Make War- Killing Sin - John Piper

Killing Sin - John Piper

[@ThePlayerofLife]

I'm currently struggling with sin. I want to be free. I want to be holy. Brethren, please pray for me! I need more Jesus.

[@EJMsMOM]

Erik Wiens I will be praying for you. Never give up and never surrender to your sin. God still love you and wants you so don't believe Satan's lies of hopelessness. Keep fighting. Be drastic even. Jesus said pluck out your eye and cut off your hand. To me that means don't leave any open doors for the enemy to exploit. Most importantly, never forget God's love for you. In your weakness He is made strong. Cleave unto Him and don't be ashamed to acknowledge your weakness. I hope that helps you. will be praying. God bless.

[@pla1234071177]

Erik Wiens To be free of sin believe that when Jesus died your sinfull nature died and now you are free of sin. You now have a devine nature a mustard seed that will grow huge. The tricky part is growing that mustard seed with Grace, not your own works. As soon as you use your own effort you fail to sin. Your many attempts to be sin free will be accomplished thru living a life of belief in grace Truth of Jesus. In grace your only obligation is to choose righteousness keep it down to a simple choice, no will power required because by grace. Choose to live life now like already in heaven. What would I watch and do in heaven? Amen Brothers and Sisters

[@frontburnermarketing2810]

Friend, submit to the scripture in Romans 6 that says that when we submit our members to righteousness, this leads to sanctification. When you're struggling with sin, pick someone to pray for, call your pastor or spiritual leader and pray with them, pray for your brothers, especially the fathers, praise Jesus, Dig out the promises of Scripture. All these actions hold promises, and GOD NEVER FAILS. Unlike what many say, we are never free of sin in this life, but we WILL be made more like Jesus, because GOD NEVER FAILS.

[@tonyparry7771]

JESUS truly I the answer! I use to believe I needed more of Jesus, but then He showed me that I needed to give more of myself to Him!

[@crimsonchin9250]

Will Do!

[@destinyridley7742]

This is such a POWERFUL sermon! Thank God for a pastor who is more concerned with the souls of people, rather than their pocket book. Im blessed to have a pastor with the same vision as Pastor Piper; This day and age, we need more preachers like them. Preachers who are unafraid to give you the WHOLE gospel.

[@Kaff231]

I agree. Those pastors that are preaching these watered down health wealth message are shameful. They boast on asking God for these things because after all God wants you to be happy right? What God wants are spiritually matured individuals like his Son who put value into human lives giving of themselves not expecting anything in return. Which has it's reward which is great in Heaven.

[@FlyEaglesFly333]

+Kaff231 amen!

[@00406cc]

Destiny Ridley amen to that

[@claraglatthaar998]

You are right. Piper doesn't even keep a cent from any of his books, many of which are bestsellers. The prosperity false preachers are misleading so many . . .

[@claraglatthaar998]

​@@Kaff231 very well said!

[@jinaforjesus]

Every time I listen to a sermon by John Piper, I am immediately compelled to listen to it at least once more. I so appreciate the way he speaks of our Father with such sweetness and adoration. His love for God is infectious and I cannot get enough! Thank you for sharing this sermon!

[@ryanbrush5066]

I feel exactly the same!

[@jodz327]

Jina Kay Henry yes, yes & yes

[@hoysam2011]

It takes multiple times to be able to understand, fully enjoy and not miss anything

[@paulmorales783]

True true. I like listening to this sermon 1 to 2 times per year

[@robertd7717]

I just watched it again for at least the dozenth time. I stopped counting years ago after 6 or so. Such balanced and beautiful truth in this sermon!

[@trellareaves1107]

I agree with John Piper. The Christian life is WAR everyday!!! The first time I heard Dr. John Piper preach a sermon about the Christian life is war, I began to understand that life is not going to be a picnic in the park everyday and it helped me tremendously!! The Lord has used John Piper so much in my life through his preaching of the word of God !! I Praise God for this !!

