Joy Changes Everything: An Invitation to Christian Hedonism

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
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  • @Tinstared
    @Tinstared 4 года назад +56

    Over and over the world and devil and flesh will try and convince us that we can't be satisfied in Christ but only in other things. I have experienced much hedonism in this life. I have concluded that it is vain deceit. After 30 years of following Christ the pull is still there to try and find satisfaction is something besides Christ. AS the song goes: "All my soul has tried has left a dismal void, Jesus has satisfied, Jesus is mine".

  • @CowboyFantastic007
    @CowboyFantastic007 3 года назад +26

    I could listen to John Piper exalt Christ anytime and everyday

  • @eugenaionesca
    @eugenaionesca Год назад +13

    I've been a Christian hedon since I was in grade school. I would say to Him, please come now. Why wait. I don't want to be here... Pretty weird to be saying such things by 8 yrs old, the Holy Spirit pointed it to me out later. ( I must have known early on that His Kingdom was a far better place to be.) Maranatha Yeshua!

  • @LymeStealsGodHeals
    @LymeStealsGodHeals 7 лет назад +31

    So glad I saw this notification today, what a wonderful sermon full of biblical truth and JOY!

  • @bowmadman9562
    @bowmadman9562 4 года назад +14

    When you fall in love with Jesus!!....and the things of earth will grow strangely dim.

  • @janiemarie777
    @janiemarie777 9 месяцев назад +9

    Pray for me. I feel im being oppressed or possessed. As a Christian I went into occult I told God to leave me alone. I since I have repented. But I'm being attacked. Afraid I lost my salvation. I feel dead inside Please pray for me. I feel I 😪 grieved God too much and He left me Please pray that I can receive the mercy of the Lord. I'm afraid I have wondered too far. Pray that His mercy. I want to be saved. I dont want to dig empty cisterns

    • @LR354-
      @LR354- 9 месяцев назад +1

      @janiemarie777
      How are you now? Do you mean new age teachings?

    • @janiemarie777
      @janiemarie777 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@LR354- pray for me. I am afraid. I guess new age

    • @mikeyjervis6087
      @mikeyjervis6087 8 месяцев назад +3

      Praying for you Janie Marie. I’ve done the exact same thing. Exactly to a T… it seems like we had the same spirit harassing and deceiving us. We must hold on to the promises that if we ask Jesus to forgive us that He’ll follow through with it. Praying for you tonight

    • @LR354-
      @LR354- 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@mikeyjervis6087 are you still being harassed?

    • @LR354-
      @LR354- 8 месяцев назад

      @janiemarie777 what makes you think you are oppressed or possessed? What is happening to you?

  • @jenniferboyd2200
    @jenniferboyd2200 2 года назад +4

    #8 answered a big awful perplexity I have had about my wheelchair ♿ thankyou 🙏 😊 🙂 ☺ 😘 ❤ 🙏

  • @Paula-u3f1c
    @Paula-u3f1c Месяц назад

    'I want a new wll!!!', God bless you, Pastor John!💕♥️❤️💕♥️💕❤️💕♥️💕❤️

  • @wisdomtreehouse6980
    @wisdomtreehouse6980 2 года назад +7

    Thank you for the sermons Pastor Piper. Your sermons give me lots of joy Thank you indeed

  • @Mamalikesthebassdrop
    @Mamalikesthebassdrop 7 лет назад +15

    I don't drink anymore. God freed me but I like it straight up .. that's why this a breath of fresh air. THANK YOU LORD...

  • @prabhakararaorajarapu429
    @prabhakararaorajarapu429 7 лет назад +13

    AMEN THANK YOU ,I AM PROUD TO SAY YOU ARE THE TRUE PREACHER IN THIS END DAYS

  • @Kadosh77
    @Kadosh77 Год назад +2

    Second time listening to this. It feeds my inner being. Love John Piper’s knowledge and presentation of the Word.

