God Rules the Heart of Every Man: Elijah’s Battle with the Prophets of Baal

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[@anitas2486]

Oh to be a holy, obedient, pleasing, and true worshipper of the LORD always. Change me from the inside out and change my wretched failures to beautiful blessings - to the glory of God, in the name of our Saviour, Christ Jesus amen

[@johnpiper3524]

Thanks you for listening and God bless you Mrs. I really appreciate your efforts and concerns towards us .you can always reach me personal on my official number , God bless you

[@gordoncrawley5826]

Beautiful prayer, like Psalm 51. Continue to seek the Lord with that heart and he will hear you.

[@CG-bt7oc]

Oh, how my heart breaks for my two children. I pray that God will change their hearts. I have prayed for over 25. I am tired and discouraged. Thank you for this message!

[@auroralouvet6620]

Oh how I love this man of God, so thankful to the Lord for the deep truths he has imparted to my heart over the years. What comfort to KNOW the Lord is absolutely Sovereign over the heart of every man.

[@johnpiper3524]

Thanks you for listening and God bless you Mrs. I really appreciate your efforts and concerns towards us .you can always reach me personal on my official number , God bless you

[@masimba5000]

@@johnpiper3524 So you do reply when someone commends you. Can I draw your attention to the words of apostle Paul in 2Co.3:1, and 2Co.10:12. Mr. Piper, I know that you have a zeal for God, but it is not according to knowledge (Rom. 10:1-3). I would like an opportunity to share with you what is the correct message. The truth. The gospel. I hope that you find enough humility in yourself to reach out to me. There are so many inconsistencies in the Christian message that you preach. So let's talk and perhaps of God is willing, he will open your heart to understand(Acts 16:14, Luke 24:45). Now the reason why i quoted you Acts 16:14, is so you can see that Lydia was a "worshipper of God", and yet when apostle Paul preacshed to her, the Lord opened her heart. Do you understand this Mr. Piper?

[@STEVEinNC]

​@@masimba5000 The comment above is a fake account. If you tap the picture you will see the channel name with four digits after the name and only 20 comments on the whole channel. Please apologize to the real John Piper for the false accusation.

[@daninedoane7002]

I am so grateful that God caused me to believe in His SON Jesus Christ. I can never be more thankful. I am nothing without my Lord my Savior my everything. Thank you God for using this man. God bless this ministry.

[@babyblue6743]

Hear hear

[@johnpiper3524]

Thanks you for listening and God bless you Mrs. I really appreciate your efforts and concerns towards us .you can always reach me personal on my official number , God bless you

[@claraglatthaar998]

@johnpiper3524 Thank you and I thank and praise God for you, your ministry, and your heart for God.

[@SinMD]

Thank you! My daughter claims agnostic. My prayer is the power of grace by God to change her heart for she is an enemy of God. I love her so and I understand and know what it feels like to have an unsaved child. I trust in God to save her and change her heart. ❤️

[@whiterobe9761]

Cynthia Bleau sister, keep being strong and faithful to Lord Jesus Christ, we pray for you and your daughter.. what is her name? Peace and grace to you :)

[@SinMD]

Sh’ma Yisrael Danielle is her name. Thank you and God bless you for caring to pray for her soul ❤️

[@UGJaelRose]

It will. God moves in powerful ways. I lost faith and regained faith after being stripped down and calling on the name of Jesus to build me back up. This chapter of her life is setting up the salvation of not just her but many others. God bless you and your prayers.

[@rampartranger7749]

Jael Rose Chasing Mania 9

[@joshportie]

Probably want to steer clear of this wolf teacher.

[@eliamampisani-um1ww]

Powerful, we need people like Elijah in our Churches.

[@stephenkombe5804]

Am just blown out, totally blown out by the spiritual exegetical truth of vrse 17 on how God turns hearts is portrayed, God turn my heart daily to follow Your Command.

[@davidw5441]

I love when I get to hear this man preach sovereign grace.

[@mcato5680]

me too....

[@cornerstonemasonry299]

@@mcato5680 ³

[@stueydoubleyou]

I was there, t'was gooood... thanks John Piper!

[@bubuwinnie2009]

Hallelujah!!! God, You are the God who turns hearts to yourself!!! Lord, do this!!!!!! Turn the hearts of my family and friends to you!!! Keep my heart always for You!!! Amen.

[@johnpiper3524]

Thanks you for listening and God bless you Mrs. I really appreciate your efforts and concerns towards us .you can always reach me personal on my official number , God bless you

[@claraglatthaar998]

@johnpiper3524 John Piper God has made you the greatest theologian and preacher of our time. I thank you and praise God for you and your ministry. I have learned so much from you. May God continue to greatly bless you, your family, and your ministry.

[@joanbrown1170]

All Glory Belongs To GOD🙏🏾Thanks DR Piper For always keeping our feet firmly planted!🌈

[@whiterobe9761]

All the glory to our God LORD The Almighty One

[@carolinestrotman8103]

Amen. 1. People who follow false gods are spiritually limping. They are not walking straight, always wondering. 2. God specializes in making people who are at disadvantage win, so people may see the glory of God.

