So I just got back from the Resolved conference a couple of days ago and it was AMAZING! It was in blazing hott palm springs but the heat didnt keep 3400 hundred people from showing up to worship the Lord and hear the truths from His words! Though all the speakers were excellent, I personally felt that John Piper was the most convicting
Piper has a great mindset and I definetly reccommend reading some of his books(Desiring God, A Hunger for God, the Pleasures of God) It was very encouraging to first of all see the life that he leads and how the Lord has been faithful to grow him and make him a man of wisdom and maturity who handles the Word with reverence and accuracy. Furthermore; he is a man who is unabashed and unashamed about the Gospel and is adamant about the Glory of God being furthered. This is my favorite part about him and his sermons because they both point solely to the glory of God. Piper, by the grace of God, understands how all things must be lived for the glory of God and sees how things practically can be lived for the glory of God. While i could write more on this I should keep it short and save more later :)
But all in all, a very very good God glorifying conference that left me and my family encouraged and focused on glorifying God and focusing on Heaven so that we may live today in a manner the reflects Christ and thus glorifys God!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Long Time, No Blog
Hey so its been a long time since a blogged so I figured I should write something to try and keep this page somewhat relevant. Anyways I have really enjoyed reading this book recently called "The Mortification of Sin" by John Owen. Honestly this book is a MUST read in my mind for all Christians. Never have I been struck with the how serious the battle against sin is and how crucial it is not only to fight sin but to kill sin!
John Owen addresses how to kill sin and what it means, and how it is carried out. I love how he emphasizes how it is done ONLY with the power of Jesus Christ. Any killing of sin outside of the power of God and Christ is only pompous self-righteousness that will never last, so in reality its not killing the sin but temporarily wounding it. Owen emphasizes that we must have a violent mindsight in putting sin to death WITHOUT MERCY. We can not ever tolerate sin for one moment for that is when sin takes its foothold in our lives and erodes away the foundation that we are attempting to build.
Here are a few quotes that I love from this book:
"If you are not daily killing sin, it is daily killing sin"
What an amazing quote! How easily we forget how ongoing our battle is, this quote made me realize that each day is an individual battle and that day i either conquered sin and or it conquered me. This has forced me to really look at each day and wake up with the mindset that I am going to seek out and murder the sin in my life!
"It is a love for Chirst and a hatred for the sin that put Him on the Cross that should drive out Christian living"
Yet again what a great quote!! This is really what so much of our Christian life comes down to. Do we love Christ? Do we love him enough to hate the things that our flesh enjoys? Do we love him enough to act upon what are commanded to do? I pray that we may all love our Lord and Savior in a way that can only be describe as fanatical. We should truly be Jesus CRAZY! Our love for Him needs to overflow into every area of life and then such a love will call us to HATE the sin in our life and seek it out and crucify that sin so that it may never come between our relationship with God ever again!
So what you do you guys think, are you ready to live RADICAL lives for Christ that daily seeks out to kill sin and preach His Gospel? We have a great calling and it requires a fervor that is not of this world so lets pray for each other and keep each other accountable in this area!
P.S. If you want to borrow the book let me know
John Owen addresses how to kill sin and what it means, and how it is carried out. I love how he emphasizes how it is done ONLY with the power of Jesus Christ. Any killing of sin outside of the power of God and Christ is only pompous self-righteousness that will never last, so in reality its not killing the sin but temporarily wounding it. Owen emphasizes that we must have a violent mindsight in putting sin to death WITHOUT MERCY. We can not ever tolerate sin for one moment for that is when sin takes its foothold in our lives and erodes away the foundation that we are attempting to build.
Here are a few quotes that I love from this book:
"If you are not daily killing sin, it is daily killing sin"
What an amazing quote! How easily we forget how ongoing our battle is, this quote made me realize that each day is an individual battle and that day i either conquered sin and or it conquered me. This has forced me to really look at each day and wake up with the mindset that I am going to seek out and murder the sin in my life!
"It is a love for Chirst and a hatred for the sin that put Him on the Cross that should drive out Christian living"
Yet again what a great quote!! This is really what so much of our Christian life comes down to. Do we love Christ? Do we love him enough to hate the things that our flesh enjoys? Do we love him enough to act upon what are commanded to do? I pray that we may all love our Lord and Savior in a way that can only be describe as fanatical. We should truly be Jesus CRAZY! Our love for Him needs to overflow into every area of life and then such a love will call us to HATE the sin in our life and seek it out and crucify that sin so that it may never come between our relationship with God ever again!
So what you do you guys think, are you ready to live RADICAL lives for Christ that daily seeks out to kill sin and preach His Gospel? We have a great calling and it requires a fervor that is not of this world so lets pray for each other and keep each other accountable in this area!
P.S. If you want to borrow the book let me know
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