Are You Just Using Jesus?
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- Jesus isn’t just a ticket out of hell and into heaven. He is heaven.
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Lord, heal my unbelief. I want saving faith. I want to know you! I want to treasure you!
Same here man
I always feel convicted every time I hear this. Be my heart's treasure, Lord Jesus.
Heaven would be one sad place without Jesus. Jesus is heaven! Thank you Pastor John!
Karen Anna Vogel Amen!
Where Jesus is heaven is there.🙂💛
@@oliverzanier8202 0
Why settle for the blessings when we can have The Blesser? Why settle for the healing when we can have The Healer?
Brings to mind Natalie Grant’s song “More Than Anything”
N M M the sad truth is most let their desire for the healer turn into pride and boastfulness. they associate their desire for sanctification with their own salvation, and slowly self righteousness slips in. Not Jesus righteousness.
No Jesus, no joy! I can't imagine the emptiness of a heaven without the light of God and being able to praise our Lord Jesus forever.
I love the paradox of how I can't love Him without Him leading me to love Him more. When I quit striving to do his will for the sake of "doing his will" and release everything to Him, that's when I love Him the most.
This is SOOO GOOD..EVERY Christian needs to Hear this Message!! IS JESUS YOUR TREASURE??!!! HE is My Treasure..I Desire HIM over ALL Things of this World!!
I’m speechless. That was straight to my heart
Same here. I'm a shame
Same
If you disrespect God long enough, He can take your toys away, and even your spiritual gifts, even your chastity and purety, or your personality triats, your youth, your mind. Humility is so important with God. Pray and believe
Believing AND receiving! He must be our Master, and Treasure.
Amen!! Good word!
Indeed. Treasure HIM above anyone. He’s my lifestyle. The way to live.
Amen Carlie.....utterly foolish.. ..we musnt make Jesus our Master and Treasure........the ONLY thing we must do is believe... ..John Piper is utterly foolish, utterly lost and angers Jesus...
he is a wolf in sheeps clothing
Hey, maybe a stupid question. I think I already know the answer but I wish to know what you brothers and sisters define as treasure. Thank you
I have to have Jesus. I have to have the word of God because that is my food.
I hate it when people are friends with me just because they can benefit off me. I have been doing the same thing to my Lord and Savior. Devastating to think about.
@Carlie Trogicj I agree, we are 100% dependant on God, there is absolutely nothing that we can do without him sustaining our very existence. What I'm saying is that I have been going to Him for what He can give not really for who He is, my desire has been for His gifts not for His person.
@Carlie Trogicj Then he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
Acts 16:30-31 ESV
bible.com/bible/59/act.16.30-31.ESV
Yes, I’ve been feeling the same thing lately.
Marius Ciobanu He's so kind to us He let us (me esp) know this in a loving way.
I understand what you mean Marius and I'm scared to admit, in denial maybe, but somewhere as you've mentioned I too feel I'm guilty of the same.. let's pray for each other and all others in this thread who feel the same way, that the Lord may change our hearts to receive Him in Truth. 🙏
No! I need Jesus everyday to survive. Jesus is my life, my breath. Jesus is my joy my life. Jesus is my everything.
I always tell God I think heaven is sitting in a chair staring at him all day. I love him that much. I would never get bored and I don’t even deserve to look at him. But I long to!
@The Righteousness of God In Christ Jesus I am so confused
@The Righteousness of God In Christ Jesus oh well, you should watch China cry
“Rescuer, Master and a Treasure!”
This message found me. I didn’t find this message. Lord you have spoken. I am guilty of this. Help me to know more about you and give me the grace to. Amen
Thank God for his teaching. I became a christian five years ago and Piper has really helped me treasure the Pearl of great price
Amen!!! Never heard it like this before but he is correct. Jesus is a prescious treasure not our ticket into heaven.
Amen, it’s a free gift!!! Free, free free and that’s why JESUS died so we did not have to go to Hell!
Jesus is heaven
Amen :)
What verse that says Jesus is heaven?