[@joshportie]

Limping? They're completely dead.

[@tararodas2606]

Praise God that He's the God who has the power to turn hearts & to keep the people He's chosen by His grace. God rules the heart!

[@paulmkz]

You can really feel the pain in his voice. Thats a good dad right there. Hope his kids can see his love for them and realize Gods love is like that but much much greater and maybe that will turn them. God bless.

[@reubentroon9310]

I was at the convention it was very good such great servant of God

[@dustinkay1209]

Relying on God everyday.

[@standinginthegap7118]

My Son is rejecting Christ at this time, but I am praying for him and I praise God that it is not up to human choice but God's sovereign will. Our God is a gracious, merciful, good God who hears. I believe, with all of my heart, that God will turn our children's hearts to himself. I am praying for your children Brother Piper both night and day as I pray for my Son also.

[@masimba5000]

So if it's up to God, why then are you praying? 🤔

[@gordoncrawley5826]

@@masimba5000 It is not a contradiction, it is a paradox. Because God calls us to pray, it is our duty, but it is still His choosing. God sometimes answers by saying No, or maybe, Later, for He knows what is best and He knows all our hearts. Maybe, Piper's children will be saved in the future, maybe not, but it shows Piper's heart and perseverance in this situation. God is pleased with that and that is more the issue here, since we know that all will not be saved, but all the saved, will be prayerful.

[@masimba5000]

@Gordon Crawley That's just christian nonsensical stuff. When did you talk to God? John 9:31, God does not hear sinners, of which you are still one. Who told you prayer is about asking God for things? If God is truly your Father, should he not already know what you desire?

[@STEVEinNC]

​@@masimba5000 The verse you quote is the blind man healed by Jesus. The blind man said God does not hear sinners, but God never said that and it's not true. Pray to God for spiritual sight. The sinner who prayed "God be merciful to me a sinner" went home justified. Luke 18:13

[@masimba5000]

@S B So are you saying that the blind man prayed to God and got healed? Because that's not in the text. The blind was a sinner, that's why tlhis healing was not instigated by him. Are you then disputing what the blind man said? You are trying to write your own new scripture? The scripture says: "God does not hear sinners",period! The blind man was acknowledging that he was a sinner. So how were his eyes opened? Jesus! He is the sinless one! That's the one whom God heard. He is the one who petitioned God to open those blind eyes. God only hears Christ. There is a scripture that proves what I am saying. Father, I know that you always hear me, but I have said these things... God only hears Christ! Which means if you yourself go to God and try to speak, he will not hear you. He will simply ignore your foolish nonsense. I know this is a lot to take in, but I'm trying to get your drunken christian mind to be a bit sober.

[@debbieward9732]

Wow Mr Piper! That pierced my heart and made my eyes leak. Thank you.

[@kevinowenburress2435]

Wonderful, John there are angels watching over you. Yes the very same God was with Elijah slaying the prophets of Baal that is the same God today and will always be the same God.

[@nickc1010]

Kevin Burress amen

[@joshportie]

Fallen ones.

[@NoNamSongi]

This man! I pray to meet him one beautiful day.

[@claraglatthaar998]

I understand. I have even thought about going to his hometown when it's my time to go Home. I would love to have him by my side as I go to Glory. What could be better? Piper with me as I go to meet Jesus? I'm a dreamer.

[@acharich]

Ah, I missed this event when u came to London.. 💥 Thanks for uploading..! 🙌🏾 - @Acharich

[@mosesyirga539]

My gosh this is such a powerful message God bless you as always man of God ❤️❤️ you are such a blessing to this generation !!

[@nancygandidze5615]

I love 💕 to hear the gospel music 🎵 and i has the opportunity to Glorify our Lord and I love Jesus Christ who died for us in his name Jesus Christ

[@hurriyatjoseph1022]

This is great. bless you.

[@karenmackey8326]

Glory hallelujah! Thank You Jesus! 🙌🏻😍

[@NVRAMboi]

"No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me". - John 6:44-45 (NKJV)

[@nareshbabu2702]

God is God..He is sovereign over human heart..i love it.

[@mikeoftheussenterprise4895]

Thank you for this sermon.

[@pilesthedonkey]

And............she is thru PRAISE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

[@fwill5095]

Amen great sermon

[@nancygandidze5615]

You should ask him where did I come from hallelujah hallelujah and Amen 🙏 to that man of God hallelujah hallelujah and Amen

[@omarsimpson8414]

Great sermon

[@brijj16]

Once again, again & again - Thank you teacher.

[@joshportie]

Call no man rabbi. Rabbi = teacher. Also John is a wolf. Beware.

[@joshportie]

God is a Christian's teacher. The holy spirit in our hearts and the bible.

