Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Our view of the gospel

In his book, God is the Gospel, John Piper poses the following question:
If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities that you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties that you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ were not there?
I believe we quickly answer this question with a resounding no? But do we really mean that? Do we really mean that we love Christ and love the gospel because it brings us to God and not just to God's stuff? I am quick to wonder in the stuff of God, my get out of hell free pass, and not to wonder in the glory that I can come into the presence of the creator and king of the universe by the blood of the lamb. May you wonder this week at the glory of the gospel, in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. That he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God.






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