This was a wonderful. WONDERFUL sermon. Many people think you receive Jesus because you don’t want to go to hell. Of course, who wants to go to hell? But what is your objective then? To believe in God yet still live the same worldly life you use to live in? Expecting to have a spot reserved in heaven specifically for you, although you didn’t abide by his words or rely on the spirit most of your life? Some use Jesus because they “just want to be happy”. Well, of course that’s our inheritance. Is to be happy. But receiving God is entering into a realm that we were naturally intended to live in. It’s going back to what we were initially created for. It’s bringing the kingdom of God to Earth to present to others their TRUE divine selves. It’s so hard for us (it was for me) to believe that we truly were created for an abundant life that is beyond this World. It took me many tears (of joy & sadness) to continuously acquire revelation knowledge that led up to that realization. We are soooo much bigger than this world. The value that we have is immeasurable because we are worth God’s currency. Not the world’s currency. This is why I just want all of my friend’s, family, and strangers I run by to know the word of God. Because you find out things that leave you speechless and that impact your spirit like never before. God wants us to realize how much of him is in us. To the point where even on our bad days or even when we run into mind battles or are feeling down. We still feel more whole than we ever did when he wasn’t in our lives.
You're a blessing and you're blessed
You are wise man.
Isaiah Ridge..is there any way we can talk some more..id appreciate it.
Irma Ebene You’re so kind! All of what I wrote was from God. He is the author he is every and anything in our hearts. You are so blessed too! Thank you again
Shisham Malenga All from God. God is my hunger now and I’m just so fired up by him. Just so fired up by his love. It’s so intense!
This is the essence of Christianity. To love Jesus like He loves. I think this message is changing lives. I thought I loved Jesus but it has now become clear to me that it’s the prize I’ve been And am after. And never has a sermon moved me this much.
help us to rely on you Lord
He fills me up with joy when the world says I lost everything.
I want just enough cloud to stand on in order to praise my Jesus forever. Friends, golden streets, mansions, .... whatever Jesus gives me is eternally valuable but the GIVER, that’s what I want soooo much more. Desperate for Jesus.
Jesus said there will be many on that glorious day who say, "didnt I do this or that in your name? But Jesus is going to tell them he never knew them! People will be deceived. We need this message.
Jamie D. Exactly. Jesus is referring to those who are trusting in their works for salvation. Those who don’t pray and talk to Jesus, who don’t trust in his blood alone to become clean enough to enter heaven. The righteous shall live by faith. The work of God is to believe in Jesus sacrifice. Evidence of your salvation isn’t the Holy Spirit perfectly sanctifying you from moment you believe. Evidence of salvation is the Holy Spirit, which is easy to notice because you are convicted of sin. For example, I hate when people swear. I feel conviction. Yet I still do it myself sometimes. I hate it in others, I hate it in myself. I hate sin. But I still do it sometimes.
Carlie Trogicj because they trusted in their works to save them, and they neglected their relationship with Jesus for the sake of “works”. The best works you could ever do is to believe, repent, pray. That’s all you need to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Not this perfection with no sin. Our full sanctification comes when we are reunited with Jesus.
The only reason why Jesus dismissed the people in Matthew 7 is strictly because they were not trusting on Him ALONE for Salvation. They were trusting their works in some way, to save them. More than likely they were trusting Christ PLUS their works, instead of trusting Him ALONE.
John Piper is a lying snake....trying to make Salvation complicated. "Oh you believe, but have you received Him....and I don't mean like "receiving" an Amazon package". Get outta here with that nonsense!!!
That verse breaks my heart
Keylow 89 do not listen to a single word this Pharisee John Piper says! Works has nothing to do with Salvation. You can have ZERO works and still be saved. Eternal life is a FREE GIFT with NO CONDITIONS (a.k.a “do works”) attached. A person can also have a plethora of works and actually not be saved, again, because works has nothing to do with Salvation.
So my dear, it is not confusing. Do not let this unsaved prostituting devil confuse you.
Salvation is received by believing on Christ ALONE. It is not be believing on Christ PLUS doing works to get, keep, maintain, preserve or PROVE your Salvation.