[@DavidAlexander-tp9hh]

God uses people, ministers, pastors, God uses people, otherwise doing His will makes no sense, it's all done for us, the point of this sermon is that we move by the turning of our hearts by Him, to bring his stray sheep back to Him. (New International Version Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor. Gal 6:6 )

[@mortsdnul]

Magnificent truths!

[@trevthegreat7176]

Amen

[@jojothemonkey6929]

I love it!

[@nancygandidze5615]

Have you got any still that we anointed scripture oh God hallelujah hallelujah and Amen 🙏 to that man of God

[@kylerwalker121]

Amen.

[@prabhakararaorajarapu429]

AMEN

[@nancygandidze5615]

God loves you and your children and your husband and your family and all that removed from this their wonderful

[@royroberts1475]

SO GOOD

[@MatheusAzevedoDrums]

#GloryGOD 🔥✊🏻🇧🇷🔥

[@WilliamBranhamsermons]

it is God's battle against the devil

[@mv3380]

What are you talking about? You a sect?

[@pilesthedonkey]

Any second now

[@diggy1108]

We are ALL sinners that fall short of the glory of God. And we ALL are deserving of eternal punishment in hell because sin is so serious (sin is evil and it is the cause of all pain, death, and suffering). And that’s why Jesus suffered soooo much for us, and that’s why He died on the cross for ALL our sins (past, present, AND future sins) and rose from the dead 3 days later! Jesus did all this because He loves us sooooo much, you can’t even fully comprehend it! And you may have eternal life with Him if you repent (to change your mind about Jesus, to believe that Jesus Christ is the Lord our God) and have faith in Him, then you will be saved! (Let’s make it clear that being a good person WILL NOT get you into Heaven! You can only be saved by the grace God will show you, if you repent and have faith in Jesus and in what Jesus did for us on the cross and that He rose from the dead 3 days after He died for us! ONLY THEN, will you will be saved)! And do not wait because you do not know when you will die (sit and think deeply about that. You have NO CLUE when you will die! Today could be your last day, tonight could be your last night. You can die in your sleep or even in the next hour!) I want you to realize how urgent and important it is to have Jesus! But if you have Jesus, you will NEVER have to worry! You won’t have to worry about school, family problems, life, or EVEN DEATH because you will have the LORD your GOD, RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE, EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE HOUR, EVER SINGLE MINUTE and EVERY SINGLE SECOND of your life! GOD can help you through ANY challenge, through ANY hardship, and through ANY depressing time in your life! GOD WILL NEVER leave you, GOD WILL NEVER forget about you, GOD WILL NEVER betray you, GOD WILL NEVER forsake you, and GOD WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!!! And that is why GOD is calling you RIGHT NOW to be saved!!!!

[@prettymel66]

since god turns all hearts to himself. how do we reconcile the fact that many refuses god? does that means god didnt turn those hearts? Pastor John, pls explain. thk u.

[@ChristMinistries4]

Free will...

[@pilesthedonkey]

Here she comes

[@mv3380]

Asked jesus into my heart 10 years ago, and I'm a worse person than I was than, i wish jesus loved me but I'm not elect, God wants me to suffer, and so I will for god's glory apparently, how fucked is that!!!! Unreal!!!

[@garyleebrinks6452]

Do you really suffer that badly? Are you ill or some thing ? The suffering is still a reminder of our older sins. Dont forget. This is why the righteous suffer too.

[@marcelwillieniles3816]

JESUS said that he would never turn away any true sincere repentant sinner ...so come to the cross and cast yourself on HIM cofessing your sins as you recieve HIM as the LORD of your life and you will have eternal life...GUARENTEED❗John 6:37

[@aliciachow6518]

Good messages. I just dislike it that he shouts and then whispers.... He shouts and you have to turn down the volume and then he whispers you can barely hear him.

[@TayloringSwiftly]

😂

[@georgeschlaline6057]

No slides Just arm movements

[@wilsonlainglaing8739]

Elijah was a manifestation of god in flesh .. everything he touched died .Ahab jezabel..and the prophets of baal

[@nancygandidze5615]

Has God rejected his people and no I am the I am Jesus Christ answered them so at present 💝 time I will say no I didn’t choose them I only want to had them

[@JoseRodriguez-pq5sz]

Elijah HAS TO BE EVERY BELIEVER FAVORITE PROPHET OR WARRIOR 🤔

[@georgehazzard3514]

How long you watching no-good movie (that's why limping)

[@edwardlongfellow5819]

Where does "God loves to be at a disadvantage - just before he wins". come from?

[@hannahhillig9970]

The bible. He intentionally uses those at the biggest disadvantage over and over because it displays His own power and majesty. Moses, who couldn't speak and had social anxiety was chosen to lead God's people. David, the youngest of all his brothers and least in the family was chosen to be king. Gideon was told to lower the numbers in the army he would lead over and over until it was ridiculously small. Daniel in the lion's den. And in the new testament, God used a bunch of young fishermen to teach even the religious leaders. It's what God does

[@edwardlongfellow5819]

@@hannahhillig9970 When you say God uses those at the biggest disadvantage..to display his power and majesty could you then explain for me how he used slaves to his own advantage?

