The Unusually Human Joy of Jesus

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

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🗓️ 5 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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David Mathis | Did Jesus endure the cross for his joy or despite it? The answer takes us to the heart of Jesus’s unusually human joy, and ours.

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0:00.0	At desiring God, we call ourselves Christian hedonists.
0:06.0	We do that with a smile.
0:08.8	We know it's a provocative term.
0:12.6	And we think it's worth the provocation
0:16.4	because the reality that we're seeking to name and to commend is so vital and so central and so
0:27.1	wonderful in the Christian life. So we're willing to take the risk to be misunderstood by a few
0:34.7	in hopes that many may come into a new and life-giving and soul-frilling
0:43.8	understanding of what God means to offer us in Jesus Christ. Now, if you want to know,
0:51.3	what's his Christian hedonist? What are we coming to here tonight?
0:55.9	By Christian hedonists, we mean somebody who believes
0:59.7	and seeks to live in accordance with the truth
1:02.0	that God's most glorified in us
1:05.0	when we're most satisfied in him.
1:08.8	Which means that the pursuit of joy in God is not only allowed in the Christian faith,
1:18.7	that's good news. It's also encouraged in the Christian faith, and even more than that,
1:32.0	it's required, in fact, in the Christian faith. And even more than that, it's required, in fact, in the Christian faith.
1:45.0	Because we do not glorify God as he deserves when we don't enjoy him like he deserves. 25 years ago, I was a freshman
1:49.0	university in Greenville, South Carolina.
1:52.0	Probably the first time I ever heard this phrase
1:54.0	Christian hedonist.
1:56.0	We're probably on the cover of John Piper's book,
1:58.0	Desiring God, Meditations of a Christian hedonist.
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