How Churches Sabotage the Love of God

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

If we try to make much of the love of God by downplaying the wrath of God, we destroy the love of God.

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0:00.0	Well, professing Christians and pastors and churches all over the world are undermining
0:08.4	the glory of God's love.
0:11.0	How so?
0:12.3	By advocating for God's love in denial of His other attributes and actions, that's
0:17.0	what Pastor John explains today in a clip from his 1999 sermon on Romans 5-9-11.
0:23.5	Today's clip was sent to us from a long-time podcast, lists our name Grant Horms, and
0:28.2	the sermon is based on Romans 5-9-11.
0:36.6	Since therefore we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by
0:41.0	him from the wrath of God.
0:43.7	For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his son, much more
0:47.9	now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life?
0:52.9	More than that.
0:54.5	We also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received
1:00.6	reconciliation.
1:02.6	Pastor John is about to expound this main text in a moment after it makes a point from
1:08.7	the book of Revelation.
1:10.0	Here now is Pastor John.
1:13.7	Revelation chapter 20 verse 15 says this.
1:19.0	If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the
1:27.5	lake of fire.
1:30.8	What's that?
1:32.7	What's that like?
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