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The Word That Comes Worshiping: Savoring What We Say About God

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

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 1994

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

John Piper | When the preacher’s own heart sings with the glories of God, he can’t help but overflow to his people in the pulpit.

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Let me recap where we've been and then take you into this third and final or I might say third and fourth and final because really I'm going to give two lectures in this morning time because as I got to the end of number three there was a fourth

0:16.5

one just begging begging to be delivered and so I'm going to outline it for you at the

0:22.2

end.

0:23.0

The aim of preaching is worship,

0:28.0

which means that all preaching should aim to wean the human heart off of the breast of sin and fill it with satisfaction in God. I'm assuming when I say that and I say it like that that

0:50.4

the essence and the heart of worship is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.

1:00.0

And there's a premise behind that assumption.

1:04.0

And the premise is this, and it's the most important sentence in my life and in my theology and in my books.

1:12.0

And it's the one sentence that I would... theology and in my books.

1:12.7

And it's the one sentence that I would, that you remember.

1:17.2

God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in him.

1:25.0

Now, these are the two books in which I defend and elaborate that statement.

1:33.7

That's why these books are written.

1:35.6

I dedicated this book to my sons.

1:37.6

I have four sons.

1:39.6

And to show you the importance of that sentence in my life and in my family, I want to just read

1:44.6

the close of the introduction here.

1:47.0

Finally a word to my son.

1:49.8

This book is dedicated to you, Carston and Benjamin and Abraham and Barnabas. If there is

1:57.4

any legacy I want to leave you. It is not money for house or land. It is a vision of God as great and glorious a God as one could ever see. But more than that, I want to leave you the legacy of a passion for this God, a passion far beyond what any human

2:16.9

can produce, a passion for God flowing from the very heart of God. Never forget, son, that God is most glorified in you

2:27.0

when you are most satisfied in him. But even more, and this is my prayer for you, in God's time, may your satisfaction in Him

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