  • @fishingforcandyBW
    @fishingforcandyBW Год назад +6

    "Saviour Magnified, Soul Salified" Philippians 1- (20-23)

  • @marcelwillieniles3816
    @marcelwillieniles3816 5 лет назад +5

    Great message...like I always said John Piper is the man for this generation...

  • @jenniferboyd2200
    @jenniferboyd2200 2 года назад +1

    Searching. This is helping. Thank you guys

  • @stephaniejones9885
    @stephaniejones9885 4 года назад +11

    Hallelujah! Taste and see that the Lord is good! Not the things in this world, but the Creator is who gives fulfillment! 💖😊💖😊💖😊💖

  • @candi4337
    @candi4337 6 лет назад +4

    Wow!! Amen Amen!!! Beautiful word!

  •  6 лет назад +4

    Thank you for sharing this amazing content

  • @laragreene8328
    @laragreene8328 5 лет назад +1

    God himself can show you more than any human can!!

  • @panteamaddah82
    @panteamaddah82 3 года назад +1

    So thankful for this message 🙏💙

  • @o.marcelocardoso
    @o.marcelocardoso 7 лет назад +2

    Thanks for the reflection.
    God bless

  • @teresamorabito1655
    @teresamorabito1655 4 года назад +6

    Oh how I long to be a hedonistic Christian ✝️

  • @niarobinson9757
    @niarobinson9757 23 дня назад +1

    An Invitation to Christian Hedonism: Joy Changes Everything
    Note: Check sermons with the Word of God and with a heart to understand
    How do we have Christ shown to be magnificent in our body? How can Christ look really great in our body?
    1. Philippians 1:21: "...to die is gain." How to die to make Him look for great? Christ will be shown to be magnificent in my body...for...to me, to die is gain. When you die, spouse is gone, sex is gone, children are gone, dream retirement are gone, hobbies are good, body with pleasures are gone, my earthly body will die, any pleasures on this earth will die. --> My body is for the Lord's. My only satisfaction is in Christ Jesus.
    --> Dying is gain --> You lose everything, you get Christ. Weigh those on the scales, Jesus is ASTRONOMICALLY. better. Christ is shown to be magnificent in our dying when we experience Him as more satisfying than all the pleasures in this life that this earth can give. Christ is more magnified in me, when I most satisfied in Him...especially in the moments of suffering and death when everyone expects me to be dissatisfied. When everyone in the world is so dissatisfied, I am most satisfied in Him. He looks like a treasure more than anything else in this world. If this seed plants into your soul, the implications are staggering. Taste and see that the Lord is good. Like newborn babies, "long for the pure milk of the word."
    3. Changes how we think about faith --> John 6:35: Jesus is bread and water (living water that satisfies Him). --> Come to Him as bread and water to have the soul hunger and soul thrist, be satisfied. Faith is the awakening of realizing all we need is Him. You are what I was made for. All I need, you are it. Believe what you sing, and you'll be okay.
    4. Evil --> Jeremiah 2:13. Evil is the Creator of the Universe who loves us enough to send our Son die in our place, and we taste and say we don't think so and look for it in the world. Murder is not the ultimate evil. We get soooo worked up about murder and rape and adultery and stealing, and God hardly comes into the picture for people. My people have committed two evils, they have forsaken me, the foundation of living waters. I have water for you, I know what satisfies your soul, and I am it. NO. I will find my way and do my thing and I will suck on this dirt til I'm dead.
    5. Christian hedonism changes the way we think about self-denial. There is a real, real doctrine and teaching of self-denial in the Bible. Mark 8:34 if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up your cross, and follow me. Response is read the next verse. How to be a Christian hedonist? LOSE IT. LOSE IT for the sake of the poor. Lose it for missions. LOSE IT! Put to death what is evil in you. We are constantly be santificied.
    6. Changes the way we think about money and the act of giving. Be a generous person. "It is more blessed to give than to receive." Blessed --> satisfied, rejoicing, happy, etc. The only way the soul is designed to happy by receiving from the Lord, and giving to others. We are made to be a conduit. When the water, the living water is freely flowing from God into you, satisfying your soul, flowing out ing genersoity, you sleep well at night. Bank account is heaven is full and reward is great. Don't lay up treasures on earth, b/c they get eaten by moths. Lay up treasures in heaven. You will have greater tastebuds for Jesus. Each one must give as he had decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. God is not happy with fake giving. He doesn't love that. Get happy in giving. God loves not reluctant or under constraint givers. If you don't feel it, give it. God will use these moments, this moment to change you. He will make you a lover of Him so satisfying that He will give. Your deposition is give (not ignoring rascal beggar on the corner...that is not your mindset). What is your attitude towards these folks? What is your heart? Heart test: When you get to Heaven, you will not hear "wow you were so shrewd not to be taken advantage of." You don't which is which, He doesn't really care if you're ripped off. Get $50, $1. Ask for $3-5 one-dollar bills, can I get 3 minutes of your time? Then tell me your story.
    7. Changes the way we worship corporately. Worship is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus. Pastors, singers, etc., their task is to spread a banquet in lyrics and preaching whatever tasks we need to connect with the living God. Instruments or no instruments. The heart of worship is our these three people satisfied with the God they just met in the gospel. Where is your heart in the worship? Hearts towards Jesus or far from Jesus
    8. Changes the way we look at disability and Weakness. Paul was a thorn-pierced man. 2 Corinthians 12:9: "My grace is sufficient for you. My power is made perfect in weakness." So what did Paul say? "Therefore I all the more gladly boast in my weakness so that the power of Christ may rest upon me..." I want Him to be magnified in my life. Therefore I will receive it gladly.
    9. To love is to be satisfied in God that you extend it to other people and include Him in it. It's not about shrinking in your cocoon of satisfaction. The grace of God came down, joy overflowed, and in extreme poverty and much affiliation, they overflowed in genrosity!! My definition of love is love is joy in God that overflows to meet the needs of others.
    10. Changes ministry. 2 Corinthians 1:24. "...we are workers with you for your joy..." Leaders job is not to lord it over them but to help them have progress and joy in the faith so that their pride in Christ Jesus may be abundant. Circling back to Philippians 1:25-26, Paul realizes He is not going to die so He says if I am to remain it will be for your progress and joy in the faith so that your pride in Christ Jesus may be abundant..."
    God deals with faith, but leaders do want to work with you "for your joy in Jesus..." because God is most glorified in you, when you are most saitisited in Him especially in those moments of suffering and death.

