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Messages by Desiring God

Danger Averted, Destiny Attained: Funeral Message for Lois Nelson (1919–2023)

Messages by Desiring God

Desiring God

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

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

When a Christian goes home to be with the Lord, we who remain have the chance to rehearse God’s loving design in every believer’s death.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So, one of the most familiar verses in the Bible, which most of you in this room know

0:05.8

by heart, I'm going to start.

0:10.0

You learned it probably in the King James, so we'll do it that way, and as soon as you

0:15.5

know what I'm saying, you say it with me.

0:19.8

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believed

0:28.0

with Him should not perish but have eternal life, everlasting life.

0:35.5

King James, Father, one of the most consistent, encouraging things at Ozzy and Lois said

0:48.4

to me was, thanks for getting us in the Word, thanks for getting us in the Word.

0:58.0

So we want to get in the Word for a few minutes, this precious Word.

1:04.8

I ask for your help, and I ask that we would all believe it in Jesus' name, amen.

1:14.6

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believed

1:22.7

this in Him might not perish, but have eternal life.

1:29.4

There's four great realities in that verse.

1:35.1

Number one, there's a great danger, perishing.

1:44.0

Number two, there's a great design for escaping that danger.

1:50.1

The love of God, sending His Son.

1:54.8

Number three, there's a great duty by which we get connected to that design, believing.

2:04.8

And number four, there is a great destiny ever lasting life.

2:11.7

Let's talk about those.

2:13.6

We need to just meditate on those.

2:15.4

I mean, a familiar verse can sometimes blow by so fast, so familiar.

2:22.9

We lose the sense of the majesty and the weight and the glory, the beauty, the wonder

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