A person’s Salvation cannot be proven! Only God sees the person’s faith. Our best bet is to listen to a person’s profession....and that is how I know this man is not saved but is ALSO trusting his works a la Matthew 7- by what he is professing in this video. He is a quintessential FALSE PROPHET! DO NOT LISTEN TO HIM!!
It’s like a punch 🥊 in the liver. He is so accurate on our motives to follow Jesus, specially my motives. I now that Jesus is more than what He can give, but how do I change from wanting what He gives to just wanting Jesus?
I definitely understand!! What comes to mind is by learning about WHO He is. His character. Reading the Bible for the knowledge and revelation of Christ. Not just the promises. I’m saying this to myself as well. I guess we need to think about what a relationship is...and ask ourselves if our approach has been one that is the foundation of building a relationship...getting to know Him, simply. Or if we’ve looked at Him as a dispensary. God has a character. God has a heart. We can see this through the life of Jesus. So...yeah!
I don’t think we can DO anything. It’s more of a supernatural working in us. It’s grace. We can work out our salvation and trust God would use it to put in us delight for him above wanting to be admired and above food comfort, for example. Am I right.
JOHN 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." -When you are born again this will happen for/to you. Blessings.
"We love Him because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19" Meditate in what Jesus did for us at the cross. There he displayed the ultimate act of love. Our love and passion for Jesus will always fall short compared to his love for us, but we can be honest with God from right where we find ourselves and ask Him to help us love Him above all else. The more we place our attention on how he loved us the more we will be stirred to love Him.
jüRGEN what helped me was to understand "Who am I in Christ" what that relationship is and how it changes my life. It changed my view of everything about my relationship with Him and it has changed my life.
Wow. Jesus please pray for us before the Father that we will be a people who grasp this. Amen
I love JP! He is so passionate about our Lord and Savior! Makes me happy to hear God use him!
Apparently God still knows how to get through to me...’cause I was feeling very “used” today. Thanks for sharing.
If you are not Obeying Jesus commandments and Seeking Him Everyday for your Provision..Doing What He asked you to do..You are "Trying" to Use Jesus. This is why many prayers seem unanswered. We are Here to do the "Father Will" Not our own.. or some mans will..in the bible or out..who is pretending to know the Fathers Will for you.
Wow! Till now I have not treasures Jesus but pleasure, earthly pleasure please pray for me!
Thank you Pastor John for the beautiful sermon, it shakes reality into you and its True Jesus is our Heaven and everlasting Happiness from today to everyday..forgive me father for my weak faith & Thank you for giving me the opportunity to understand you more
He IS our Heaven 🤩 Our TREASURE!
Amen!
Oh.
This man is a beauty.
Thank you.
Only the new heart He gives desires Him. He said no man seeks after me, no man desires me. The natural man cannot. We must be born again.
Thank you Lord and Ptr John. I desire to constantly serve and love God because I don't do enough. This is a rebuke to me.
"not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith" -Philippians 3:9
"Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified." -Galatians 2:16
The Bible makes it very clear that we are justified by faith alone and not by anything that we do. Fighting to treasure Jesus is just another work of the law, it's trying to work for your salvation. I absolutely loved where you were coming from though. That we really need to seek Jesus and not the things that he gives. Without loving Jesus, our lives will feel empty. He must be what we're satisfied in. His love for us is truly amazing. I think if we were only saved if we treasured Jesus, then that would go against Ephesians 2:8-9 because we could boast that our love for him saved us. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast." If we think were only saved by us treasuring Jesus, then we would be down-grading Jesus amazing love for us in that the gift of righteousness is a gift we slightly deserve because of our love rather than something we don't deserve at all. The gift wouldn't be completely free. Notice how the second verse I pointed out, Galatians 2:16, doesn't say "we are justified by faith alone in Christ and by treasuring Christ". Many times Paul's letters were about correcting a church from believe in "we are saved by faith in Jesus AND something else."
As sad as it is for people to believe in Jesus only for what he gives you, I think it only goes with God's amazing grace that he would still save those people. If it weren't so, God's grace wouldn't be as amazing.