[@hannahhillig9970]

@@edwardlongfellow5819 hey Edward. Could you please clarify what you mean? Are you speaking of Israel and the exodus or those in slavery in general

[@edwardlongfellow5819]

@@hannahhillig9970 We might focus on the Jewish people in regards to their God-given authorisation to own slaves. However, this permission to own slaves must also extend to the Gentile, to the Christian, who believes in the word of God.

[@hannahhillig9970]

@@edwardlongfellow5819 It is true, they were allowed to have servants, or, slaves if you will. I'm not sure how this relates to what we were talking about, however. I do want to point out that the rules God gave concerning the treatment of foreigners and slaves were very different from what we tend to think of. He made it clear that the Israelites were to treat them kindly and fairly, and that every Jubilee (an event every seven years) they were to let them go

[@Wizdomman1]

33:00

[@pilesthedonkey]

I'm about to watch them remove the body of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd from Balmoral now the gates are open

[@rod8989]

Elijah revelation from the cross Mark 15/34 Then at the ninth hour, Jesus called out with a loud voice, saying, 'Eloi, Eloi, lima sabachthani?', which, being translated, is 'My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?' 35 And some of those standing nearby, hearing, said, 'Look, he's calling for Elijah.' 36 And somebody ran up and soaked a sponge full of vinegar and put it on a reed, and he was giving it to him to drink, saying, 'Let him be. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down.' 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and he breathed out his last. 38 And the veil of the Temple was torn into two, from top to bottom. Matthew 27/46 And at about the ninth hour Jesus shouted out with a loud voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' - which is to say, 'My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? 47 And some of those who were standing there, when they heard, said, 'He's calling for Elijah.' 48 And one of them at once ran up and took a sponge, and soaked it with vinegar and put it on a reed, and he was going to offer it to him to drink, 49 but the rest said, 'Leave him alone. Let's see whether Elijah is coming to save him.' 50 And shouting out again with a loud voice, Jesus gave up his spirit. 51 And at that moment the veil of the Sanctuary was torn into two Jesus is shouting out psalm 22 and not just psalm 22/1 Eli, Eli, why have You forsaken me? ... He shouted out He declare the King Elijah in the assembly and everyone is to praise Him and glorify Him, and revere Him. Notice after saying why have You forsaken me? People heard and reality Jesus was still shouting out the psalm 22 while they were mocking and while somebody was grabbing sponge to soak in vinegar while putting it up to his mouth people yelled let him be Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down! Leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah is coming to save him... they all know the Malachi 4 prophesy even Jesus told the disciples Elijah must come. Psalm 22/19 But you, Oh Yahweh, be not far from me; oh Eyahluth, be quick to help me. 20 Deliver my life from the sword, my only one, from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion's mouth and from the horns of the wild oxen; You have answered me.(Jesus speaking here yelling it out loud) 22 I will declare Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly. 23 You Who stand in awe of Yahweh, praise him; all you seed of Jacob, glorify him, and revere him, all you seed of Israel 24 for He has not despised nor abhorred the humiliation of the afflicted man, nor has He hidden His face him(Elijah), but when he(Elijah) called out to Him He heard. 25 My praise will be of You in the great assembly; I will pay my vows before those who stand in awe of Him(Elijah) . 26 The submissive will eat and be satisfied; those who search for Him (Elijah) will praise Yahweh; your heart will live throughout the eon; 27 All the ends of the Earth will remember and turn to Yahweh,(Malachi 4/5-6)and all the families of the nations will before You.(Elijah) 28 For the Kingdom is Yahweh's and He(Elijah, Yah's Tabernacle dwelling temple) is Sovereign Ruler among nations. 29 All the eminent on Earth will eat and worship; all who go down to the dust will bow before Him (Elijah see Psalm 72) - for he was unable to keep himself alive. 30 A seed will serve Him; it will be recounted about Adonai (Elijah) to a generation 31 who are to come, and His (Yahweh's) righteousness will be declared to a people yet to be born - for it is finished. Notice Jesus shouted out again in Mark and Matthew well John 19/30 So when Jesus received the vinegar, he said, 'It has been finished.' Notice when he received the vinegar remember people yelled let him be leave him alone Let's see if Elijah will save him, Jesus was still shouting out psalm 22 then he Let's out another shout to let out his last breath which he went on for awhile before he finally received the vinegar and said it is finished, which was the last verse of psalm 22 Matthew 17/11 And in answer, Jesus said to them, 'Elijah does indeed come first, and he will restore all things. Malachi 4/5 'As you will see, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the coming of the awesome and terrifying day of Yahweh, 6 and he will turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, in case I come and strike the land with a curse.' Hebrews 9/11 Christ, though, having become high priest of the good things coming, by the superior and more perfect Tabernacle made not by hand, (remember when Moses is read there is a veil on people's hearts blinded to truth) Hebrews 9/2 For a first Tabernacle was constructed, in which were both the lampstand and the table, and the setting out of the loaves, which is called the Sanctuary 3 And after the second veil came a Tabernacle called the innermost Sanctuary, 4 having the golden censer, and the Ark of the covenant.. Hebrews 8/1 Now, in summary over the things being spoken: we have such a high priest who sat down at the right hand of the governmental seat of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a servant of the innermost Sanctuary, and of the true Tent that the Lord pitched, and not man. Hebrews 6/19 which we have as an anchor of life, firm and secure, and making entrance into the inner area of the veil, 29 where a forerunner has entered for us, Jesus, (Elijah behind the veil)having become high priest throughout the Eon, in line with the order of Melchizedek The transfiguration Matthew 17/9...Jesus instructed them, saying, 'Tell the vision to nobody Luke 9/32 But Peter and those with him were weighed down with sleep, and on fully waking they saw his radiance and the two men who stood with him. 33 And it came about in their departing from him that Peter, not knowing what he was saying, said to Jesus, 'Master, it's good for us to be here, so let us make three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. ' Peter didn't know what he was saying because it was a vision of future kingdom and God put his words in Peter's mouth kinda makes you wonder wonder if the voice out of the cloud was speaking about Jesus or Elijah? People did hear same words when Jesus was Baptized ..... John 12/28 Father, glorify Your name.' Then a voice came out of Heaven: 'I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.' Luke 18/42 And Jesus said to him, 'Receive sight. Your faith has healed you.' 43 And instantly he received his sight, and he followed him, glorifying God. And all the people saw and gave praise to God.

