What Does It Feel Like to See the Beauty of Christ?

Ask Pastor John

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

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🗓️ 27 June 2018

⏱️ 15 minutes

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We often miss Christ’s beauty in his word because our hearts are out of sync. Pastor John explains how he prepares his heart to meet God.

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0:00.0	Well, John Piper is a big advocate for seeing glimpses of the peculiar glory of Christ
0:08.6	in Scripture.
0:10.1	And those moments of discovery in his Bible are far more than mere intellectual discoveries.
0:14.2	They are affectional.
0:15.5	They feed within him his delight in God.
0:18.4	So the question that becomes, well, John Piper, what does it feel like to see the beauty
0:23.9	of Christ?
0:24.9	And this bold question comes from a listener named Josephine.
0:28.5	Hello, Pastor John.
0:29.5	I'm a Bible every day and get to know God better.
0:31.5	And I have heard you talk about the importance of not just reading the Bible, but reading
0:34.6	us such a way as to see the peculiar glory of Christ shining from the pages into our eyes
0:40.5	to stir our hearts.
0:41.7	It's a very unique type of reading, requiring genuine faith, regeneration, and of course
0:47.2	the power of the Spirit.
0:49.1	But I don't really know if or how or when this happens in my life.
0:52.9	Sometimes I make discoveries in the text that really stir my heart.
0:56.5	Sometimes I don't.
0:57.8	And you bring us into your own Bible reading and articulate for me the difference between
1:02.6	simply reading the Bible and those precious times in which you are met with the glory of
1:07.2	Christ shining in the pages of Scripture.
1:09.8	I presume this does not always happen, but what's it like for you when it does?
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