Gain What You Cannot Lose: The Joy of World Mission with Jesus

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[@axisofbeginning]

It is well understood that most of academia outwardly rejects God. Educators influence the hearts and minds of young adults, teaching that mindless, random events are responsible for life and the universe. But today's scientific discoveries reveal an Author who engineered and fine-tuned every detail of creation, inventing the language of mathematics. Axis of Beginning is a stage play that is an entertaining and educational tool to help combat these educators' wrong teachings. “The earth is where the Biblical story begins. Salvation is what His story is about, and Jesus, the Word of God, is the story’s hero.”

[@clarissagonzales2189]

Super encouraging, especially with struggling myself to continue pushing towards missions because of circumstances in my life. Jesus is worth sacrificing all that we have in worship of Him!

[@Pilgrim182]

Piper's way talking about death is so satisfactory for the ones who understand.

[@didu6358]

Let's praying for them with all our hearts and minds!

[@davidjaffarian1138]

Denial, death, delight…Yes and amen.

[@nightsky5882]

Amen 🙏

[@harisjavidjavid4254]

I love to spread global 🌐 good news of Jesus.

[@eddyswiderczuk7340]

Thank you Pastor John P. So let us imitate Christ's Humility! Phill 2: 1-5; ff Amen.

[@simonsrinivasumagapu]

Praise God 🔥 Amen

[@PAULSHOH]

Amen 🙏 ❤

[@nightsky5882]

Amen 🙏

[@lynnmcintosh]

Amen

[@eddyswiderczuk7340]

Thank you Pastor John P. So we Do what is Good BUT; Titus 3: 1-11 May the God of Peace Be with you all . To the Glory of God, in Christ Jesus Name Amen.

[@my3461]

when was this sermon done?

[@my_name_taken]

What song did they sing?

[@naits7457]

The way to free yourself from sexual sin is to constantly remind yourself that God hates nakedness and sexual intercourse and you have to have the same desires as Him. Jesus said that in heaven, men and women do not marry or remain married to each other (Matthew 22:30, Mark 12:25, Luke 20:34-36). Our bodies there will not have erotic desires or reproductive abilities but we must repent of erotic desires and other sinful desires in order to go to heaven. God does not like nakedness and sexual intercourse but He had to temporarily allow it on earth for reproduction which will not be needed in heaven. We will be married to Jesus in heaven but we will not be naked or having sexual intercourse even though it is a marriage. Nakedness even in the absence of erotic desires and sinful nature is still unrighteous in heaven, and the purpose of our white clothing is to represent righteousness (Revelation 19:8). Even when God came onto Mount Sinai, He told husbands not to have sexual intercourse with their wives (Exodus 19:15). So if God does not like sexual intercourse in marriage, He definitely does not like erotic sins. Even though marriage on earth illustrates the marriage to Jesus in heaven, the nakedness and sexual intercourse in the privacy of marriage does have anything to do with Jesus because as you can see, nakedness is still a bad thing even in the marriage to Jesus. The marriage to Jesus is like a man and woman being married and being intimate with each other in a non-erotic way and always having their clothes on. It is the modest parts of marriage that illustrate our relationship to Jesus and not the obscene parts.

[@celiasleigh2805]

God created Adam and Eve and they were naked in the garden. He doesn't hate nakedness. Nakedness is used to represent are uncovered shame and sin.

[@naits7457]

@celiasleigh2805 Which is why we will be wearing white linen in heaven to represent righteousness instead of running around naked. God does not want to see that.

[@HearGodsWord]

​@naits7457 God sees all, including our nakedness even if we're wearing clothes. We were naked pre-fall with no problems, so we therefore won't have problems problems in the new Jerusalem. You seem to think God gets embarrassed by our bodies, probably because that's how you feel.

[@naits7457]

@@HearGodsWord We will not be naked in heaven as if we were in the pre fall. Revelation says that we will be clothed in white linen to represent righteousness. The pre fall had the sea, moon, sun, and night, but Revelation says that heaven will have no sea, moon, sun, or night because there will be the light ofnthe glory of God.

[@HearGodsWord]

@@naits7457 you missed the point because you're so focused on avoiding nakeness. It's like you're scared of the human body.