Im so happy God willed you to finish his msg. For it was perfect Amen. May all that is God when he looks upon us we reflect his perfect, beautiful, glorious light back to him as he gives us his peace, grace, and his eternal love through his Holy Spirit and the precious Holy Blood of his Son Yehoshua, Jesus is salvation. Love you all🌈🕊✝️👑🌈 All Glory to the Most High God.
I choose to follow Christ as John Piper's teaches; following Christ through loving God's WORD (above all) with all of your MIND & BEHAVIOR-through Christ! For Christ, Himself has magnified His WORD above all His Names. (Psalm 138:2) He IS GOD
John 8:36😊❤ "36 So if the Son( Jesus😊1st❤)sets you free, you will be free❤😊 indeed😊❤."( John 8:36 ESV Study Bible) Luke 2:22-38( Jesus😊1st❤ presented❤ at the temple😊❤) "22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses😊❤ , they brought him( Jesus😊1st❤) up to Jersusalem😊❤ to present him to the Lord😊❤ 23 ( as it is written in the Law of the Lord, " Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy😊❤ to the Lord( the Lord God😊❤)." 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what to what is said in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young piegeons." 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous😊❤ and devout😊❤, waiting for consolation of Israel😊❤ and the Holy Spirit(😊❤ our helper in Christ) was upon him( Simeon😊❤). 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ(Jesus😊1st❤). 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the partners brought in the child Jesus(😊1st❤), to do for him according to the custum of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed❤ God(😊100%❤) and said, 29 " Lord , now you are letting your servant depart in peace according to your word; 30 for my eyes have your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples. 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles😊❤, and for glory😊❤ to your people😊❤ Israel😊❤." 33 And his father😊❤ and his mother😊❤ marveled at what was said about him( Jesus😊1st❤). 34 And Simeonn blessed them(😊❤😊❤)and said to Mary 😊❤ his mother, " Behold😊❤ this child( Jesus😊1st❤) is appointed❤ for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 ( and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed😊❤." 36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, 37 and then as a widow until she was eighty- four. She did not depart from the temple😊❤, worshipping😊❤ with fasting😊❤ and prayer😊❤ night and day. 38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks😊❤ to God(😊100%❤) and to speak of him( Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) to all who were waiting for the redeemption😊❤ of Jerusalem😊❤."( Luke 2:22-38 ESV Study Bible. All parenthesis parts and all symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ in Christ❤.
Luke 2:22-38( Jesus😊1st❤ presented❤ at the temple😊❤) "22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses😊❤ , they brought him( Jesus😊1st❤) up to Jersusalem😊❤ to present him to the Lord😊❤ 23 ( as it is written in the Law of the Lord, " Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy😊❤ to the Lord( the Lord God😊❤)." 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what to what is said in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young piegeons." 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous😊❤ and devout😊❤, waiting for consolation of Israel😊❤ and the Holy Spirit(😊❤ our helper in Christ) was upon him( Simeon😊❤). 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ(Jesus😊1st❤). 