[@BrentonKlassen]

I've listened to this sermon probably 20 or 30 times already. I listen to it at least once a month and it reminds me of the struggle I'm in and the seriousness of it. Every time I listen to it, I get something new and pick up an incredible nugget of truth.

[@Vikingshop]

AMEN ! We should all listen to this sermon ... at least once a month !

[@claraglatthaar998]

Amen Amen Amen

[@sonnysizemore5456]

Piper's commitment to exalt the glory, beauty, and the sovereignty of God, I think is what always makes his sermons so powerful

[@Alex-jr1zs]

I love this sermon. My biggest struggle is not with the physical action of sin, but the desire to commit the sin. I want it so bad and I use every fleshly tactic to keep myself from sin, but whats the point if inside i still want it so bad? Like, I feel all it takes one moment of weakness to just explode. This sermon reminds to destroy the sin inside of me. To simply get rid of it from inside. Not just change the action, but let God change the desire. This to me is sooo important.

[@johnkranig2054]

Every day I ask, Lord guard my heart and mind from the temptation to sin, and I name the sin of which I most need help with. But remember what Paul said, when I am weak then I am strong. God will make a way to overcome when we are weak and give us a way out. We cannot do it on our own, WE NEED CHRIST! He is our only hope. In Christ alone are we saved. We are great sinners, but Christ is a greater Savior.

[@CatfishHeaven777]

Thank you God for this man.

[@Kaff231]

Yes absolutely Piper is such an awesome man of God. Love his sermons!

[@kandicebethune8397]

I thank God for johns piper ministry

[@christiantranslation]

Amen

[@dwayneokantey5159]

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[@dwayneokantey5159]

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[@Kaff231]

Wow! Definitely not a sermon for the weak hearted. The reason this sermon is so powerful to the believers is because our spirit and God's Spirit agree upon the truths of the words given. If this doesn't shake up things in your walk with The Lord nothing will. Amen John Piper~

[@claraglatthaar998]

So very well said!!!

[@madcyborg]

The "fight talk" is much needed. I am at war with the mean spirited impatient, impolite me. By the grace of God, I have had moments when I would normally bite someones head off with wrathful words, then I Open my mouth and say something a person far better than I would utter. Those moments the "War" is appreciated to humble me against myself. If You grew up with Christ in Your life, patience and politeness are ingrained in You, if You come to the Lord later in life this struggle may be familiar.

[@elijahkumning6580]

How are you?

[@kellykibbe9016]

Yes rory! I agree that has been evident in my life too, normally I would get so angry with my mom when she disagrees with me regarding the words of the bible but now I simple say okay and we have peace with our differences.

[@Vikingshop]

@@kellykibbe9016 - praise God ! Wonderful to hear about your victory over the flesh !

[@denisepaul601]

I love this Pastor. Finally, a Man of God that feels how I do about sin!

[@albertkhamala2339]

Help me oh God, the kill the sinful nature in me. I desire to live a holy life.

[@samabebe9936]

amen

[@John-mu2js]

Amen

[@bangelz0949]

Amen✌

[@MONKEYSCHANNEL327]

The sinful nature want die, and you will never love sin any less, but you can learn to love God more by spending time in his presence, and at the end of the day you will always choose to do what you love more, when you get to a level that you love God so much you dont wantbto be seperated from his fellowship, you will begin to avoid sin like the plague in order to preserve your connection to God.

[@kellykibbe9016]

This sermon oh no words can describe how hopeful and empowered I feel the courage to fight my sins. To know I'm not alone in my struggles!! Such a wonderful sermon to hear!!

[@krisl2838]

Amen brotha I'm on the battlefield with you, let's put our shields side by side to block the arrows of the enemy.

[@claraglatthaar998]

You're right! We are alone We are all in the battle vs sin together.

[@damutae612]

Wow....Hallelujah....please Father....help me to kill sin once as for all ......in Jesus name

[@santostamang6009]

I want to be break free from the sin. please pray for me !