Powerful message, thank you ♥️
Psalms 103 Bless the LORD! Oh my soul, and all that is with in me bless his holy name! Because His steadfast love is forever and ever, Amen and Amen!
I feel I am so close to God. It seems one of these days God will knock up my heart.
How will I ever change
Go to God himself and ask. Seek him every day in your bible. He will help you❤
loyal till this age, its great! hope we all can be mature in bible and faith too like pastor john. amenn
Praise God for John Piper man, what a kingdom seeker!
GOD BLESS YOU
This sermon/message really opened my eyes. I want to love and believe in Jesus, but another side of me still disobeys Him. Sometimes even conscious disobedience.😭😭😭 I feel so far gone. I keep wondeing: was my faith ever true?
At the other hand: I know that I want Jesus. Fil. 3:10-11 is therefore one of my favorites from Scripture.
Still, I am so scared to just "use" Jesus. I feel like I just cannot love/genuinly receive Jesus "on my own". I am so desperate for God. I feel like I need to be saved from myself. My corrupt, twisted heart. This ongoing internal battle -- I really struggle with this. Has someone advice what to do or having the same experience?
What is it that you feel exactly? Is it the thought of just using him to get out of hell?
@monica, I feel the same way too. It feels tedious to follow Jesus. I definitely believe He took my sins away, but I don't find myself treasuring Him or loving Him enough to want to obey Him wholeheartedly.
This is the problem: love. I don't love Him the way He wants to be loved. I don't see His commands and ways as worth it, not really. I too feel so wicked and distorted inside; some days i just sit and weep and beg Him to help me. I've had such revelation of the Father's love for me, but for some reason I'm not drawn to Jesus the Son in the same way. But I spend my days praying over it and looking for a way out. If I'm planning on spending eternity with Jesus, then I have to love and obey Him for eternity, right? May as well learn now.
Just my experience, pray earnestly to Him & surrender 100% to Jesus. If you receive the Holy Spirit, true faith which is the free gift of God will come.
POWERFUL TRUTH
"Receiving Christ in a saving way, means preferring Christ over all persons and all things."
Hallelujah
LOVE LOVE LOVE !!!!!!!
Jesus to me is simply this. He is the heart of God. God gave His whole heart for me and my sins. His heart was broken to mend me. His heart was crushed so that I could be made whole. God gave His heart willingly even if I chose to and would refuse it. His heart and love was given without any condition. That's why I can boldly say apart from Him I can do nothing, in Him I live, I move and have my being.
People come to God with their whole lives planned...and want Jesus as an additive to their life, their will, their rules...without ever surrendering and asking God what His will is for their life...He wants to know you! He desires the throne of your heart...but people aren't willing to dethrone what's there already...nothing else can satisfy
Does anyone struggle with not delighting in HIM all the time? is it a once you get there, you never lack delight or is it a rollercoaster ride?
we cannot say that every intention of our hearts is always perfect and pure. If it were, we would not need an intercessor before God once we are saved. The idea of sinless perfectionism is an error that is refuted by Scripture.
Yes :) I don't really think this is a very healthy video for most people to watch. What I see the message of this video doing, is pushing salvation to a place of performing a trust in God that is good enough to be saved. It says in the bible that no man seeks God. That means that in ourselves, we have no enjoyment in God whatsoever. The Holy Spirit is the only One who, by the extreme, loving grace of God, can make us into real lovers of God and of people. And this is a process. God will continue to make us better lovers for the rest of our lives. What John is describing in this video is a really good and beautiful thing, but ONLY (!!!) Gods grace can do it in us. All we can do is responding to Him and saying yes. Our feelings flutctuate. Hope this helps you!
Psalm 37:4 English Standard Version (ESV)
4 Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Matthew 22:37-39 New International Version (NIV)
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything that I have told you.
Ephesians 2:8-9 New International Version (NIV)
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
I pray you find the answer in God's Word, sister.