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the partners brought in the child Jesus(😊1st❤), to do for him according to the custum of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed❤ God(😊100%❤) and said, 29 " Lord , now you are letting your servant depart in peace according to your word; 30 for my eyes have your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples. 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles😊❤, and for glory😊❤ to your people😊❤ Israel😊❤." 33 And his father😊❤ and his mother😊❤ marveled at what was said about him( Jesus😊1st❤). 34 And Simeonn blessed them(😊❤😊❤)and said to Mary 😊❤ his mother, " Behold😊❤ this child( Jesus😊1st❤) is appointed❤ for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 ( and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed😊❤." 36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, 37 and then as a widow until she was eighty- four. She did not depart from the temple😊❤, worshipping😊❤ with fasting😊❤ and prayer😊❤ night and day. 38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks😊❤ to God(😊100%❤) and to speak of him( Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) to all who were waiting for the redeemption😊❤ of Jerusalem😊❤."( Luke 2:22-38 ESV Study Bible)
Exodus 16:27-30 of Exodus 16:1-36( Bread😊❤ from heaven😊❤ ) Exodus 16:27-30 "27 On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. 28 And the LORD said to Moses, " How long will you refuse to keep my commandments❤ and my❤ laws❤? 29 See! The LORD😊❤ has given you the Sabbath😊❤; therefore on the sixth day he give❤ you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day😊❤." 30 So the people😊❤ rested😊❤ on the seventh day😊❤. "( Exodus 16:27-30 ESV Study Bible) Genesis 2:1-2( The Seventh Day😊❤ , God 😊100%❤ rests😊❤ ) "2 Thus the heavens (😊❤'s) and the earth were finished, and all the host of them(from Genesis 1:1-31😊❤). 2 And on the seventh day God(😊100%❤) finished😊❤ his work😊❤ that he (God😊100%❤) had done, and he (God😊100%❤) rested😊❤ on the seventh day😊❤( now today we called Sunday 😊❤ in Christ, unless God also called you to preach😊❤ on Sunday too in Christ) from all his work that he had done. 3 So God( 😊100%❤) blessed❤ the seventh day 😊❤and make it holy(😊100%❤), because on it God(😊100%❤) rested from all his work that he had done( 😊❤) in creation."( Genesis 2:1-3 ESV Study Bible) ( speaking of God's creation😊❤ it also includes you😊❤ and I 😊❤ in Christ are also are God's creations😊❤ too or His( God😊100%❤'s) beloved❤ children(😊❤'s) in Christ😊❤ too. When God(😊100%❤) rest 😊❤, we(😊❤'s) rest 😊❤ too in Christ😊❤. When God(😊100%❤) tells us to work😊❤, we work too by His grace😊❤ in Christ😊❤. Today do you also see God at work in you and at rest to love you too in Christ? 2 Corinthians 2:15😊❤-16😊❤ "15 The Spiritual person😊❤ judges ❤ all things❤, but is himself to judged by no one. 16 For who has understood the mind❤ of the Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) so as instruct❤ him? But😊❤ we ( 😊❤ 😊❤ 😊❤😊❤😊 ❤😊 ❤😊 ❤&u) have the mind😊❤ of Christ( Jesus😊1st❤)."( 2 Corinthians 2:15-16 ESV Study Bible) amen to 2 Corinthians 2:15❤-16😊❤ in Christ❤.
The statement "Truth triumphs through providence" makes no sense. Jesus is the Truth - therefore when someone says "Truth triumphs through providence" they are really saying "Jesus triumphs through providence". But that divides providence from Jesus' unchanging character. Christianity is Christ - his unchanging character - not 'providence'. (Calvinism is primary false doctrine).
Jesus triumphs through providence. It's a perfect statement, actually. The salvation of all his elect throughout history and time is the working of the Lord's providential, triumphant power.