[@changeamerica1168]

Don't just present Bible verses without making clear the points you are making by presenting the verses.

[@rod8989]

@changeamerica1168 "the prophets use parables" - Hosea 12/10 it's not hard to understand I spoke it rather clearly you don't hear my voice though

[@nancysmith8152]

5:05 5:07

[@kathleenwharton2139]

+Debbie Ward..I Obey Jesus Sayings..one of them is..Live Today..not in the past..nor in the future. "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." the OT is Way past. I do not concern myself with it anymore. I Seek Jesus for Today. So I really don't know about Cain and what he may or may not have done.

[@susanaholt1529]

Not loud enough

[@johnpiper3524]

Thanks you for listening and God bless you Mrs. I really appreciate your efforts and concerns towards us .you can always reach me personal on my official number , God bless you

[@babyblue6743]

Just a word......God isn’t the cause of this covid19, it’s mans disobedience and bad habits, corruption, or whatever, it’s not Him that’s the problem it’s mankind. Some have the arrogance to turn round and blame God for it and expect him to just stop it and clean up their mess. People should be cleaning their own mess up - & they could do it - it’s just that they don’t have the discipline, it’s too hard for them, because they don’t know God, maybe this will bring them closer - anyone agree

[@gordoncrawley5826]

No, God caused it, for He causes all things. Disobedient ancient Israel was a model of how God chastises nations that turn away from Him. Today, virtually all nations of the world are not following in the ways of God. Mankind is the problem, but God calls all people to faith and repentance. See Psalm 2:1-5, it is prophetic for our times as well as it was for nations in the past.

[@wilsonlainglaing8739]

You havent touched on why god sent elijah to the widdow to sarapath..

[@David-1348]

Unless you're prepared to bow the knee to the One who is Eternal God among us and worship Him as such, your engaged in idolatry.

[@zamuxolocamagu7285]

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[@malcolmabram2957]

By today's standards Elijah would have been considered a terrorist. The challenge of reading his story in the Bible, is do we really understand what we read about or even preach about. How many flaunt this man, yet go on to condemn ISIS? Or perhaps we need God as a metric. But then is that not the appeal of ISIS? Allah is their metric. But then Elijah was righteous for one simple reason as someone said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" (1-Kings 19: 9), and that person was: JHWH Himself. Ultimately we are only righteous because it is He who speaks to us, and we respond with trust in what He says.

[@changeamerica1168]

Where does Jesus, the Son of God, fit in with your reasoning?

[@malcolmabram2957]

@@changeamerica1168 Jesus is also the Word of God, how God expresses Himself be it with His creation or even to Himself. All things are spoken and created by His Word. His Word is not so much sound, though it is, but rather Spirit and truth. We know God in Spirit. The words that the prophets heard is Jesus, though they would not have connected with Him as a man, but nevertheless it is the same person.

[@changeamerica]

@@malcolmabram2957 Do you affirm that we must receive Jesus as Savior and Lord in order to enter Heaven when we leave this realm?