[@krisl2838]

Man, I have not heard something like this in a LONG time, this is literally lit a fire up under me

[@jloeo]

Think I’ve finally found a preacher-minister that I can appreciate and follow 😊

[@tinacross2390]

This sermon by John piper always blesses me and challenges me. It is such a truthful sermon. He is a great speaker and knows his word and knows God. Bless you pastor John. You have so encouraged me and helped me grow in Christ

[@paulmorales783]

I Love this sermon. I know we have divine health if we believe.

[@altecbluwell4620]

I've only heard about John Piper from I'll Be Honest, Tim Conway, pastor of Grace Community Church. John Piper is a wonderful servant and warrior of the Kingdom of God. Thank you Jesus for this man.

[@claraglatthaar998]

Amen!!!

[@xunxhyne]

I love Piper, God Bless him and his family.

[@Kaff231]

I really Love John Piper too! I remember the first time I heard him give a sermon it was regarding God's love and I could just hear the words of God flow through him like a streaming river over my rocky heart and I could not stop crying!! It was that powerful! God bless this awesome man of God! :)

[@claraglatthaar998]

​@@Kaff231Piper is a blessing from God, to be sure.

[@suelymorais396]

Sinning saddens the Holy Spirit and apart us from God. He is always there, but, if we sin, we are the ones who appart from Him

[@jason7638]

I was lead to want to listen to this message. In the first minute and a half I can already relate.

[@vickysakellariou513]

"...work out your salvation with fear and trembling"..

[@hoc1992]

Vicky Sakellariou that’s the WORD! Amen!!

[@claraglatthaar998]

I know I have felt I needed to work out my salvation with fear and trembling . . . . Know that feeling.

[@robertd7717]

This will always be my favorite sermon of Piper's.

[@Sherri1964]

What an incredible man of God! Thank you Jesus for it ALLL!!

[@onlykingforever2839]

Confess your sins to one another. Open your heart wide.. reveal the anxieties, fears, worries, addictions.. if you don't open up and you continue to isolate, how can you let others know what's going on? We all struggle in this area.. I struggled with pornography for decades but the love of God changed how I viewed others, him and myself, not my former self but the new self made new in the image of God, who I really am. It broke my heart.. but God is near to the brokenhearted. Wash your hands you sinners and purify your hearts, weep mourn and wail.. sackcloth and ashes, for God gives grace to the humble. He will never.. leave you, never.. forsake you. When your heart breaks for others it shows you the way Christ's heart broke for us. There is no fear in love, but perfect love that casts out all fear.. be perfect for your Father in heaven is perfect. Love your enemies. Love you all.

[@quadswimmer8542]

💖

[@lynnm.2019]

I think looking back I only had a kind of intellectual assent to Sin. It took years and some painful failures in my life to finally see the utterly destructive nature of my Sinful acts. I saw up close and personal that the wages of Sin is truly death. I saw it at work in the lives of Christians and unbelievers alike. I was still rebelling against a Holy God, and certainly deep down I did not want to be Holy as He is Holy. (I Peter 1:16) I have finally got it and I have agreed with God concerning its seriousness. May we not only receive His Mercy and Forgiveness of our Sin, but desire to root it out of our lives completely. Walking in relationship with God, His power through prayer and of course always His all sufficient Grace to persevere and fight this Good fight.

[@allonesea]

Lynn M. I wish all Christians could be this honest about their sinfulness.

[@bonesdowning6615]

Thank you for your comment. It was the only one that has helped someone who is struggling with a sin. I hate and love it at the same time. Please pray for me that the Lord continues to sanctify me in His faithfulness and mercy. Thank you very much!

[@dee9230]

Good, good sermon, one to listen to more than once.

