The Key to Christian Obedience

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

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🗓️ 20 August 2014

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Pastor John describes three stages to Christian obedience: knowledge of God’s word, meditation on God’s word, and the abundance of our hearts that flow from both.

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0:00.0	We now have over 1200 sermons by John Piper in the Desiring God sermon archive, but none
0:10.9	of them are more popular than one sermon that stands above all the others in page views.
0:16.0	It's simply titled, What is the Will of God and how do we know it?
0:19.9	A sermon he preached on August 22, 2004.
0:23.5	In it, he answers the question, What is the single most important key to knowing God's
0:27.4	will in my life?
0:28.6	How do I obey him in any given situation, but also, who does he want me to marry?
0:33.8	What car should I buy?
0:35.0	What career path should I choose?
0:37.0	Where should I go to school?
0:38.7	Pastor John explains how to know God's will in three stages from Romans chapter 12, verses
0:43.4	1 and 2.
0:45.7	If I'm arguing that discern the will of God in verse 2 means, discern the will of command,
0:53.4	discern your duty, how does that look?
0:57.1	Three stages.
0:58.1	One, God's will of command is revealed finally and decisively only in the Bible, finally
1:08.8	and decisively, very important words.
1:12.8	God's will of command is revealed with final and decisive authority only in the Bible,
1:18.9	and we must have a renewed mind in order to see it, because if you go to the Bible without
1:23.4	having a renewed mind, you will find a way to distort any vaid, self-denial, love, purity,
1:32.4	the command that Jesus be supremely satisfying.
1:35.2	We must have the Holy Spirit illuminating, transforming.
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