Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. John 11:5-6 John Piper comments on the “God-Centeredness of God”: There is a category of thought here that I think is infinitely important. How can this be love? … More How can this be love?
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments: Job is not finished. In Job 13:13-19 Job utters what amounts to a confession of faith, “Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may. Why do I put myself in jeopardy and take my life in my hands? Though he slay me, yet will I hope … More Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him
But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’ But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations … More “Not for YOUR sake…MINE!”
See how great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God. 1 John 3:1 John Piper, in a sermon,”The Depth of Christ’s Love: Its Lavish Benefits” Not only did it cost him his Son to save us from sin and death and hell (John 3:16; 1 John … More More Than Adoption
John 10:25-28 but you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. John Piper, from a sermon, “Jesus Is Precious Because … More Being and Believing
Job’s friends have theories about God. They think they understand God. But these theories can’t explain the reality of Job’s situation. These theories attempt to place God in a box, to reduce God to someone they can control. But in Job 12, it is clear that God cannot be managed. “To God belong wisdom and power; counsel … More God cannot be managed
Throughout the Bible, God compares His people to sheep. Psa.78:52 …He led forth His own people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock Psa. 95:7 …He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Is. 53:6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, … More The Good Shepherd gets in the face of false shepherds
1 John 2:24-27 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he made to us —eternal life.26 I write these things to you about those who are … More Two Imperatives
John Piper: The picture we have in John 10 is of a great shepherd who sovereignly saves his sheep. The Father gives them to him. He dies for them. He calls them by name. He gives them eternal life. And he keeps them forever. The Pride-Shattering News of Other Sheep And now, just when the … More The Pride-Shattering News of Other Sheep
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 11: This, then, brings us to cycle one–round three, the speech from Zophar the Naamathite and Job’s response to the most difficult words yet. Job’s response to Eliphaz and Bildad was to protest their charges and proclaim his innocence. Zophar has been listening to all of this and now applies the principle … More Suffering? “Just get your act together!”
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