[@debramadebibusa3500]

May God heal and blessed me and forgive my sin that I done in the past because of demon's in the name of Jesus Amen

[@gee_ruiz]

Thank God for John Piper. Every day I need to make war against sin, and sin isn't something minuscule. The effects of sin are death, and if not in the natural, you feel it spiritually. But it can STOP. Through the works of the cross, we have been crucified with him and resurrected with him, so that we too may be able to deny our fleshly desires. We must go to war with sin, we must kill the flesh, and live to do the will of God. I'm glad that My eyes have been open, that God has allowed me the opportunity to at one point have struggled with sin, to the point that I realized that their isn't one desire of the flesh that can fill this void in my life. That only through finding my satisfaction in him can I live a life that is pleasing and holy to him. Believe me when I tell you this, there is REDEMPTION in the name of Jesus, and if God could love someone like me, who was so stuck in his sin, that was so lost in his own ways enough to save my life. After years of devaluing God of his worth because I "believed" that something on this earth can satisfy more than he can, then he could definitely rescue you!

[@katyross1230]

What a powerful sermon! Thank God for John's life!

[@jcsportskid]

I've never listened to the same sermon over and over like I have this one. Over the years I continue to go back to this. I truly believe God was working in this sermon more apparently then I've ever seen. I praise and thank God for working through Dr piper in this sermon as it is so filled with harsh biblical truth. So often we have people tell us contradicting things to this and it's easy to listen to them, but this is always a reminder to go back to scripture.

[@claraglatthaar998]

You're right. The Holy Spirit bears witness to our Spirit about truth in order that we may discern false teaching when we're exposed to it by hearing or reading. Piper speaks the truth about the whole counsel of God's Word.

[@billylinsley5463]

I thank God for this Pastor... God has used the Holy spirit abundantly relaying his glorious word through him.. We are blessed.

[@dochkodochev7680]

8 years later. You're still welcome Holy Spirit

[@TheHonorofKings]

This is it! This this this. Glory to Yahweh! Hallelujah!

[@augustine.c8204]

So eye-opening and refreshing. Came to this video with a heavy heart, now am encouraged to persevere in His word in his light.

[@00406cc]

Augustine C. Praise the lord!!!

[@MariaSantana-ul5wd]

Amen. Examine yourself constantly because everyone has blind spots.

[@nestormontanez1811]

Pray for me please. I realize how blind I am to the beauty of God.

[@habtemengistu5142]

May God bless John piper. my heart has burned. Glory to be God!!!!

[@ishimwenzabamwita6865]

Prayer to God to increase your sensitivity to your sins and those around you(Fearing the Lord) So important !!

[@fourthparadigm012710]

As I listen to this preaching, I am redirected to reflect on one of my favorite Scripture texts & verses in Galatians chapter 5, verses 19-26...

[@robertcox434]

WOW! Every sermon I preach... I SMELL HELL...(Pastor Piper)

[@edwardpannell900]

God changed my heart and this man feeds my mind. Thank God for you John Piper

[@kissimmeecamper]

Wow, I love this. It makes more sense to me than all the other ones I hear lately.

[@claraglatthaar998]

The Holy Spirit bears witness to our Spirit about truth. And John Piper speaks the truth about the whole counsel of God's Word.

[@michaelcassidy-qw1et]

My old life at present is nail to the cross at times sad to say it’s gotten free making me a instrument of sin in a vicious circle so I remind myself who the enemy is within know the Truth and He will set you free John piper and Derek Prince David Wilkinson inspire me to hammer and crucifies my corrupted life with the word of God and fasting easily said but with Jesus I will walk in His Spirit step by step and be encourage by Godly men like John Piper amen

[@suelymorais396]

I'm a repented sinner, all my troubles I lay on Jesus

[@penibitu2927]

Thank you GOD for your word thru your man .....please bless him n his family.....

[@hosannayeshua]

God bless, John Piper.

[@johndisalvo6283]

AMEN X 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 etc...Breath of Fresh Air!!!

[@cathieatkinson5033]

churches do not need a worship leader. Teh congregation should take part in the singing and remember that they are singing praise to an awesome God who can take away your breath and not even know He has done it! Where is the feeling of awe and fear before a holy God??

[@curtshepherd487]

Thank you buddy...I would say it would only be hard for someone to hear if they are in love with their sin. GOOD WORDS.

