Do Not Love the World

Who among us doesn’t struggle to relinquish comfort? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Galatians 5:22 to show how faith lets go because it sees what’s better. 

Why would anyone rejoice after losing everything? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Hebrews 11:1 to show how faith treasures Christ more than comfort or safety. 

Why does faith lead to love? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Galatians 5:22 to show how faith fights sin by delighting in what God promises to be for us. 

All the omnipotent energy that drives the heart of God to pursue his own glory also drives him to satisfy the hearts of those who seek their joy in him. 

God’s greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of his grace by making sinners happy in him. 

The Father’s infinite pleasure in his own perfections is the fountain of our everlasting joy and forgiveness. 

God promises us his life-sustaining presence, even as he leads us into waterless regions of suffering and loss. 

All our labors flow from the strength God himself supplies. And whatever we do through him channels glory back to him. 

God is never forced into a situation where he must do something in which he cannot rejoice.