John Piper, in a sermon on Hebrew 4:11, “Be Diligent to Enter God’s Rest” That’s the main point of the paragraph: Fear unbelief. In the last sentence of the paragraph he says the same thing in different words. Verse 11: “Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall through following the … More Day by Day, Hour by Hour TRUST in God
John Piper comments in a sermon, “Eternal Security is a Commuity Project” from Hebrews 3: Now this raises several questions. One is: Well, if our failure to hold fast our hope and confidence means we never were really partakers of Christ, what are we falling away from in verse 12? Take care, brethren, lest there … More How Can You “Fall Away from God” if You Never Were a Believer?
Hebrews 2:10 For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. John Piper explains, in a sermon, “Our CaptainMade Perfect Through Suffering” First, notice that these sufferings are seen as the means by which God … More Jesus must succeed where we failed.
John Piper, in “The Danger of Drifting from the Word” That’s the message of chapter 1: God has spoken by his Son and this Son is Creator and Sustainer and Owner and Ruler and Redeemer of the world. There are no commands for us here. Only declaration and celebration of the greatness of Jesus, the … More The First Command in Hebrews—Listen!
Hebrews 1:1-2 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. John Piper, in the first of his sermons … More God is not silent.