[@malcolmabram2957]

@@changeamerica Ultimately it is they who have a living relationship with God who go to or rather are in the kingdom of Heaven. Confessing Jesus as Lord is not a magic formula (Matthews 7: 21), it is the knowledge of God Himself (John 17: 3). If we hear His Word and respond positively then we are saved, (Psalm 27: 8, Revelation 3: 20), and are declared righteous (Genesis 15: 6). Salvation comes through dialogue with God, by hearing his living Word who is Christ. Now as the man Jesus has been revealed then there is the command (Acts 17: 30-31) that His name should be declared, and those who hear His name and know His voice are saved. However, not all have heard His name, yet are still saved as they know His voice in Spirit, yet many have heard his name in the mind, but still do not know who He is as it takes the Petrine confession to know who He truly is as revealed by the Spirit (Matthew 16: 17-19).

[@gordoncrawley5826]

@@malcolmabram2957 Jesus Christ is not just God's word, but he is a person and he is God, as well as the Holy Spirit is God. These three cannot be cut away from each other, because they are all together, God, for all eternity. Not created, but ever existing, having no beginning and no end. We as people cannot conceive this, because we are the ones created, but we have to believe it. No one comes to the Father, except they come through Christ, our only mediator. 2 Timothy 2:5-6 And if not the biblical Christ of the Trinity, it is another christ, and not able to save anybody.

[@redpill109]

I am an admirer of John Piper. He has been an inspiration in my life however I disagree with his mocking of Trump with the "trump types" and "idiots" remark (48:18). especially in a foreign country. He did not have to disparage a Political leader in public. This does not serve to advance the gospel. Romans 13:7 and 1 Peter 2 17

[@Coloshark2002]

He's talking about a non christian ruler.

[@gordoncrawley5826]

@@Coloshark2002 Yes, but he did mention Trump, and I agree with Red Pill, that he did not put this as well as he could have. Still have to love Piper, but he is a sinner also, and can get off message at times.

[@kathleenwharton2139]

+geoffrobinson..in the OT God gave Moses the ten commandments for the Isrealites. They are valid and perfectly understandable. There were many other commandments, the Pharisees came up with, that are Not valid..but the Phaisees were holding the people to..all their stupid little rules (like washing the cups..an example..there are many others) those are invalid rules of the Pharisees..they were teaching for doctrine there own stupid rules and holding the people accountable. Jesus Came and Corrected them. And gave us His Commandments. They are complete in the Gospel of Matthew chapters 5 6 7. It is the complete plan of Salvation. Jesus said.."Obey my Commandments and Trust Me and you will go to Heaven." it is Not too high to understand. Jesus wants to Help us..why would He make things higher than we can understand? He Not trying to hide something or trick us. He gave us His commandments to Help us and they are plain as day in the very first pages of your NT. why do you people make this so difficult? Covet Not..is an original commandment given to the Isrealites in the OT. That is a Valid commandment. Jesus repeated the same commandment in His Sermon on the Mount. "you cannot Serve God and mammon" it is plain and easy to understand. Read the Gospel of Matthew chapters 5 6 7. It is Not too High for anyone to understand with just a little effort.

[@melissahyatt7395]

That title is not true.

[@litwithtruth9581]

Did you listen to the message?

[@johnpiper3524]

Thanks you for listening and God bless you Mrs. I really appreciate your efforts and concerns towards us .you can always reach me personal on my official number , God bless you

[@SummerofKittyLove]

Sunday school teachers taught this in a child-appropriate way maybe to not cause us nightmares but it always made me think God was mean & excessive to kill the priests. Only as an adult did I learn the depraved murder of children by the priests. I still wonder if children should be taught this or not

[@keziavalliyakunnel8670]

Even if God would kill all human race at one stroke , he will never be mean. God would be just in killing the poisonous, wicked and hateful human race. outside of Christ death is what awaits all of the human race . that's why bible says be live in Christ and save your selves from the great wrath and judgement of God. yes , kids must be taught that God is just in killing the priest of Baal. He is just in killing all humans too..for he is holy and we are sin.

[@keziavalliyakunnel8670]

it is his unfathomable grace that man after defying God still exist. it's grace beyond grace that The God would sacrifice himself for evil creatures like us and made a way to forgive us.

[@granthollandvideos]

Here is my basic problem with this systematic. We have to declare or know that we are sinners in order for truth to be present and the gospel to be in our hearts. Calvinists throw around Romans 3 like Thors hammer, declaring to all and sundry that they are sinners. One cannot leave a Calvanist without feeling this heavy burden.. With vigor they defend a sinful nature, and declare you a demonic thing by birth, professing from the roof top, SIN NATURED PEOPLE,, ((not that such a word appears in scripture))..But each and every single Calvinist preacher, when pressed on this will actually revert for themselves back to declaring it was God who caused,, ordained and had a secret will for them to sin, ((STRONGS ACTUAL WORD FOR WORD DEFENITION OF A WORKER OF INIQUITY)) In other words not confessing you are the determiner, you are the author, you are the one who invents sin. In that it was ordained,, not by God,, but wholly by your own rebellion, means it is impossible for you to have met the true God, so says my bible.. Please do not say compatibilism, that is declared by your own scholars to mean God is the intender of sin, just that he does it hypocritically through you.. In doing this you have never truly confessed yourself a sinner, a true sinner, apart from God.. On this line you declare sovereignty,((Again,, there is no such word in scripture,)) and it would not be possible to ascribe sin and Satan to God seeing as there is nothing creative in them. God simply could not have ordained them,, but through love created man free to choose.. My dear friends if you do not confess yourself as the soul author of your sin. you may not be a Christian,,,,Was it God when the two Calvanist kids came out of class with absolute glee and freedom, and with all joy declared their relief that God was to blame for sin, or was that simply a demon connected to the stoic religion. You must decide, because you have placed yourself a teacher, and can only answer to this gospel.

