Revelation 21 3

Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man.

He will dwell with them and they will be his people

and God himself will be with them as their God.

Hasn't that always been the bottom line treasure of the people of God?

Whom have I in heaven but thee?

And on earth there's nothing that I desire besides thee.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but you are the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Hasn't that always been the cry of the heart for God?

If God is your God, what does it mean to inherit God?

In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8 14 to 18 to reveal the ultimate

glory of inheriting God himself and the suffering that marks the way to eternal joy.

This sermon was originally delivered at Bevilleham Baptist Church on April 22, 2002.

Romans 5 verse 2 says, we exalt in the hope of the glory of God.

We exult in the hope of the glory of God.

If all you are hoping in is the gift of God and not God, you're an idolater.

The only thing that keeps the gifts of God, which are good and meant for our joy, from being idols, is that we hope in God,

beyond them, in them, and through them, so that every good and perfect gift that is from our Father

doesn't cause our hearts to terminate on it, but go through it and become an act of worship.

No. on it, but go through it and become an act of worship. Do you, when you take from your father's hand the gifts of this life worship?

Or are you like a little ingrate on Christmas morning who snatches the gift from his mother's hand

and plays with it all day and never gives a thought to the giver like 90% of the world does every day from God's hands.

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