@@therealkaramelHello, What I attempted to say failed for lack of clarity. Here's a second attempt. If I ask you to imagine God's justice - you can immediately define it and perceive it to be part of God's character - it is God's fairness - his rewarding righteousness and punishing wrongdoing. The same with God's mercy - you can define it (I define it as God's justice outworked always with the intention to if possible restore). But not so with providence. Providence is God providing - which means we get 'stuff' - that doesn't tell us anything about which part of God's character was responsible for the providing - nor what was provided. As proof of that no-one pays a person a compliment by saying they are a great provider. Could we instead think of providence as generosity - so it became linked with God's character? No we couldn't because while it does become clear that it is something about God and what he gives it still leaves us with the issue of what part of God's character was given. (Salvation is God offering us HIMSELF - which means that we must understand providence in terms of which part of God has been given to us). It's the same with grace. Calvinists call grace God's undeserved favour - or something similar - but that defines grace only in terms of what we got/get from God - it doesn't actually tell us anything about which part of God is his grace. So that's what I meant in my first post when I said that "Jesus triumphs through providence" was either unclear or incoherent. I meant that it causes Jesus to be defined only in vague terms - as someone who delivered an outcome (which leads to people thinking of salvation being God giving us something other than himself - such as God allowing us to go to heaven when we die - this having serious implications for people's being changed by the gospel). Calvinists have every reason not to want to get specific about God's grace - since their Calvinism leaves them rightly unable to imagine which part of God's character is responsible for saving the elect - while damning the non-elect. Calvinism requires what God gives in salvation to float in mid air - to exist separately from himself. It isn't just Calvinists who aren't able to locate grace in God's character. Non-Calvinists - due to the influence of Calvinism - are no better. My conclusion - I won't give a full defence here - is that God's grace is his perfect (utterly self-giving) intention. Unless God's grace is his intention we don't actually have any way to prove that God is utterly self-giving. Imagine a senior pastor who behaves justly and mercifully towards his congregation - because he wants them to allow him to stay in their holiday homes. Your response may be to say that this is a failure of holiness - but it isn't - holiness is God's insistence that his character be exhibited not just by him - but everywhere. But all we have - without a clear definition of grace - is only that God insists that his justice and mercy be everywhere. We still haven't found a part of God which relates to his intention - at least not unless grace is God's always self-giving intention. Whatever definition we come up with for grace it has to explain why - when normally an attribute of God received by us leads to our exhibiting THAT ATTRIBUTE ONLY - Titus 2:11-14 says that God's grace teaches us to be godly in every character attribute. That passage proves that grace - like God's holiness - must be about God's relationship with his own character - instead of being a simple attribute like justice or mercy.
Watched this sermon when i was up up on gty and now here i find it again, realized it was the same one while I was watching, but kept going because it's a treat when Piper preaches at MacArthur's pulpit! 🤍
This is such an impactful sermon for me!!!!! Especially from 29:00 and onward!!! And even especially more so from 34:20 - 35:45 and onward.
Thank you Lord for giving us such a wonderful gift.
Im so happy God willed you to finish his msg. For it was perfect Amen. May all that is God when he looks upon us we reflect his perfect, beautiful, glorious light back to him as he gives us his peace, grace, and his eternal love through his Holy Spirit and the precious Holy Blood of his Son Yehoshua, Jesus is salvation. Love you all🌈🕊✝️👑🌈 All Glory to the Most High God.
may we find refuge in our Lord's truth and solace in His beautiful providence!
I choose to follow Christ as John Piper's teaches; following Christ through loving God's WORD (above all) with all of your MIND & BEHAVIOR-through Christ! For Christ, Himself has magnified His WORD above all His Names. (Psalm 138:2) He IS GOD
Outstanding message!
Amen!
John 8:36😊❤
"36 So if the Son( Jesus😊1st❤)sets you free, you will be free❤😊
indeed😊❤."( John 8:36 ESV Study Bible)
Luke 2:22-38( Jesus😊1st❤ presented❤
at the temple😊❤)
"22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses😊❤
, they brought him( Jesus😊1st❤) up to Jersusalem😊❤
to present him to the Lord😊❤
23 ( as it is written in the Law of the Lord, " Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy😊❤ to the Lord( the Lord God😊❤)."
24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what to what is said in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young piegeons."
25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous😊❤ and devout😊❤, waiting for consolation of Israel😊❤ and the Holy Spirit(😊❤ our helper in Christ) was upon him( Simeon😊❤).
26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ(Jesus😊1st❤).
27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the partners brought in the child Jesus(😊1st❤), to do for him according to the custum of the Law,
28 he took him up in his arms and blessed❤ God(😊100%❤) and said,
29 " Lord
, now you are letting your servant depart in peace according to your word;
30 for my eyes have your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples.
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles😊❤,
and
for glory😊❤ to your people😊❤ Israel😊❤."
33 And his father😊❤
and his mother😊❤ marveled at what was said about him( Jesus😊1st❤).
34 And Simeonn blessed them(😊❤😊❤)and said to Mary 😊❤ his mother,
" Behold😊❤ this child( Jesus😊1st❤) is appointed❤ for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed
35 ( and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed😊❤."