I came to Jesus in December of 2016. It's definitely been a roller coaster ride. I want to be able to 'see' Him and see His, well no other word for it, how glorious and worthy of praise He is. People who don't know Him are dead and can't do ANYTHING unless the Father draws them. The desire to want to 'see' Him is Him working in us I believe.
Spot on!
He is what makes Heaven, Heaven!
No because , I feel like I want no gifts, or treasures but hunger for God and I know He is our giver of life and sustainer of the universe.
I’m happily married and with 2 beautiful children but God is who we will meet and spend eternity with if we are saved.
👍🙏❤️
But we seek the gift giver not the gifts first. Then we go into the world in power
Thank you for this..
Very powerful
Beautiful
Thanks to Jesus for this, custom tailored for me, I am guilty in the ways that was described in this video
In response to brother John Pipers video regarding 'Are you just using Jesus?'
The answer is of course we are.
He is the Way, the Truth and the Life and no one comes to the Father but by Him.
So what is this receiving of Jesus?
John 1:12
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:”
King James Version (KJV)
As I understand English, those who receives Him into their heart and lives are given the power to become the sons of God.
This power is of course the total and complete forgiveness of sins past, present (God forbid) and future.
Also, the receiving of the Holy Spirit who is the Spirit of Christ.
Romans 8:9
“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
King James Version (KJV)
But this blessedness is also freely given to those who simply believe on His name.
Believe here is looking expectantly to Jesus as the One Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Justification being the operative word here, as justification with God comes through faith in Christ's finished work on the cross for us, therefore any addition or subtraction to that eternal truth is heresy and certainly not the gospel of Christ.
Every born again believer is saved by grace through faith.
As you can safely trust one can only be born in the flesh once, so to with the Spirit.
Therefore, eternal redemption is what every single believer in this planet has, irrespective of their own personal performances?
Knowing the truth of who we are in Christ and what we have in Him and how we got there ought to fill us with joy?
Our salvation does not depend on us. In any shape or form, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Therefore, all we have to do is look (expectingly) as the Israelites looked upon the bronze serpent in the wilderness to be delivered.
1 Corinthians 1:9
“God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”
King James Version (KJV)
Our Salvation is dependant on God.
You also have to understand that you can't just continue to sin and expect Grace to cover it all
Romans 6:1-2 NKJV
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
You may already know this verse I just want to make sure we are all aware of this. God bless you brothers and sisters! 😁
@@iothemighty if we do sin grace will abound.
@Damari B my apologies. My wording was weird. Grace will cover it all. But I'm just saying we shouldn't abuse it and use it as an excuse to sin.
I appreciate John’s desire to explain that in the Christian’s life it is mandatory to see Christ as a rescuer, a Master and a Treasure. BUT, my difficulty with a lot of his verbiage is it sounds like he’s saying: “if you don’t feel a certain way you don’t have saving faith!” Or, “If you don’t love him THIS MUCH you don’t have saving faith.” We will have faith that produces love. BUT, love/treasuring Christ is not always a feeling!
AMEN!
I feel like I'm more afraid of hell than I have love for Jesus. I feel fake and it scares me to death.
I was just thinking how the spirit of Jezebel doesn't want a persons love...only their stuff. Then I came across this video, confirmation. How very demonic to exploit love. I have fallen prey to this evil based out of fear & rejection. But praise God for His mercy & grace! I pray I NEVER exploit anyone's love especially God's! I cried imagining heaven without Jesus... He is who I am looking forward to seeing face to face.
Dear God please help me to be content alone because I draw my contention from you.
Follow Jesus Christ as a disciple.
Man I like this guy !! He has a great point, and here's my resounding But t t t t t ... The reality of hell turns people straight. Straight into Jesus. You can't say you just want (as Bill Johnson calls it) "fire insurance." The reality of hell brings you closer to Holy Spirit. I know I don't want to burn forever. #biggunslovesus #jesusislove
John 17:3 Jesus said: "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent".
Recieved and changes in your lige new person
What is the solution, or how can we change from being the latter?
Jesus is heaven...That is deep!
my heart actually sank a bit. who who want a heaven without jesus?!
