Blind people don't decide to see. Jesus says, 'See!' and they see. John Piper More Quotes by John Piper More Quotes From John Piper Christmas: the Son of God expressing the love of God to save us from the wrath of God so we could enjoy the presence of God. John Piper wrath god-love son We weren't meant to be somebody--we were meant to know Somebody John Piper meant-to-be knows love Love is the overflow of joy in God! It is not duty for duty's sake, or right for right's sake. It is not a resolute abandoning of one's own good with a view solely to the good of the other person. It is first a deeply satisfying experience of the fullness of God's grace, and then a doubly satisfying experience of sharing that grace with another person. John Piper views joy love-is It is better to lose your life than to waste it. John Piper wasted-life theology waste The key that unlocks the treasure chest of God's peace is faith in the promises of God. John Piper keys christian promise If you alter or obscure the Biblical portrait of God in order to attract converts, you don't get converts to God, you get converts to an illusion. This is not evangelism, but deception. John Piper biblical deception order Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there. The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven; it is a way to get people to God. It's a way of overcoming every obstacle to everlasting joy in God. If we don't want God above all things, we have not been converted by the gospel. John Piper joy heaven people Why don't people ask us about our hope? The answer is probably that we look as if we hope in the same things they do. Our lives don't look like they are on the Calvary road, stripped down for sacrificial love, serving others with the sweet assurance that we don't need to be rewarded in this life. John Piper sweet people needs The critical question for our generation—and for every generation— is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ were not there? John Piper leisure-activities our-generation heaven The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God. John Piper wrath meditation way God has ordained that our preaching become deeper and more winsome as we are broken, humbled, and made low and desperately dependent on grace by the trials of our lives. John Piper broken grace trials Faith stands or falls on the truth that the future with God is more satisfying than the one promised by sin. Where this truth is embraced and God is cherished above all, the power of sin is broken. The power of sin is the power of deceit. Sin has power through promising a false future. In temptation sin comes to us and says: "The future with God on his narrow way is hard and unhappy, but the way I promise is pleasant and satisfying." The power of sin is in the power of this lie. John Piper broken lying fall The deepest longing of the human heart is to know and enjoy the glory of God. We were made for this. John Piper longing glory heart God seldom calls us for an easier life, but always calls us to know more of him and drink more deeply of His sustaining grace. John Piper easier drink grace It is a fight from start to finish to be happy in God. John Piper fighting Do not be more devoted to your own brain than you are to the Bible. John Piper devoted brain When I pray for revival I pray first for the most radical thing: The utter devotion and allegiance of your hearts to Christ. That you would love Him so deeply and long for Him so passionately that His coming would be your great hope, and death would be gain, and life would be for Christ and His kingdom. John Piper would-be heart long O, God of wonder, enlarge my capacity to be amazed at what is amazing, and end my attraction to the insignificant. John Piper ends capacity wonder The only answer in these modern times, as in all other times, is the blood of Christ. When our conscience rises up and condemns us, where will we turn? We turn to Christ. We turn to the suffering and death of Christ—the blood of Christ. This is the only cleansing agent in the universe that can give the conscience relief in life and peace in death. John Piper suffering-and-death giving blood Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. John Piper obedience treasure pleasure