[@bangelz0949]

Yes it will be hard for them to know the truth if sin is with them but faith is what saves so have faith in god,jesus christus , the holy spirit & love & you will know true love on the way

[@curtshepherd487]

yes true and also grace

[@davidjones163]

The Lord is a warrior.

[@joebartholomew82]

What a great sermon. I think a lot of people felt very uncomfortable with this hard hitting truth.

[@lorilaw2604]

Great meat and potatoes message!!! Praise God!!!

[@akanimomusic]

God is better. Amen

[@savvyt1212]

Thank you!!! God bless you!!! This is key key key!!!🔒👉"🔑"👉🔓

[@esperanzayluz6764]

Pastor John thank you all the way from Mexico

[@RicardoGarcia-kv8it]

First time I hear him thanks I needed that

[@garycooper6947]

Thank you jesus from new Zealand island s

[@macumus]

By definition, there is nothing worse than separation from God. It is evil, it is sin.

[@marcobaratta2920]

That’s how you talk when things are critical important!

[@thekirstycameron]

Oh my gosh this is incredible. Amazing sermon. Just amazing.

[@brett3722]

Thank you.

[@jacobmayo-manson9634]

His points are all true. I feel exactly as he does. It is disappointing that the word of God is not emphasized as much a it should be in the Church, even biblical, Godly, gospel oriented ones. I have never heard pastors and teachers talk the truth of scripture like John Piper, Paul Washer or John MacArthur.

[@TheCannonofMohammed]

PRAISE GOD!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!! Thank you, Pres Trump, for allowing God to flow through you. Thank you SCOTUS for being a conduit of God’s will. What a beautiful day it is!!!

[@ShamelesslyRed]

So, this means you can lose your salvation. 😢😢 I'm struggling with the sin of alcoholism. I hate it, yet i keep going back to it. I can stop drinking for months, then i binge drink for several days. I feel so utterly vulnerable and i go through so much condemnation of myself. 😢 I'm continually battling this sin and i don't know to defeat it fully

[@SP3NS3R123]

No no! You can’t lose something that’s been given and secured in you. You can say you’ve been saved, and do the whole routine, while never truly being born again, and lose your soul. Jesus said that all who come to me I will in no wise cast out. And He will keep you until the end! You hold fast to Him sister

[@ShamelesslyRed]

But, aren't these warnings for born again believers? If I cannot kill this evil deed in my flesh permanently, instead of just for months then scripture says I will perish. ​am I misunderstanding? I Iove Jesus yet I'm such a failure to control this sin. Am I doomed to battle with this for the rest of my life? Because I'm not doing a very good job in battling. If I were, it would not be an issue still. Please pray for me @@SP3NS3R123

[@damutae612]

I just made 5 months clean yesterday...I'm in treatment and I a sober home...but without God's grace I wont remain sober....we cant believe him to help us in one area but not the other...we have to understand that we are helpless...we must confess that to him...we must come to that realization before anything can change ..he loves you ...very deeply ...his will is not for you to perish that would defeat the purpose of Christ dying for your sins ....his death can never be in vain dont lose faith or get discouraged...have you ever been in a treatment program before? Just wondering

[@ShamelesslyRed]

@@damutae612 AA. I have the Lord's grace all the time. I just need to recognize my emotional triggers and not allow them to overwhelm me. There's actually many things I must remember. Most of all, that I don't want to go back to a place of prolonged pain and that I can overcome with the power of the cross and love of my Savior. It just is sometimes difficult to remember when Im overwhelmed with grief and pain. In those times, I'm feeling battle weary. Thank you for the encouragement ❤️

[@damutae612]

@@ShamelesslyRed 🙏most definitely

[@safoxmulder]

Amen, this was the testimony I needed

[@kristofery]

Beautiful and true!

[@debramadebibusa3500]

Thank god for watching you to guiding us may the lord give you more power in the name of Jesus Amen

[@fenncojazz]

Thank you for sharing the Biblical Message!

[@lynnmcintosh]

Thank you Pastor Piper.