Desiring Him not just what He can do for you
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all tht heart, and with all thy soul and with all thy might...this is treasuring him. Repentance is required prior to receiving grace and forgiveness, and treasuring him is the response of a heart who who has been forgiven much. Remember, " Her sins which are many are forgiven, for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven the same loveth little.
Mr. Piper nails it.
Being led to listen to John Piper by the Holy Spirit. If you're a true believer in Jesus Christ you'll know what he said above is true.
I want so badly to be able to answer "no." But I can't, because I know that deep down, I'm just following Jesus to get out of Hell. What can I do to change that? How to I start want Jesus more than His rescue? Someone please help me, because I fear that I haven't received Christ in a saving way.
Carlie Trogicj But what if John Piper is right? He seems to have a lot of Biblical evidence to support the notion that one must treasure Jesus above all else in order to be saved. If that is true, then I am not saved, and I need to find a way to get saved ASAP. I believe in the Gospel, but if what John Piper says in this video is correct, belief is not enough. I must receive Christ in a saving way. And since I have not yet received Christ in a saving way despite praying for it, I am beginning to suspect that I may not be one of the elect. If I am genuinely seeking saving faith, and not receiving it, perhaps I am predestined for Hell? I don't know, I'm kind of just rambling at this point. No matter how many times I'm told that we are justified through belief in the Gospel alone, I will still have doubts. I'd much rather live a miserable life of wondering if I'm saved, and go to Heaven, than live a happy life of "knowing" I'm saved, and go to Hell.
Kylee B i do not believe that it is God’s will for us to be in fear of our salvation. As far as I know God doesn’t operate in fear. I also do not believe that one must treasure Jesus above all else to be saved but rather believe in the work he has done in our lives and let God transform our desires and image into his. I don’t think God is going to tell people you were using my son therefore you can’t come in because that is the reason he died on the cross for us in order that we may use his blood to be whole. I’m saying I believe because I don’t want to steer you down the wrong path with a topic as important as this but i would not be in fear. Simply pray and put your faith in God. He is good and always comes through. God Bless
Kylee B to be clear I do treasure Jesus above all else in my life as I have given up everything and am willing to give up everything that I have for him. I don’t know if I can say hundred percent though the the foundational motivation is not going to hell. I know that is something that must be changed but I believe that God will change this in my life as he has been very good to me so far. I will be praying for you and myself haha
Carlie Trogicj Amen Sister!!!
@@nuki121212 Well the bible does say God comes first so you technically do have to put God first. That would be treasuring him above all else. The bible tells us to have no idols above him in our heart.
What you described pastor John sounds like the love associated with affection or fondness (philos) and not the kind that puts first and sacrifices (agapao - verb).
Please correct my understanding then. Love to me is not a feeling.
God is challenging me in this season of my life about my heart. What you described would mean I’m not saved (and if that’s the case Jesus do a work in my heart please and save me!).
It’s been my understanding that whether God has my affection or not is irrelevant (since that goes up and down). My obedience to His word is my demonstration of love (if you love Me you will keep My commandments).
Please explain. It’s been a rough several months and I’m trying to get grips with this.
Thank you pastor John. Jesh
John 1: 12-13 there is nothing you can do to receive the Holy Spirit, only God determined who would receive the Gift and when. You will realise that you have The Gift already because having The Gift results in genuine repentance and faith and obedience and love and endurance, all part of the Gift...
guys pray john piper lives longer i have been following him for a long time and i can tell that he is upping his content so that we will have all the answers for the future i just wanna meet him first please Lord
i think hes right on the money...you must love Jesus above all things..even above all the things he gives. Amen. i think i needed to hear this. ❤
Carlie Trogicj i dont know. i think the gospel is more demanding than what most christians realize. and a lot of people(christians too) think they will make heaven by accident..its not like that. God gave all and we are commanded to love him with all and above all.
Exactly! Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone that says "Lord, Lord" shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he that DOES the will of My Father in heaven"
According to Jesus, believing by itself isnt enough, one must DO the will of the Father. To do the will of the Father, one must KNOW Him. Faith without works is dead. If someone is saved they will serve Him!!
