Monday, February 23, 2009.
Desiring God - Scripture
This is a post that i suppose to pose quite a long time back. However, due to the busy time schedule and ill-discipline of management, i have delayed till now, the study break.
Desiring God is a book by Pastor John Piper on how we pursue the joy in God by desiring Him as a Christian Hedonist.
The post will be the lesson i have learned from Chapter of "Scripture" and " Prayer". These are the two basic practices that all Christians should do daily just like how human relies on food and oxygen.
The chief end of God is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
2. Faith comes by Hearing
"These are written, so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name." John 20:31
The Word of God begets and sustains spiritual life because it begets and sustains faith.
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The benefits and power if Holy Scripture:
1. The Bible is your life
"Take to heart all the words by which i am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. For it is no empty word for you, but your very life." Deuteronomy 32:46-47
Our creation and our preservation are all owing to the Word of God's power.
1. The Bible is your life
"Take to heart all the words by which i am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. For it is no empty word for you, but your very life." Deuteronomy 32:46-47
Our creation and our preservation are all owing to the Word of God's power.
2. Faith comes by Hearing
"These are written, so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name." John 20:31
The Word of God begets and sustains spiritual life because it begets and sustains faith.
3. God supplies the Spirit through the Hearing of Faith
"Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?" Galatians 3:2
Set our minds on the things of the Spirit as all the teachings of Scripture are the things of the Spirit.
"Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?" Galatians 3:2
Set our minds on the things of the Spirit as all the teachings of Scripture are the things of the Spirit.
4. The Scripture give Hope
"Faith is the assurance of thins hoped for" Hebrews 11:1
"Faith is the assurance of thins hoped for" Hebrews 11:1
5. The truth shall make you Free
"I shall walk in freedom, for i sought your precepts" Psalm 119:45
"You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" John 8:32
When we trust the promises of God, we sever the root of corruption by the power of a superior promise.
"I shall walk in freedom, for i sought your precepts" Psalm 119:45
"You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" John 8:32
When we trust the promises of God, we sever the root of corruption by the power of a superior promise.
6. The Testimony of the Lord makes Wise the Simple
" The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple... The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes." Psalm 19:7-8
"Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding" Proverbs 3:13
" The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple... The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes." Psalm 19:7-8
"Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding" Proverbs 3:13
7. Written that you might have Assurance
"This is my comfort in my affliction that thy promise gives me life... When i think of thy ordinances from of old, i take comfort, O Lord" Psalm 119:50
"This is my comfort in my affliction that thy promise gives me life... When i think of thy ordinances from of old, i take comfort, O Lord" Psalm 119:50
8. The evil one is overcome by the Word of God
"Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God." Ephesians 6:17
"If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you." John 15:7
If we don't wear it, we can't wield it. If the Word of God does not abide in us, we will reach for it in vain when the enemy strikes. But if we do wear it, if it lives within us, what mighty warriors we can be!
"Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God." Ephesians 6:17
"If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you." John 15:7
If we don't wear it, we can't wield it. If the Word of God does not abide in us, we will reach for it in vain when the enemy strikes. But if we do wear it, if it lives within us, what mighty warriors we can be!
9. An Earnest Exhortation
The Word of God is no trifle. It is the source of life and faith and power and hope and freedom and wisdom and comfort and assurance and victory over our greatest enemy.
"The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart" Psalm 19:8
"I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word" Psalm 119:16
"Oh how i love your law! It is my meditation all the day" Psalm 119:97
Not to pursue our joy everyday in the Word of God is to abandon the revealed will of God. It is sin!
The Word of God is no trifle. It is the source of life and faith and power and hope and freedom and wisdom and comfort and assurance and victory over our greatest enemy.
"The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart" Psalm 19:8
"I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word" Psalm 119:16
"Oh how i love your law! It is my meditation all the day" Psalm 119:97
Not to pursue our joy everyday in the Word of God is to abandon the revealed will of God. It is sin!
On the next post, there is a sharing by Pastor Piper on George Muller's practice in his life that kindle his joy and faith.
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