36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,
37 and then as a widow until she was eighty- four.
She did not depart from the temple😊❤, worshipping😊❤ with
fasting😊❤ and
prayer😊❤
night
and
day.
38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks😊❤
to God(😊100%❤) and to speak of him( Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) to all who were waiting for the redeemption😊❤ of Jerusalem😊❤."( Luke 2:22-38 ESV Study Bible. All parenthesis parts and all symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ in Christ❤.
Luke 2:22-38( Jesus😊1st❤ presented❤
at the temple😊❤)
"22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses😊❤
, they brought him( Jesus😊1st❤) up to Jersusalem😊❤
to present him to the Lord😊❤
23 ( as it is written in the Law of the Lord, " Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy😊❤ to the Lord( the Lord God😊❤)."
24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what to what is said in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young piegeons."
25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous😊❤ and devout😊❤, waiting for consolation of Israel😊❤ and the Holy Spirit(😊❤ our helper in Christ) was upon him( Simeon😊❤).
26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ(Jesus😊1st❤).
27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the partners brought in the child Jesus(😊1st❤), to do for him according to the custum of the Law,
28 he took him up in his arms and blessed❤ God(😊100%❤) and said,
29 " Lord
, now you are letting your servant depart in peace according to your word;
30 for my eyes have your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples.
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles😊❤,
and
for glory😊❤ to your people😊❤ Israel😊❤."
33 And his father😊❤
and his mother😊❤ marveled at what was said about him( Jesus😊1st❤).
34 And Simeonn blessed them(😊❤😊❤)and said to Mary 😊❤ his mother,
" Behold😊❤ this child( Jesus😊1st❤) is appointed❤ for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed
35 ( and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed😊❤."
36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,
37 and then as a widow until she was eighty- four.
She did not depart from the temple😊❤, worshipping😊❤ with
fasting😊❤ and
prayer😊❤
night
and
day.
38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks😊❤
to God(😊100%❤) and to speak of him( Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) to all who were waiting for the redeemption😊❤ of Jerusalem😊❤."( Luke 2:22-38 ESV Study Bible)
Exodus 16:27-30
of
Exodus 16:1-36( Bread😊❤ from heaven😊❤
)
Exodus 16:27-30
"27 On the seventh day some of the people
went out to gather,
but they found none.
28 And the LORD said to Moses, " How long will you refuse to keep my commandments❤
and my❤ laws❤?
29 See! The LORD😊❤ has given you the Sabbath😊❤; therefore on the sixth day he give❤ you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day😊❤."
30 So the people😊❤ rested😊❤ on the seventh day😊❤. "( Exodus 16:27-30 ESV Study Bible)
Genesis 2:1-2( The Seventh Day😊❤
, God 😊100%❤
rests😊❤
)
"2 Thus the heavens (😊❤'s)
and the earth were finished, and all the host of them(from Genesis 1:1-31😊❤).
2 And on the seventh day God(😊100%❤) finished😊❤
his work😊❤ that he (God😊100%❤)
had done, and he (God😊100%❤)
rested😊❤ on the seventh day😊❤( now today we called Sunday 😊❤ in Christ, unless God also called you to preach😊❤ on Sunday too in Christ) from all his work that he had done.
3 So God( 😊100%❤) blessed❤ the seventh day 😊❤and make it holy(😊100%❤), because on it God(😊100%❤) rested from all his work that he had done( 😊❤) in creation."( Genesis 2:1-3 ESV Study Bible) ( speaking of God's creation😊❤ it also
includes you😊❤ and I 😊❤ in Christ are also
are God's creations😊❤ too
or His( God😊100%❤'s) beloved❤ children(😊❤'s)
in Christ😊❤ too.
When God(😊100%❤) rest 😊❤, we(😊❤'s)
rest 😊❤ too
in Christ😊❤.
When God(😊100%❤)
tells us to work😊❤, we work too by His grace😊❤ in Christ😊❤.
Today do you also see God at work in you and at rest to love you too in Christ?