[@debramadebibusa3500]

Pastor in past years I did the sin using traditional muthi now this muthi straggling me because of demon's may God heal me and take away what I did in the past in Jesus name I believe in Jesus I am healed

[@streamylc]

"we want our people to be broken hearted"..... that's intense. I totally understand this message, but I think it's incredibly important to keep in mind the context of this speech... There are varying lvls of maturity in each of our walks with Jesus/God.... and this is quite a mature one (i.e. Pastor Piper talking to a room full of pastors).... Without the proper context this has the potential to be a massive stumbling block for those fragile/weak/green in their walk with God.... *taking snippets out of this and/or not listening to the whole teaching would be sketchy.* "give yourself to helping your people kill the sin that kills their joy"; again, very much directed at mature believers studying ministry

[@kboakye.]

Thank you for the message.

[@sean_fisher]

True to this day.

[@SirVilder]

I feel that this is edifying to parents as well.

[@dobow1]

Timothy 2:24-26 And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.25 Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

[@lynnm.2019]

Yes.

[@waldringfieldbaptistchurch]

Awesome message!

[@timb2248]

true disciples know this truth...your best moment is menstrual rags...true perspective brings peace...butlike slomon said with much wisdom comes much sorrow...like david said my sin is ever present...if u dont know its like this....there is two of everyone in christ...one side flesh(selfishesness,pride,fear,doubt,stress,shame..), one side spirit(selflessness,humility,faith in his will,hope,peace,confidence)...im far from taming my flesh...and the majority of people who know me (fromtrue believers to church players to babylonians) would say im one of the most stand up guy they...but i know the truth...and the God of Jacob knows all things

[@brianhardgrave5760]

Amazing

[@blessingmingo324]

POWERFUL

[@kevinowenburress2435]

Well God can see through lids, but that doesn't mean that He doesn't see any use in making them keep it at home (And not on the internet) I think sin on the internet is a big root problem and we need to as Christians acquire the internet.

[@JesusLovesU0777]

1:04:24 saving this spot to go back to this prayer.

[@d0g_0f_Christ0s]

I think it better if I was never born, never existed. My feet tread upon His blood every breath God graciously allows me. (- The voice of the Self-Absorbed) I am in love with the dark, surely this is not deceit.

[@ta6531]

You are here and the Lord has a reason... I live in the Psalms.... It helps..

[@natserog]

excellent teaching

[@jerrybrown3332]

I want to be as holy as a saved dinner can be and should I strayyfrom that may God search me out with discipline

[@christiantranslation]

Amen.

[@keishaholloway5885]

yes!

[@debramadebibusa3500]

Amen

[@paulaudialterampartem6906]

Revelation 3:5 5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. Discuss!

[@arianahelvie5033]

Meaning people can be blotted out.

[@benjaminsarfo2614]

🔥🔥🔥

[@thsettle]

I used to love John Piper’s teaching! And by that I mean that I hated it, but I thought his sermons, and way of thinking, were the path to true spirituality and union with God. Thankfully, papa showed me that he and I are one from eternity past and for the rest of time, and now I feel no shame in not giving a shit what John has to say. I hope he finds rest in his walk with God and finds the hope of Christ within him. And I hope this for everyone. The fight of faith is to let go. His yoke truly is easy. Let go of your day to day struggles. Fight to accept that God understands your frailty and the things that make your life hard. Fight to accept that God actually likes you and wants the best for you. Fight to rest from your religious efforts. Gods faith in YOU will give you life!! And it will set you free from this striving and religiosity that John Piper wants to sell you. Hey, if his sermon helps you, I am happy for you! But if you are like me and this sermon pains your heart and reminds you how you don’t measure up, I hope that my words have encouraged you.

[@ibeNat]

I admire and long for the same intolerance to sin. I do not agree however that not killing sin fast enough before you die results in losing your salvation.

[@SP3NS3R123]

When did he say that in this video?

