Being wrongfully slandered is the most painful thing . What’s more painful is that the perpetrators seem to enjoy their lives without punishment. I still find it hard to pray for my enemies .
Psalm 94, Psalm 35 and Psalm 7... God avenges, after all the time Judas, the pharasee's and saducees had to hear Jesus - did He then pray for them knowing they wanted His death? No, He prayed for the flying monkey's who crucified Him following orders but not the brood of vipers, den of thieves, fox, serpents, graves full of dead men's bones or open sepulchres. Jesus shook off the dust, God said pray no more for this people. Hate evil, pray for God to arise and avenge us speedily of the evil embracing our innocent children!
To be quite frank, I almost never think of Heaven. My life often seems to me to be so full of adversity that I am thankful just to make through the day. Mr. Piper has shown me through this sermon that this fact is, without doubt, the very thing that holds me back. I am still super new at understanding the deep things of God. There was a time I thought I understood the Christian life and the precepts we are called by the Father to live out. It has recently dawned on me that I know nothing of the deep mystery of the Gospel. After the recent events in my life, and after hearing the elegant and soul resonating words of this (literal) Titan of a man, I am utterly amazed at my total and complete ignorance relating to the deep things of God. It is a bit overwhelming to be constantly humbled in the manner I have been as of late. It leaves me in a state of emotional and spiritual dejection. It is beyond my limited capability to relate, with mere words, the depth of my sorrow, I don't even really or fully understand it myself. However, in spite of my current condition, somehow Mr. Piper's words bring me hope. It is impossible to overstate my need for hope, at this now moment in my personal sojourn through this life. To relate that I am "thankful" or "grateful" is woefully, almost comically, inadequate. Yet this fact remains... "thank you" is about all I can muster. It'll have to do. God bless and keep all of you.
It’s a good point that persecutors are unlikely to make clear they’re attacking righteousness. If anything they’ll call you wicked. The distortion of reality can be extremely difficult to work through. When someone tells me I’m a sinner, I can’t deny the poverty of my spirit. But it’s one thing to attack and reject me, another to attack and reject Jesus, or distort the truth about Him in the process. He’s righteous and worthy of defence. I also agree it’s beyond heartbreaking when persecution comes from people you love - not just because they’ve hurt you, but you see how intractably lost they are. I’ll add to be persecuted with Jesus is an unveiling of truth by Him in the here and now. It’s wonderful to see the truth but just as heartbreaking to share it, and for people who profess Jesus to stand unmoved. If they won’t listen to Him, what hope is there? But all these things are what the prophets mourned. And I agree that mourning goes hand-in-hand with rejoicing over what’s to come. You can’t see its value if you can’t see just how far we are from it now.
Amen. Just the thought of seeing God in person is enough to make me weep. The thought of being comforted personally by Him for my pain from this world makes me sob. I want to come home Jesus.
The false prophet Mike Lindell will resurrect the Antichrist on August 13. 42 months to the end of the term. This isn't a coincidence. The 7 year tribulation begins on August 13!
The 7 year tribulation begins on August 13 when the false prophet resurrects the Antichrist. The church will be deceived and accept the fake miracle as genuine.
The miracle of joy and gladness is the fruit of contentment, or maybe it is the other way around. In my own life I had found that these two go hand in hand.
It starts with treasuring Jesus above all because everything stems from this, such as rejoicing in sharing in the sufferings of Christ. Pastor Piper spoke of Silas and Paul in jail. That’s a perfect example.
This is a wonderful sermon - straight from my Heavenly Father to my broken heart, by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Dear Jesus/Yeshua, thank You for Your words of love, understanding and wisdom. May we all, the persecuted and the persecuting, love and trust You. Thank You for Your forgiveness and mercy. May we become more and more like You. Amen
Yes! True joy - fruit of the Spirit joy - comes from sharing in Christ's sufferings - which is a GIFT of grace (Phil1:28,29) and proof of our salvation and proof of our election 1Thes1:4-6. This is fullness of joy, this is full assurance of hope unto the end. Heb6:11-12
As a pastor John Piper exactly said that it is easy to understand this specific Scripture, but not easy to be obedience to this regularly. because this commend naturally against human nature, emotion, and characteristics. However, it is truly written in the Bible as Jesus‘ commend to us, all born again Christian. God the Father will give us a key to obey this commend through His abundant help. Amen from Japan.
I pray for and forgive the worldly « judges » who have accused or slandered my brothers and sisters of a crime that we did not commit; so that God may have mercy on me for the sins that I (in Truth) have committed. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, please protect me from the hidden crouching predator of anger, pride, bitterness, and resentment, so that I may act in your Grace. 🙏☦️
My pain is estrangement from family because they do not like my biblical standards, and it is so very hard... always blaming myself for something and wondering how they can hate me for these things........Pastor John
You must walk through the fire approximately 3.5 years from now. The Antichrist will be resurrected on August 13, 42 months to the end of the term. Be filled with the Holy Spirit, and walk through the flames into eternal glory!
when we pray " our Father" we say forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us so the same messure is used for us My Dad told me this many years ago and I think of it often
Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and you will be saved. John 3:16 (share the good news of the gospel around the world!) Have a wonderful day/night, may the LORD bless you all, and farewell!,.,,,,,,
i have this situation where im slandered when i have small successes. i cannot revenge to this people yet i see them succeeding in this it feels so bad
The rewards thing seems so distant at times. What I cling to is the thought of being impressed by the Lord. He likes being impressive and I like being impressed by Him. I live for what He is going to do next whether slowly and quietly or with a sudden 'boom' out in the open. He is fascinating and quite a mover. And by God being impressive, I mean honorable, glorious, and respectable with a dose of wholesome scariness. He is the only impressive One. People are not impressive -lovable, yes, but not impressive.
Deut 16 to 21 "if a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time. The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother, you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.c Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you. You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,d hand for hand, and foot for foot. This why Jesus promises to send (or allow) a great delusion in 2nd Thessalonians).
5:44 💥 🙏🏼 let go and let God. That doesn’t have to happen. He will make us whole and multiply our blessings now in life and in heaven. They will reap what they sow while they help you find out who’s real , who your real friends are. That is my belief and it’s been proven.
I think part of it is our punishment, when I look back, I can see all the ways God tried to reveal, warn me and save me but I continued thinking I could help Him change someone (while still needing change myself 🙄). So while I believe their evil will fall back on their own heads we also have to be convicted so we'll learn to heed God's warnings, trust Him and not return to our own evil ways...because we've hurt others also...
He would not be able to preach this word if he did not know the sting of slander. We find great wisdom in what he is saying because the grace of God rests upon us--upon our ears, hearts and minds. His grace is upon our souls and spirit if we find wisdom here, and I pray it will forever be this way. But there are people who do not think his words are wise not life giving-- and they are lost. They are the type to call evil good and good evil. Pray with all of you heart--in love--for those people.
JESUS IS REAL JESUS IS ALIVE THE KING THEY PERSECUTED AND KEEP ON PERSECUTING, INSULTING, MOCKING. CURSING, FALSE TEACHING HIS CHARACTER AS MAN AND AS GOD.. THE KING WHO HAVE DIED THE KING THAT IS ALIVE AND SITTED ON THE THRONE AND HE IS COMING BACK SOON THE ALPHA AND OMEGA THE FINISHET OF FAITH BECAUSE EDEN KINGDOM IS THE FINISH LINE FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIS NAME.. GOD BLESS
