How Does God Become Totally for Me?

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

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🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

God won’t settle for anything less than perfection from us. Either we depend on Christ’s perfection in our place, or we keep the entire law.

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0:00.0	How do we get into a position where God is 100% for me and never again against me?
0:12.2	Is there a more important question for each of us to answer?
0:14.6	I don't think there is.
0:15.9	So how do we find a satisfying answer especially in a world that tells us we are good enough
0:21.5	or special enough to warrant God's eternal favor and in a world full of religions that
0:26.7	say we can save ourselves?
0:29.4	God has an answer to how God can become 100% for you.
0:34.2	But how does God himself answer the question in his holy word?
0:38.4	Pastor John explained in a 2017 chapel message.
0:42.9	Here he is.
0:44.6	How do you get into this position?
0:47.4	Who is he talking about?
0:48.7	How do you get into the position where God is 100% for you and not against you?
0:53.5	How do you get in there?
0:54.8	I want in there, I want to be in that paradise.
1:00.5	How do you get into the position where God is 100% for you and not ever at all against
1:10.0	you?
1:12.2	The answer to the New Testament is by faith alone.
1:15.3	Now follow me.
1:18.2	You need to be able to stand on this with all your might because of the accusations.
1:23.0	Follow me.
1:24.6	Romans 3.28, we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
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