    • @gregoryhall3557
      @gregoryhall3557 16 дней назад +1

      Mia, thank you! This is a beautiful summary of John Piper‘s sermon. The sermon touched me and helped build my faith.. Having this nice summary will help me to remember and treasure what I have heard.

    • @niar3214
      @niar3214 16 дней назад +1

      @@gregoryhall3557God bless you Gregory!! You got this!! Keep trusting God, reading His Word, and making Jesus your number one priority and love! Every day is a new day of rejoicing, gratitude, and hope in our beautiful Lord and Savior, Jesus! Love you my brother in Christ ☺️😄
      Fulfill your ministry and the desires God puts on your heart! ❤ Galatians 6:9

    • @gregoryhall3557
      @gregoryhall3557 15 дней назад

      @@niar3214 Nia, I will. Thank you for your encouragement and for investing in others for the Kingdom of God.

  • @starlight4036
    @starlight4036 11 месяцев назад +1

    I love him . ❤

  • @teresamorabito1655
    @teresamorabito1655 4 года назад

    Thank you 🙏 🙏 🙏

  • @joshs8704
    @joshs8704 7 лет назад +1

    Yes and YES! 7:19 I think I had a similar impression growing up too.

  • @therinacoetsee1512
    @therinacoetsee1512 Год назад +2

    Halleluyah! 🙌🙌🙌 AMEN❣️

  • @hankbellows
    @hankbellows 7 лет назад +2

    how can Christ ever be more a joy to us than wife, family and friends? Please explain!

