In all of my brains, in all of my gospel work,

in all of my travel planning,

I exist to bear the fruit of the obedience of faith

for the sake of the name.

That's why we exist as a church.

What is the fruit of faith in the life of the church?

That's the question John Piper answers

from Romans 1, 8 to 15 in this episode of Light and Truth.

The sermon was originally preached

at Bethlehem Baptist Church on May 31, 1998.

Now, if you took Romans 1, 5,

which I think you should do and say,

Paul, what is your mission statement?

I think Paul would say,

I exist by the grace of God.

You can see that in verse 5.

Grace came to me.

Grace, I exist by the grace of God

to bring about the obedience of faith among the nations

that's not the ultimate goal.

That's the penultimate goal, the proximate goal.

That's next to the end.

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