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This Quote Messed Me Up
John Piper in the book, “God is the Gospel”
“The critical question for our generation-and for every generation-is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ was not there?”
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um… whoah.
*silence*
thanks for passing along the “messed-up-ness”…
[...] Jason Salaman pointed out a quote in a book by John Piper, The critical question for our generation—and for every generation— is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ were not there? [...]
Using this quote this Sunday for the contentment portion of my sermon! Is Jesus enough?