Will Suffering Weaken My Ministry?

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

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🗓️ 4 March 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Suffering is not a hindrance to the spread of the gospel. Suffering is, very often, God’s means of spreading the gospel where it has never gone before.

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0:00.0	What is the key to effective ministry?
0:08.2	Just about every Christian wants to be used by God to transform the lives of others.
0:12.3	So how does God use us?
0:14.6	How does He make ministry effective in us and through us?
0:17.8	It's a question Pastor John asked and then answered from scripture in front of an auditorium
0:22.7	full of college students at the Passion Conference 2006 in Nashville.
0:28.6	His message was titled how our suffering glorifies the greatness of the grace of God.
0:35.1	Have a listen.
0:36.6	The purpose of God in creating the universe is to display the greatness of the glory of
0:44.3	His grace supremely in the suffering of His Son.
0:52.3	That's yesterday.
0:55.3	The summons will you join the Son in displaying the supreme satisfaction of the glory of grace
1:06.6	in joining Him on the Calvary Road of suffering because there's no other way the world is going to see
1:14.8	the supreme glory of Christ today except that we break free from the Disneyland of America
1:22.8	and begin to live lifestyles of missionary sacrifice that looks to the world like our treasure
1:30.3	is in heaven and not on the earth.
1:33.1	It's the only way the prosperity gospel will not make anybody praise Jesus.
1:40.5	It will make people praise prosperity.
1:43.8	Of course I'll have a Jesus who will give me a car who wouldn't want a Jesus who gives
1:49.2	me health, a car, a fine marriage.
1:52.5	I'll take your Jesus if the payoff is right.
1:56.9	The snuff the way you're going to win your campuses, dress in the coolest, drive in the
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