[@SP3NS3R123]

I don't think he did

[@ibeNat]

+Spenser Jones Starts at minute 21

[@SP3NS3R123]

+Nathy G Please forgive me for the longevity in advanced. I watched several minutes of it. He never said, "if you don't kill sin fast enough, you'll lose your salvation." He reads straight from verse 13 of Romans 8 - "For if you live according to according to flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live." He did not say that Christians don't sin. Sin still dwells in us. But those of us who still continue in our sin, not walking after the Spirit, and as Pastor John "make peace with it", will we expect to meet Jesus and hear Him say well done? We're not saved by works, but by God's grace through faith in Christ. Once we have received Christ, we are given the Holy Spirit to bring life into us, because we are dead in our flesh. Christ died, being condemned in the flesh for us, and He resurrected allowing us to recieve Himself by faith. The Christian life is submission to God. Paul's message in this passage is to exhort us to submit to God, walking in the Spirit rather than in the flesh. If the Spirit of Christ lives in the believer, no matter how the flesh rages on, by looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, we will lay aside what is already dead, and walk on in the life of Christ. Jesus says in Matthew 24:12-13 "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." It's not by the works of the flesh that we work and endure, but by the finished work and endurance of Christ that we do. Paul also says in Ephesians 2:10, "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." If we have been born again of the Spirit of God, we have been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God already has ordered out for us to walk in by the life Christ lives. My pastor taught me something that I never caught onto before, but was and is such an encouragement to me because it is the truth. Peter confessed that Jesus has the words of eternal life. Jesus Himself said to Nicodemus, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting, or eternal life." Peter gives a very similar exhortation to us in His first epistle. "Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 1 Peter 2:7-10" Just like Christ preached to His disciples in John 6, and many left and never followed Him again, and only the twelve were left, and Judas was the betrayer, the apostles preached to their people back then, and God speaks to us through His Word today. The Word doesn't change, and God draws His elect, saves His elect, and keeps His elect by the blood of Christ. We are just men and women who have been called by God's grace, transformed, and hold fast by faith to the love of God in Christ that has a hold of us. We don't kill sin to earn victory; we kill sin standing in the victory Jesus has won and has placed us in!

[@Alexkearney]

+Nathy G I thought the same thing as you until he explained at 34:14

[@danielbarrera9450]

Hebrews 10:26:27

[@zackerypatterson6928]

Does anyone have the exact english spelling for the translation of the word slaughter he's speaking of? I'm unable to find it

[@jenylenimperial1281]

Jesus is God by john piper

[@thomasthune925]

I wish I could have seen the whole sermon. WyFii signal OK, internet is proven OK, but this video stops at 48:17 and I cannot restart it. Other video's are OK so far!

[@randyfurco2720]

I love the heart of the message, but I wonder if he inadvertently took the joy of salvation away form those secure in Christ. This message could both help those needing to break free from sin they have not taken seriously. But, it could also push some into condemnation trying to get free and please God by works. Also he seems to suggest a truly born again Christian, may not quite get free enough from whatever they are battling with to get to heaven.

[@dvaccino]

I have the same concern and questions. It was a powerful sermon and I know it’s important and I need to mediate on it further. I’m a new Christian and now very burdened and confused.

[@PrimeFlamesSniping]

Listening very closely to this message is important. I think that he gets some things flat out wrong. For example, believers aren’t going to hell because we sin. There’s no biblical basis for that. However, God will discipline us if we are truly His children (Hebrews 12), of course when looking at the letters it’s important to walk through the 4 relevant layers of context; allusions to the Biblical story (mostly Old Testament; historical/cultural context; situational context (which we can really only guess based off stray clues) and literary context (the conventions within the format of 1st century letters). Stripping these letters for their parts as if they’re abstract theological essays is going to lead to tons of confusion. The name of the game is context. I hope what Piper means is that true believers of Jesus will be born again with a new Spirit, and that will reflect in their actions. Beware of spiritual pride in this journey, and stay focused on serving others above all else, as did our Lord of glory Jesus Christ. Hit me with any questions concerning this or anything else! Stay assured in the gospel- that by grace through faith you have been saved, not by works so that no one may boast (Ephesians 2:8,9). Upon belief you were officially justified

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@ Love The Lord, what time did you hear that¿