2 Corinthians 2:15😊❤-16😊❤
"15 The Spiritual person😊❤ judges ❤ all things❤, but is himself to judged by no one.
16 For who has understood the mind❤ of the Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) so as instruct❤ him? But😊❤ we (
😊❤
😊❤
😊❤😊❤😊
❤😊
❤😊
❤&u) have the mind😊❤ of Christ( Jesus😊1st❤)."( 2 Corinthians 2:15-16 ESV Study Bible) amen to 2 Corinthians 2:15❤-16😊❤ in Christ❤.
When did this take place?
The statement "Truth triumphs through providence" makes no sense.
Jesus is the Truth - therefore when someone says "Truth triumphs through providence" they are really saying "Jesus triumphs through providence".
But that divides providence from Jesus' unchanging character.
Christianity is Christ - his unchanging character - not 'providence'.
(Calvinism is primary false doctrine).
Jesus triumphs through providence. It's a perfect statement, actually.
The salvation of all his elect throughout history and time is the working of the Lord's providential, triumphant power.
@@therealkaramelHello,
What I attempted to say failed for lack of clarity. Here's a second attempt.
If I ask you to imagine God's justice - you can immediately define it and perceive it to be part of God's character - it is God's fairness - his rewarding righteousness and punishing wrongdoing.
The same with God's mercy - you can define it (I define it as God's justice outworked always with the intention to if possible restore).
But not so with providence. Providence is God providing - which means we get 'stuff' - that doesn't tell us anything about which part of God's character was responsible for the providing - nor what was provided. As proof of that no-one pays a person a compliment by saying they are a great provider.
Could we instead think of providence as generosity - so it became linked with God's character? No we couldn't because while it does become clear that it is something about God and what he gives it still leaves us with the issue of what part of God's character was given. (Salvation is God offering us HIMSELF - which means that we must understand providence in terms of which part of God has been given to us).
It's the same with grace. Calvinists call grace God's undeserved favour - or something similar - but that defines grace only in terms of what we got/get from God - it doesn't actually tell us anything about which part of God is his grace.
So that's what I meant in my first post when I said that "Jesus triumphs through providence" was either unclear or incoherent. I meant that it causes Jesus to be defined only in vague terms - as someone who delivered an outcome (which leads to people thinking of salvation being God giving us something other than himself - such as God allowing us to go to heaven when we die - this having serious implications for people's being changed by the gospel).
Calvinists have every reason not to want to get specific about God's grace - since their Calvinism leaves them rightly unable to imagine which part of God's character is responsible for saving the elect - while damning the non-elect. Calvinism requires what God gives in salvation to float in mid air - to exist separately from himself.
It isn't just Calvinists who aren't able to locate grace in God's character. Non-Calvinists - due to the influence of Calvinism - are no better.
My conclusion - I won't give a full defence here - is that God's grace is his perfect (utterly self-giving) intention. Unless God's grace is his intention we don't actually have any way to prove that God is utterly self-giving. Imagine a senior pastor who behaves justly and mercifully towards his congregation - because he wants them to allow him to stay in their holiday homes. Your response may be to say that this is a failure of holiness - but it isn't - holiness is God's insistence that his character be exhibited not just by him - but everywhere. But all we have - without a clear definition of grace - is only that God insists that his justice and mercy be everywhere. We still haven't found a part of God which relates to his intention - at least not unless grace is God's always self-giving intention.
Whatever definition we come up with for grace it has to explain why - when normally an attribute of God received by us leads to our exhibiting THAT ATTRIBUTE ONLY - Titus 2:11-14 says that God's grace teaches us to be godly in every character attribute. That passage proves that grace - like God's holiness - must be about God's relationship with his own character - instead of being a simple attribute like justice or mercy.
Watched this sermon when i was up up on gty and now here i find it again, realized it was the same one while I was watching, but kept going because it's a treat when Piper preaches at MacArthur's pulpit! 🤍
"Ain't it great?" @ardineh123. What a wonderful feeling! Glory to our Lord.