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Messages by Desiring God

The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 1

Messages by Desiring God

Desiring God

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

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2008

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The unwasted life is a life lived for the purpose of displaying the worth of Jesus Christ for others to see and cherish.

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The following message is by pastor John Piper. More information from desiring God is available at

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W. W. W. Desiring God. O.G. Lord, we really are thankful

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that wretched creation-prefering hearts were not despised

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were not despised by the Redeemer.

0:26.8

And that he bore our sins in his body on the tree,

0:30.2

that he might bring us home to you and that you've given us a quickening to begin to love

0:39.5

you as we ought and begin to treasure you as we ought and begin to see you and hear you and

0:47.0

embrace you and value you and be satisfied in you and follow you as we ought.

0:53.6

And we confess our abiding shortfall and our remaining corruption and

0:59.3

indwelling sin.

1:00.6

We hate it, and we renounce it together, and we ask for more help.

1:07.2

We want to come through this conference more loving toward Christ and more loving toward people.

1:15.0

We don't want to waste our lives in front of the mirror or in the manpoolles of the world.

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We want to dive into your inexhaustible glory and grace manifest in Jesus.

1:32.8

So come and do a great deep decisive work

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for the glory of your son.

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In his name we pray, Amen.

1:44.0

What does it look like the unwasted life?

1:50.0

If the gospel is the solution to conquer my objective damnable position under a just

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wrath and holy God by rescuing me so that it can be said

2:07.3

there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus and he has begun in sovereign grace and sanctification to transform this old

2:18.8

blind, dead, man-loving, God-belittling heart into a God-loving man-humbling, Christ-cherishing heart,

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