Christian hedonism is about finding our joy in God through the person and work of Christ

and Pastor John, you rightly warn us against finding our joy in our joy or loving God rather

than loving God.

We've talked about this in episodes 326 and 345.

So how does this warning fit with the passages of the Psalmist where he says that he finds

delight in God's commandments and law?

That was delight in God's written word, a delight in God himself.

Excellent question.

Let me put those texts that were mentioned right in front of us.

His delight is in the law of the Lord and on his law he meditates that Psalm 11.

Psalm 19, the precepts of the Lord are rejoicing the heart.

Psalm 116, I will delight in your statutes and Psalm 111.

Your testimonies are my heritage forever for they are the joy of my heart.

So from those texts, I would say clearly it is godly and good thing to feel delight in

God's word.

So if I've said anything that contradicts that, like I don't want people to be rejoicing

in God's word, then I have misspoken.

Regardless of whatever Piper says, that's clear.

So let me clarify my view.

I have never intended to say joy in anything but God is sin.

I have always meant to say having your greatest joy, your ultimate joy in anything but God

is sin, it's idolatry and having any joy in anything that is not God that fails to

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