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Sermons, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, 163859, Desiring God, John Piper, Preaching, Christianity, Messages, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 17 November 1985

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The task of world evangelization requires Pauline missionaries devoted to the task of frontier missions.

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0:00.0	I have five theses this morning that I can fit into these next 35 minutes I think
0:10.0	concerning the pursuit of Pauline missionaries.
0:14.0	I'll explain before I'm done what I mean about Pauline missionaries.
0:20.0	The first three of these theses are familiar theological foundations at Bethlehem, so I will go quickly through them.
0:31.0	The last couple are very practical, and we'll dwell on those more specifically
0:37.5	and longer.
0:39.6	The first thesis is the purpose of God to fill the earth with his glory will be accomplished.
0:47.0	That's as certain as is the life of God.
0:55.0	God will die before that fails to be accomplished.
1:00.0	I learned that from Numbers 1421.
1:03.2	As I live and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,
1:08.1	none of the men who have seen my glory and have not hearken to my voice shall see the land. He takes two oaths as I live.
1:17.0	I'll die before this happens.
1:20.0	And as the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
1:25.0	He means for these people not to enter the land,
1:30.0	and he swears they won't enter.
1:32.0	And he takes his oath on two grounds his life and his purpose
1:35.8	to fill the earth with his glory.
1:38.0	That's important to see.
1:40.1	It will be accomplished. What does it mean, however, to fill the earth with his glory?
1:48.0	Three things. One, it means everybody in the world will one day, or to put it more accurate,
1:56.2	theologically, one day the earth will only be peopled by people who know his glory.
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