[@perspective8456]

I get saved truely by the time i heard john macarthur preach the word. And what i understood is preachers like Dr John piper and Dr john macarthur are the faithfull servants of the Lord and faithful teachers of the word.

[@tatriceshipp9139]

Ummm you are right and wrong it is predestined because the God Jesus who created heaven and earth knows all. Has all our lives written from begining to end. It is our choice because He gave us free will. And any manner of evil/sin comes from satan not God Jesus.

[@granthollandvideos]

@@tatriceshipp9139 can I ask wether you believe that predestined plans or God planning to overcome evil, is the same concept as foreknoledge. What I mean is your dog forknows he will get fed when he hears the bowl rustle. Does this mean under your understanding that the dog predestined to be fed, or made the food. Predestination and foreknoledge are two so extreemy different things, it takes exteem esoteric twisting to make them the same thing. God does not predestined evil, or your life. He has a set plan to overcome evil and a plan for your life. You can accept his help and comfort or disregard it. But to say all things are his plan is to annul a thing called a plan or a will or Providence, seeing as all would be him. This is pantheism not Christianity

[@commonchristian917]

The answer is, both predestination and free will are correct, because both are taught in the Bible. Even John MacArthur has arrived at this in later sermons (he is...or was, a pretty staunch Calvinist). the Bible clearly teaches both are true. How do we reconcile them? We don't. We let God figure it out because it's His problem. Both positions let God be sovereign while still still putting responsibility on man for his choices.

[@granthollandvideos]

@@commonchristian917 Thanks for the reply my dear friend.Well this is not truly the doctrine the compatibilist holds to,, but rather a type of "internet slogan" , I'm sure even John falls into. But the meaning of the doctrine of compatibilism for the 'gnostic' was always that "free will is compatible with a dictatorial god". IE They are no less putting God and man under a force of determanism. They simply add another domino God must determine IE God remains the source of evil, and activly wills the blasphemy of his Spirit by an occult will, and works out and does all evil. . No,, God determins his kingdom,, his son, the law, the prophets, nature, Christinans, the incarnation, the cross etc to overcome the power of determanism,, man is trapped in.. Simply put Jesus is the remedy rather than the problem iyself

[@kathleenwharton2139]

+cdzirk..Jesus fulfilled the OT Law. He said that Himself. I believe Him. He is all I need. He said.."Obey My commandments and Trust Me." He didn't say..I am giving you my commandments..but I know you can't do it anyway..so I will die so you won't have to." What is wrong with you people? You are worshipping Paul..Not Jesus. Go ahead and make Paul your god. Fine by me.

[@StevenWVance]

KW- I sense from your extremely critical and self-righteous comments, that you are a devoted member of some cult that twists God's word to suit your own viewpoint. What are you? Jehovh's Witness? Children of Yahweh? Branch Davidian? Mormon? You write off legitimate translations (the KJV is a translation) and criticize others for "worshipping Paul". Are you kidding? You say that Jesus is all you need. Rather, you need the entire Word of God, illuminated by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit and Jesus are not the same- they are two distinct persons in the Trinity. You seem to have the theological understanding of a child. The ESV NASB etc are legitimate translations that are fully God's Word. And your comments about the OT- you are wrong. The whole OT testifies to Christ the Messiah. Leave the cult that you are in and seek out a Biblical church where you can receive correct, mature Christian teaching. And lose the critical spirit- stop criticizing other believers and concentrate on your own growth. Grow up in Christ.

[@kathleenwharton2139]

Yes..there is a god that rules the heart of every man. But some of those gods are not good. You want to make sure you get the Right One..and His Name is Jesus. The OT God was pretty capricious. I do not trust him.

[@shorelinebaptistchurch4169]

Jesus said, "You search the scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life, and they are about Me." Jesus is God, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. He is Creator, Redeemer and Judge. He appeared to Abraham and Jacob. John says that Isaiah saw Jesus on His throne. I could on, but you get my point. If you don't yet see that there in only one God in the Bible, Genesis to Revelation, you need to read it again.

[@claudiahudkins439]

Trump's Elijah!