    • @cliffnelson6196
      @cliffnelson6196 6 лет назад +10

      God knows us and what we need better than anyone, how to satisfy us at the soul level, has the love motivation to bless us, and has all power to do good for us. Wife, family and friends all lack that degree of knowledge, love, and power. He is the greatest treasure.

    • @nikolaibauer25
      @nikolaibauer25 6 лет назад +4

      He created them. He is the maker and you and your family the creation. So let’s be satisfied in our maker.

    • @Stanzi18
      @Stanzi18 5 лет назад +5

      You must be born again. It's inexplicable. God is so unlike anything or anyone else. He is just and nobody is just like Him. He is kind and nobody is kind like Him. He is merciful and nobody is merciful like Him. He is loving and nobody is loving like Him. This is the God who created you and knows every detail of your being. His mercy and grace is manifested in that you are alive breathing even though you've sinned against Him. He created you and gave you life knowing that you would sin against Him and His mercies are new for you everyday. My wife? My son? They are beautiful and amazing. Loss compared to Him! He's magnificent! He's beyond description! How can we not rejoice in Him above everything and everyone else? That's the real question.

    • @asdf8076
      @asdf8076 4 года назад

      It's been 2 years, so this question may not be burning like it was, but perhaps you might be interested in hearing Piper answering that question: www.desiringgod.org/messages/what-made-jonathan-edwards-a-christian-hedonist (Starting at 1:13:30).

    • @bobingalls4643
      @bobingalls4643 3 года назад

      that speaks a lot to the portion Christ gets of your heart

  • @KGGEEE
    @KGGEEE 4 месяца назад

    Savior magnified soul satisfied

  • @chicmommaplants9692
    @chicmommaplants9692 2 года назад +1

    Wow, amen!

  • @drewcharpentier8670
    @drewcharpentier8670 7 лет назад +2

    respect.

  • @mikechoi3279
    @mikechoi3279 3 года назад +1

    Amen!!!

  • @Mando-d4k
    @Mando-d4k Год назад

    I have never been “satisfied” with God. I follow Jesus because His gospel is truth. God is glorified when we are obedient. Our level of satisfaction is dependent on feelings that change with the wind.

    • @charlesbrady3135
      @charlesbrady3135 4 месяца назад +1

      What he’s talking about is “contentment”. As in when I am in a place where I am satisfied in my life with God and God alone, the joy and the peace that is found there, allows me to glorify God MOST. At this point, obedience is a given.

    • @Mando-d4k
      @Mando-d4k 4 месяца назад

      @@charlesbrady3135 No. You are wrong.

  • @minus41
    @minus41 6 лет назад +2

    Where is this at in Texas?

  • @pauldonnelly6691
    @pauldonnelly6691 7 лет назад

    ONLY way be saved by Christ act 11:14-18!

  • @Hoppieg
    @Hoppieg 5 месяцев назад

    15:40 You aren’t asking Paul, and Paul isn’t the one answering. It’s the Holy Spirit. We don’t talk to the dead.

    • @PolishBigfootCircle11
      @PolishBigfootCircle11 5 месяцев назад +2

      He wasn't speaking literally. It was figurative language. Chill out.

    • @Hoppieg
      @Hoppieg 5 месяцев назад

      @@PolishBigfootCircle11 Thanks to the Roman Catholic Church, nothing is figurative.