R Lyle yes! actually, the fact that we do the will of the Father proves our faith. the Bible says faith without works is dead.. also Jesus said if you love me keep my commandments..therefore if we dont keep his commandments, we don't love him. he must be loved with our actions too not just 'our faith' because our works either prove or disprove our love/faith.
Zahira L: AMEN!! AMEN!!
Melchizedek is my best friend!!! Jesus is my best punchline.... such rich connotations in the one word Jesus
A-MEN!!!! 🙌
The burden of sin was bore upon the cross by the Lord Jesus Christ. Anyone who places the burden of sin upon a sinner to be saved is propagating a false gospel of self-righteousness. Jesus paid it all... and He died in our place taking the punishment we all deserve...
Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through repentance and faith. God will not save anyone who is trying to be saved of themselves, He will only save those who know they need a savior and are trusting Him to be saved. The only requirement to be saved is to admit that you are a guilty sinner in God's sight (Romans 3:19-26) and to turn to Jesus Christ in faith trusting in His death burrial and Ressurection (Romans 10:9-13). You must come as an ungodly sinner to be saved. No one has ever been saved except the UNGODLY (Romans 4:5-8). God doesn't save the self-righteous, who are going about to establish their own righteousness (Matthew 7:21-23). We can only be saved by God's righteousness, which is through faith in Christ. Philippians 3:9 says, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.”
Thanks i needed this :)
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wow I never heard it like this but it the truth. It's either we truth believe and give our life to him or we server our pleasures. We can only serve one. There is a difference between believing in him fully or using him as a ticket out of thing.
Is desiring Christ God given? Up until now Im still struggling to desire God I still desire earthly pleasures but I fight it and sometimes I lose so does this mean I am not saved? Did Paul's desire for Christ came from God or did it he do it purposely I have been praying to God to help me desire him more but it's still the same what if Im not really save? What if only those who are truly save desire Jesus? This are my thoughts right now.
I’d like to comment on John’s comment on 6:10; I agree with the premise of the point he’s trying to make, but It would appear (and please correct me if I’m wrong) Piper is also concluding if there is any point in your walk where you don’t love or prioritize Jesus the way not only he demands, but deserves to be loved, you’re showing evidence you may have never been saved to begin with. I would argue with bringing up the church of Ephesus when Jesus tells the church of Ephesus “you have left your first love, repent or I will remove the light from your lamp stand”. Again, I agree with the statement that Jesus is to be our supreme treasure, but I think it’s irrational if I understood his claim correctly to say you don’t have saving faith if you love these more than Christ.
Vatican 2 instructs the worldwide faithful to respond to God's call to holiness and be on the path to salvation.
Paris Reidhead preached a sermon on this very subject called “Ten Shekels And A Shirt”. If you haven’t heard it, I dare to say you are missing out on a life-changing message. He preaches God’s Word and God uses him in such a way that can scarce be described. You can find it on TH-cam.
JOHN 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Clear!!!
How can anyone be saved? With man it is impossible but with God all things are possible.
Hmm I read some of your responses I agree we need to watch out for the Jesus plus... gospels out there . Definitely something For me to think on now. I do think he is fighting against a cheap form of the gospel where people say they believe something bc all they want is gain for themselves and don’t want Jesus even a little bit. Will Jesus give undoubting faith to someone with a heart response like that? I don’t know the answer to that. Maybe John Piper has gone too far the opposite direction though placing a heart response to the Gospel that is exceedingly rare. I know my heart response doesnt measure up the standards John piper is placing out there even though I desire for it to be. Based on what he’s saying would that mean I am not saved? Absolutely! If he is right that is a scary thought especially for me bc I still believe I’m saved and do not doubt that Christs blood is enough to save my wicked heart but I still do not desire Jesus above all else even though I want to.
One edit to what I said above. Replace “will Jesus give undoubting faith”with “will Jesus give His undoubting faith.” Genuine faith does not have doubt that’s the point I was trying to get across but it was a poor choice of words. Sorry
@@scottlisa9828 God will have mercy on those who doubt.
