From God, to God, Through God

Messages by Desiring God

Desiring God

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

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2004

⏱️ 38 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Do you love the thought that you exist to make God look good? If not, you may be committing spiritual suicide.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The text for this morning sermon is found in the book of Romans chapter 11,
0:05.0	verses 33 to 36.
0:08.0	And you can find it in the Pew Bible in front of you on page 947.
0:15.2	Romans 11, starting at verse, oh the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God.
0:28.6	How in searchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways. for who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been
0:35.7	his counselor, or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid.
0:42.1	For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be
0:47.6	glory forever. Amen. Would you pray with me?
0:54.0	Say it again, Lord, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, to the lamb.
1:07.2	We want Christ to be exalted in this room.
1:12.3	From you and through you and to you are all things.
1:17.0	And now to you be the glory, now and forever and ever.
1:22.0	Take the glory away from us. Not to us, oh Lord, not to us, but to your name, give glory. In this room where anybody is longing for the glory themselves, show them the superior
1:39.7	joy that comes from letting it go to God where it belongs.
1:45.0	So come in power now and do your mighty work
1:51.0	as you have been already. In Jesus, I pray,
1:57.8	amen. Today we complete a six-year journey through Romans 1 to 11, which we began in April of 1998.
2:10.0	We've seen the terrible condition of our own hearts and the hearts of all humanity in
2:17.5	chapters 1 through 3 verse 19.
2:21.2	We've seen the unspeakably magnificent work of God in Jesus Christ on the cross and in the
2:27.8	resurrection as he has provided a righteousness for us and a great substitution punishment for us
2:35.0	in chapters 320 through the end of chapter 5
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Desiring God, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Desiring God and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.