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Messages by Desiring God

The Called of Christ and the Loved of God

Messages by Desiring God

Desiring God

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

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 1998

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

If you’re a Christian, you have only come to faith because God called you. And if he called you, then you can be sure that he has a very special love for you.

Transcript

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Take a Bible if you'd like to follow along in the text and turn to Romans 1.

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We're on our way through this greatest of all letters that has ever been written.

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The most influential letter, a letter that has turned the world on its head more than once.

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And may God be pleased to turn our church upside down through it.

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I'm going to read the first paragraph again for the fifth time

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and look with you at one phrase in verse 7 as a second part of last week's message.

0:37.0

Romans 1, 1. Paul, a bond servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God,

0:47.0

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy scriptures concerning his son, who was born of a descendant of David

0:57.8

according to the flesh, who was declared the son of God with power by the resurrection

1:02.4

from the dead, according to the Spirit of Holiness, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

1:07.0

Through whom we have received grace and Apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for his namesake,

1:19.0

among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ.

1:25.0

To all who are beloved of God in Rome,

1:30.0

call as Saints, grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:38.0

Father, I ask for your help now to unfold the little phrase beloved of God that we will focus on this

1:47.2

morning. Lord unless you come and do what Romans 5, 5 says, namely pour out the love of God into our hearts by the Holy Spirit.

1:59.3

We will not see it, we will not feel it, we will not be changed by it, and you will not get the glory that

2:06.1

you should from our worship and our obedience of faith.

2:11.0

So would you come, Holy Spirit, and through the truth pour out the love of God into our hearts this

2:19.6

morning.

2:20.6

In Jesus' name, I ask it, amen.

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Last week we focused on the phrase in verse 6,

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