Passion 2011 John Piper

***do you feel more loved by God because he makes much of you or through Christ enabled you to make much of him***
-what's Gods answer to this question?
-exchange self at the bottom of Joy with God.
--all Joys have foundation except for one
--make a on test makes you happy. Someone asked "why r u happy making A on test?" you might say, "it makes me happy" "going to get me to grad school" "had dream of being psycologist" I can be what I want to be. Why do you want to be a psychologist?
--I like to help people
-why does making people happy make you happy?
2 answers
--makes much of self
--makes much of God
-Do you enjoy making much of him?
-do you enjoy worshiping god because at the bottom, God is committed to making much of you?
-do you enjoy God making much of you, because it shows you the kind of God he is. You can actually see him for who he is. That's the Bottom.
--millions of people who are not born again, believes god loves them, but hell bound.
At the bottom he is committed to making much of you.
--to be born again is to experience, at the bottom, myself being made much of. Christ becomes the bottom.
-holiness comes from HIM at the bottom.
-money is not the new birth.
-you might have always wanted to be healthy.
- there is a way not to suffer
--JESUS!
-what's at the bottom?
--pain free skin
-so what's the new birth?
--not a butler
--no a new bellhop
- it is something new at the bottom. That is the new birth.
-self replaced with God at bottom
-why in the bible does God perform all his loves and acts to us. Why does he do that? Does his loving me mean he is putting me at the bottom? Or is it to make himself the bottom?
--Ephesians 1:5
--why is god loving us into our family?
--god shows love by sending a savior
-when born again, you say "glory to GOD!"
-so many people are into god because they think god made them the bottom
-scariest verse Matthew 7:21-23
-Luke 2:10
-2 Corinthians 5:14-15
-god shows love by praying John 17:1-20
-So is it for you or him?
--born again person says it for me BECAUSE of him!!!!
--it isn't endless virgins, golf etc...
-7 ways God makes much of you
1. Being pleased with us and commending our lives.
2. By making us fellow heirs with his son who owns everything. (Romans 4:13)
3. Having us sit at a table when we return and he serves us like a slave and we are his masters.
4. By appointing Us to carry out the judgement of angels n
5. By ascribing value to us and rejoicing over us like a treasure. Jeremiah 3:17
6.(Piper skipped 6)
7. Sit with Christ on his throne. Revelation 3:21
-Gods love for you that makes much of his glory is a greater love for you than if you made supreme treasure.
--self can never satisfy the heart of God.
--never can bear enough weight of all the joy
--only God can
-God loves you
--god wants us to feel loved
--you are precious in the end
-I love you and you are so precious to me that I wont let your preciousness become your God.
-I WILL BE YOUR GOD!

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