Revelation 22
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
I thought salvation is not our work. I thought that believing in the cross is that what justifies and purifies us. Jesus said: it is finished and I know that everybody falls short to the glory of God. I know I should desire God with all my heart but sometimes it’s hard when you don’t see or hear him. Sometimes I pray and pray and ask for guidance and his present, but still Gods feels far away sometimes, so is my faith not enough? I believe in the grace gospel, because that’s what Paul said and also John 16:4 and John 3:16 states and Romans 6:23. I know I don’t desire God who I should do, but to think that I have to desire God or I am not saved, that would mean that I have to Love God the same way he did, which seems kinda impossible to me. You see my struggle?
It's like a dead desert receiving long awaited rain water ? It's like a totally lost frightened child back into the embrace of the Father?
this guy is like JBP when he gets done with the philosophizing and gets down to the truth of the bible
The only problem I have with this is jesus cant be your treasure not because he isnt But because in our subconscious we think we own treasure u cant own God u can only beg Jesus Who is God to forgive u and for get and help u lead u
Scary
MsCrystalwings would you argue it’s repentant belief of the gospel? repentance isn’t a work. Satan believes Jesus died for sinners, but he’s not sorry for his sins and doesn’t want to change. I want to change, even though I know I can’t be fully sanctified until I am reunified with Jesus. What about my alcoholic buddy who believes the gospel, but never talks about his faith and doesn’t feel sorry about his sins. Is he saved? Maybe he is repentant of his sins, but it’s just not something I can notice. Repentance is an inner job so I wouldn’t notice it anyway, although most of the time it’s reflected on the outside as well. Which is bearing fruit. And it makes me sick, sometimes people mistake bearing fruit for legalism. As if saying the evidence of salvation is what gives salvation itself. Or that bearing fruit means perfection in the law (no). It just means good works. The works don’t save you they are evidence that you are sealed with the Holy Spirit. Only perfect works can save, and Jesus is the only one who fulfilled the law! The conviction of your sin and the change that follows is evidence (sanctification process). Complete sanctification (perfect works) is a slow process that is never completed in this life, but when we meet Jesus again, he will complete us! That day will be so glorious!
Am I missing something? The video is titled ' Am I using Jesus' the guy is banging on about ' receiving Jesus ' ( but without the attitude).
If we are saved by Jesus, then it is intentional and not by accident, but because of His devine grace to do good ( kingdom) work. In another word, we all have an assignment to fulfil..
All i can say is i heard the gospel i believed it .i turned from my old life what i was doing (smoking weed acting like a fool) and am just following Jesus. I dont know what else i can do.iv prayed and prayed to show me what this means but i have no idea i dont want money or wealth.most of the time i went to him because i needed help with my fears and the sickness i have which is epilepsy. What else can i do? In all my fears and pains in all my loneliest times i cryd out to God for help.i dont know what this means to use Jesus.what are we sick people suppose to do ? Who else do we turn to for help? So i dont understand what this means
Big Gavin this man is lying to you. JESUS died so we could have Eternal life! HE is the only way! If you believed the Gospel and trust JESUS, that is is what saves. Whatever you do for CHRIST afterwards is your walk and will only result in crowns or lack thereof. If you have any doubt read the 1st 5 chapters in Romans, KJB.
There is nothing wrong with asking God for healing and restoration. The problem only comes if that is the only reason you are with Jesus, basically if he were to completely heal you tomorrow, would you go off and forget about him. If you feel like that might be the case, then just ask him to be your friend too.
But I pray that Jesus heals and restores you, and that you know his compassion and love.
What John Piper fails to understand is that the reception of faith in the one and only Jesus Christ and the reception of God's favour are as inseperable as faith and works. A liberated conscience through Jesus' blood overflows in full confidence and expectation of good, and abundant life.
Jesus is not selfish. God is not inward looking and easily envious like us. He is satisfied in His own glory and He wants to see us as independent human beings bearing that image. He doesn't require your allegiance to feel good. He always feels good. He's not like us. He pours out gifts unconditionally.
what is a "good and abundant life"?
Where is this full sermon please?