[@st.christopher1155]

Your god must really hate himself to rule totally depraved hearts that curse his name and cause them to do so many evil things by his rule. But I guess if it maximizes his glory to hate himself like that, then you can just say “You do you” to your god, and I’ll let the Living God of all grace be my God. SMH

[@luisamyamalbert232]

What a tragic waste to be a fence sitter all your life . . . Wow

[@johnpiper3524]

Thanks you for listening and God bless you Mrs. I really appreciate your efforts and concerns towards us .you can always reach me personal on my official number , God bless you

[@masimba5000]

Mr. John Piper, these scriptures are actually referring to you. What you are doing now, your supposed 'preaching' makes you a 'prophet of Baal. You are a false teacher, sir. That is to say, you think that the scriptures are written so we can draw moral parallels from them. You are wrong. The whole bible only ever talks about Christ (Heb. 10:5-7, Luke 24:27, 44, Acts 3:18 etc). At the start of your "talk" you broke a very important rule of scripture. You intimated that you would not draw from other scriptures to support your "teaching". Well you are very wrong. Isaiah 28:10&13 are very clear: for precept must be upon precept. Apostle Paul in 2Co.13:1 says; In the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses shall every word be established. Mr John Piper sir, I would like to warn you, that false teachers have a special compartment for their punishment. Remember what pastor James says in (James 3:1). You are a false teacher sir(2Peter 2:1). You should exercise some restraint and repent unto God and apologise to the people for all the false teachings you have fed them over the years. Matt. 23:13-15 declares a woe for false teachers like you. You Mr. Piper, sit at the gate and shut off heaven for those who would enter and you compass land and sea to make one convert, and thereby turning them into 2 times a son of Hell than you yourself are. Sir, you know in your heart that God never sent you to preach. You became a Pastor through going to some Theological college. You went there to study God. Is God a monkey that men can put him in a cage and study him!? But that's exactly what you have done with your filthy disgusting bible schools. Who ordained you a pastor? Because only Christ can ordain pastors and any other minister of the gospel. The fake prayer you made at the start was sensual and came from your perverted and deranged mind. From your evil imaginations. Your whole message is a lie. And we all know who the author of lies is: the Doer of evil and Satan(John 8:44). And you sir John Piper are doing his bidding because God has sent you Strong Delusion so that you should believe a lie (2Thess. 2:11)

[@haniel_cm]

Lol u must be so unhappy

[@gordoncrawley5826]

I think you are going to be very embarrassed on the day you stand before the Lord. If you could go face to face with Piper, he would give you some good lessons from the scriptures, but I doubt that you would learn, because it can be seen by your language, that you are proud and you have a hardened heart. You are full of yourself, not full of God. Read 1 Corinthians 13 and let the Word of God correct you.

[@masimba5000]

@@gordoncrawley5826 and where shall the sinner and ungodly be on that day, if the righteous scarcely saved? Where shall false teachers like John Piper, and empty vessels like you be? Blind follower(Gordon Crawler) following the blind teacher(John the paid Piper). Crawler, you are the rat 🐀 that's g I ing to end up dead in the sewer after being enchanted by the magical melody of the sorcerer(Acts 8:9-11) Piper. He has bewitched you with his evil teachings bcoz you have dirty itchy ears...

[@kathleenwharton2139]

+Shoreline Church..the OT god was fabricated by the Isrealites from the god YHWH who was one of the many gods of the Caananites. They started out with a god called EL and later changed to the god YHWH. They gave him credit for all sorts of things. And He was big on wrath. Jesus had to come in Person to correct them. It was more of a misrepresentation. Jesus told the Pharisees to stop teaching for doctrine the commandments of men. And we need to do the same. The bible is full of the commandments of Men. That is why I stay very close to Jesus. I do not trust men There and I do not trust men Here. Sorry..I have read the bible with Jesus Help and He showed me what was Relevant. I Do not need to re-read the bible for men's commandments.

[@cdzirk]

kathleen Wharton why is he big on wrath? What's his motivation? I would like to suggest that God is not big on wrath, but big on holiness. He says, "Be holy because I am holy". The OT laws are not men's laws, but God's laws to direct us to living a holy life. But we know that we can't live a holy life , that Paul says it was through the law that we become aware of our sin. And through the awareness of sin we look to Jesus as the atonement for our sin. God sent his son, not to correct misunderstandings of an OT God, but to reconcile sinners to himself. Is God big on wrath? No, his wrath is the response a holy God directs to sinful humanity.

[@geoffrobinson]

why would men come up with "do not covet"? You say you are staying close to Jesus. Are you aware of His view of the Bible is much higher than yours?

[@debbieward9732]

Do you understand where Cain went when God expelled him from the land of Eden for murdering his brother over a worship offering? Cain knew God, Cain had spoken to God. Cain may have made up a few fibs about the God he knew. Cain may have been the initial beginning of the ‘pagan’ gods. By the time Nimrod had taken control he was building his own tower to the heavens.

[@claudiahudkins439]

Thank you for showing people that Trump is Elijah🌷

[@changeamerica1168]

Stay out of politics, John Piper.

[@Psalm119-50]

God ordains, leaders!

[@joshportie]

Title is unbiblical. But then again so is Calvinism and whatever John claims to be these days. Ecumenical wolf.