerned to protect His own integrity. He’s a kind of wishy-washy deity, who just waves a wand of forgiveness over everybody. No. For God to forgive you is a very costly matter. It cost the sacrifice of His own Son. So valuable was that sacrifice that God pronounced it valuable by raising Him from the dead-so that Christ died for us, He was raised for our justification. So the gospel is something objective. It is the message of who Jesus is and what He did. And it also has a subjective dimension. How are the benefits of Jesus subjectively appropriated to us? How do I get it? The Bible makes it clear that we are justified not by our works, not by our efforts, not by our deeds, but by faith-and by faith alone. The only way you can receive the benefit of Christ’s life and death is by [turning from your sin and] putting your trust in Him-and in Him alone. You do that, you’re declared just by God, you’re adopted into His family, you’re forgiven of all of your sins, and you have begun your pilgrimage for eternity." From Ligonier Ministries
Recitation by John Piper, Music by Two Steps From Hell
God come and take what is yours..amen
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I’m technically an agnostic, however I believe in the message of this poem with every fiber of my being.
Yesss!!! Another one!!! Thank you soooo much!
Thanks Jeremy! These are amazing - I really appreciate your work putting these together. A real blessing!
Preach the word‼️‼️‼️‼️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Make more of these... its powerfull... so so powerfull!!!! Praise God!!!!
I’m starting to to help but I need more live recordings if you find please send me
Jeremy, thank you! Great blessing!
Thank you for that! Listening all of these from a long time, six months have past, but hope it'll be next soon! God bless you brother! :)
Thank You Jeremy!
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My favorite….at weddings and funerals..especially since Princess Diana funeral.. Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke it and it has been a GREAT comfort to me ever since
Thanks Jeremy. God Bless You.
When I felt lost I went to scripture Romans 8 and that showed me where I was going wrong .all praise yeshua , please forgive if misspelled
I love this so much! 😍
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Thanks for sharing! What translation is this?
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HI Jeremy - love this video from John Piper. Question, is it possible to use it in our worship service on Feb. 14th? Please let me know thanks so much!
Thank you so much..
Why not try psalm 51 for forgiveness of sin and Psalm 91 also. God bless you
He has psalm 51,
Any more videos coming? Hoping so.
I’m trying to make some by His grace to help.
what veresion is he reading?
Thank you