    • @CarmenCastille
      @CarmenCastille Месяц назад

      Roman blasphemers worship pedophyles no one in reality cares about them or pipers strange hippie mix cult he is just a fake Calvinist chuck Smith Ian..😅​@@Hoppieg

  • @MBVXONIDE
    @MBVXONIDE Год назад

    John you are a genius … I have often thought of the joy I feel when in the worst of times I’m somehow miraculously inspired to give thsnks to god fir giving me the gift of being able to give thanks when it seems impossible - immediately all things change… snyway I feel a nexus powerful with what you say … my experience it occurs usually when everythibg is hopeless- easy to praise god when things are well but when all hope seems lost -wgat a gift! I know it’s not exactly the same thing but there is a beautiful nexus a great garden that somehow joins such radiant thoughts one to another it helps me to fix this broken down palace I have been living in I write this in humility it’s I edited all glory to god if you read this punctuate add vowel points and make it perfect through edification let’s all through the great work one with another elevate and glorify HIM who grants us The Gift which allows us in our humility to Behold the Miraculous -truly Jesus Christ is The Divine Revealayion of The One True Living God -- john I’m so happy to see that he laid an epoch of genius on you brother ( in deepest humility I address you as my brother -- the joy -behold The Miraculous) !

  • @johntatum1951
    @johntatum1951 4 года назад +2

    At first glance...easy to misunderstand Christian Hedonism...just need to listen closely to see what Pastor John means.

  • @reganoryan2292
    @reganoryan2292 4 месяца назад +1

    You are not "Being Saved" Christ has already declared us righteous

  • @shaquillekiragu
    @shaquillekiragu Год назад +1

    48:03

  • @Mando-d4k
    @Mando-d4k 8 месяцев назад

    Piper, do you ever worry that your over-the-top invective against Donald Trump could be be dog-whistle to violence? If being anti-Trump is more “precious” than life and freedom? You tell me. I hope for your sake that Trump remains safe despite continued threats. The guilt you would have would be horrible.
    I’ve tried in vain to look for a parallel statement from the right and I come up empty handed. Can you help me? Has any conservative ever stated that being against a particular candidate is more important than freedom and even life itself?

  • @drewcharpentier8670
    @drewcharpentier8670 7 лет назад +1

    on that 7k dead, (well 7 times 7 cause a full week), i almost thought you were gonna say "had no hope of... healthcare." which of course could very practically be a facet of the hands of Jesus. at least maybe a fingernail of Christ.

  • @Mando-d4k
    @Mando-d4k Год назад

    Christian hedonism is titillating. Masterful marketing, Piper, but marketing is all it is.

  • @Mando-d4k
    @Mando-d4k 9 месяцев назад

    Piper’s Christianized hedonism is a fraud and a cheap gimmick. And “God is most glorified in us when we’re most satisfied in Him?” Give me a break. God’s glory functions independently of our “satisfaction”. The assertion is ridiculous.

    • @seggamulti1219
      @seggamulti1219 4 месяца назад

      Who sent you?
      You come here every month and dropping misleading comments.
      If you don't believe why do u have to comment over And over again spacing months

    • @Mando-d4k
      @Mando-d4k 4 месяца назад

      @@seggamulti1219 Piper, you are too funny. Dr John Piper, can we revisit your anti-Trump piece of 10/22/2020? You called Trump supporters liars, said we were naive and presumptuous. You said we were damaging the church. Yet, strangely, you never leveled any such comments about Biden voters. Is this your way of telling them they are the truth-tellers, wise, sophisticated and unassuming?
      “Christians communicate a FALSEHOOD to unbelievers (who are also baffled!) when we act as if policies and laws that protect life and freedom are more precious than being a certain kind of person.”
      “And I think it is baffling and PRESUMPTUOUS to assume that pro-abortion policies kill more people than a culture-saturating, pro-self pride.”
      “It is NAIVE to think that a man can be effectively pro-life and manifest consistently the character traits that lead to death - temporal and eternal.”
      You are a real piece of work. Possibly the phoniest, most disingenuous pastor in modern times.

    • @Mando-d4k
      @Mando-d4k 4 месяца назад

      @@seggamulti1219 I post everyday, actually. On RUclips, X, and FaceBook. Piper is a fraud. Christians have a real problem with gullibility.

  • @drewcharpentier8670
    @drewcharpentier8670 7 лет назад +4

    racial harmony? thats cute.

  • @MBVXONIDE
    @MBVXONIDE Год назад

    Unedited