He Delivers from the Fear of Death

Light + Truth

Desiring God

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

How does Jesus both defeat the devil and rescue us from our sin? In this episode of Light + Truth, that’s the massive issue that John Piper considers in Hebrews 2:14–18 for the strengthening of your faith.

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0:00.0	Nobody goes to hell because of being harassed by the devil.
0:04.0	Nobody goes to hell because of being possessed by the devil.
0:08.0	Nobody goes to hell because of being oppressed by the devil.
0:11.0	Nobody goes to hell because of seeing green apparitions on their ceiling at night
0:15.0	and hearing weird noises under the bed, which are real.
0:18.0	Nobody goes to hell because of that.
0:21.0	People go to hell for one reason.
0:23.0	Unforgiven sin.
0:26.0	Period.
0:27.0	That's all.
0:30.0	How does Jesus both defeat the devil and rescue us from our sin?
0:37.0	That's the massive issue that John Piper considers for the strengthening of your faith
0:42.0	in this episode of Light and Truth.
0:45.0	The sermon was originally preached on June 23, 1996 at Bethlehem Baptist Church.
0:53.0	Death is sad and death is terrifying.
1:05.0	If there's a holy, just God who's going to call everybody to account.
1:13.0	If you don't believe in God, if there is no God and death is simply the end of a long summer,
1:21.0	it's just sad.
1:24.0	It's sad.
1:25.0	The reason it's sad is because life, as we know it in this world, is the basis of everything that makes us happy.
1:32.0	Family, friends, leisure, food, sex, job work, meaning, if you don't have life, you've got none of that.
1:43.0	And to lose that feels sad, but it doesn't feel terrifying.
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