How Do I Banish Low Thoughts of Christ?

Ask Pastor John

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

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🗓️ 18 December 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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The Christ who took on flesh and dwelt among us never had a beginning. He existed eternally before, and will be forever after.

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0:00.0	Well, how do we rid ourselves of low thoughts about Christ?
0:07.6	Well, we banish them by filling our minds and hearts with the wealth of revelation of
0:11.5	who Christ is.
0:13.2	And that's what we're doing in the month of December leading up to Christmas.
0:16.4	To this end, I have convinced Pastor John to read a few chapters from his excellent book
0:20.3	Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ.
0:22.8	This is sort of a first nudge to see if Pastor John will read the entire book and make
0:26.8	it his first audio book at some point in the future.
0:29.8	To that end, he recently recorded a second chapter for us for you, the APJ audience.
0:34.6	And you're hearing this for the very first time.
0:37.4	So here now is Pastor John reading chapter 2 from his wonderful book Seeing and Savoring
0:42.0	Jesus Christ on the remedy for low thoughts about Christ.
0:47.7	Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am John 8 verse 58.
0:56.0	In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
1:02.3	John 1 verse 1.
1:04.5	For in Christ the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, Colossians 2 verse 9.
1:13.6	Chapter 2 Jesus is the glory of God, the deity of Jesus Christ.
1:21.6	Christ does not exist in order to make much of us.
1:25.6	We exist in order to enjoy making much of him.
1:31.0	The assumption of this book is that to know the glories of Christ is an end, not a means.
1:38.4	Christ is not glorious so that we get wealthy or healthy.
1:43.5	Christ is glorious so that rich or poor, sick or sound, we might be satisfied in him.
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