The following message is by pastor John Piper.

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Let's pray. There are two kinds of teaching, Father.

The one that I can do with my mouth and the one that I can do with my heart and the one that you can do.

And the one that you can do.

And that's the one we're desperate for. and that you can do.

And that's the one we're desperate for.

I ask you, Father, to come and grant that you would teach through me.

Because if you don't become our teacher,

nobody will be drawn to Christ.

No Christian will be drawn closer to Christ and no unbeliever will be drawn to Christ

if they only hear my teaching. So come, we ask in Jesus' name, amen.

Whenever we begin to focus in on the particular work of God

to overcome the rebellion of particular people and draw particular people to the sun.

We desperately need to keep in view.

We must never, ever forget God's global purposes, universal offer to save anyone who believes.

For example, John 219, behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

John 316, for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in him would not perish but have eternal life.

John 442, we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.

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