Friday Night
6:36-Registered for the conference and got a free book!
All attendants got a free copy of John Piper's Think. "It's your ticket in". Best ticket ever :)
So far I've met a friend and fellow blogger, and made friends with the good people at The Gospel for OC. I can't wait to see their coverage of this event. If you're following along, there's after party tomorrow as well.
7:08- The event should have started, but we're still waiting for people to make it. The place is definitely getting packed.
7:11-Rick Warren is up front shaking hands. That was random.
7:13- I should add that the event is very diverse. Lot's of Asians, Hispanic, White, Young, Old, Geek, Chic, etc... It truly is good to worship God with so many people from many backgrounds.
7:34-Finally starting. Scott Anderson has given a great welcome.
8:05-Great time of worship. Now, Rick Warren is giving an introduction to tonight's message, and an encouragement to follow the leaders in our lives.
8:07 -Dr. Piper takes the state. Rick Warren is much bigger than him.
8:12-Why does he do this? Because it makes him happy. There are truth's that are just strong enough to still our boat when it is being rocked by things going on in the world. What is the origin of the book Desiring God? It was born out of the moral issue of being happy. At least it's in the Bible, so his back is covered.
8:14 The problem of motivation became a problem. Paul writes that it is good to be alone and living for other's. But he wanted to get married and be a minister. I want, I want, I want, I can't stop wanting. Human beings were made to want.
8:16 John PIper just started singing "Wouldn't it be nice" by the Beach Boys :) That is how he was feeling when he was engaged.
8:18 5 Steps
1. God and what motivates him
-How my wants relates to his wants.
-God is into being God. He has no one to report to but himself.
2. He bids all of us to join him in the goal that he be glorified.
3. The most important discovery: God is most glorified in me, when I am most satisfied in him.
-This is the banner that must fly over our lives.
4. The implications: We should devote our lives to being happy....in God.
-We must maximize our joy.
-Love is like a high pressure zone, that just wants to fill massive pockets of joylessness.
-It must expand to other people.
5. This is the only path to radical love for other people.
8:39- What drives God as the cross? Christ took on God’s wrath to show God’s righteousness. There is a link between sin and glory. People lack the glory of God.
It is God’s unwavering commitment to uphold the value of his glory. He didn’t sweep sin away, he dumped it on his son. Every day I wake up and say I’m not in hell, it’s a good day where I belong.
God does everything to display the infinite value of his Glory.
8:43 We are asked by God to join him in this goal. 1 Peter 4:11 Let him who serves, serve in the strength that God supplies, so that in everything GOd may get the glory. Be the receiver. We do the good works, God get's the glory.
8:59 -point 3: God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
It’s called desiring god, not arriving at joy in god, this isn’t finished sanctification, this is war. Don’t think any of your teachers is Jesus, none of us measure up to what we preach. John Piper
The Trinity: The nature of the Trinity is a reason for why God has designed us so that he is most satisfied in us when we are most satisfied in him.
They are 3 divine persons, one essence (appreciate the difficulty). The father has always had an image of himself, he’s always known himself, this knowledge is so full of all he is, that this self known is a fully divine person. The energy and love that flows between father and son (each with divine perfections) carries in it him, all he is, and a third person is there, The Spirit. So at the heart of God’s being is God knowing and God enjoying.
When he made us, he made our souls with two main capacities, the capacity to know and feel. What about will? The capacity to will and feel are the same.
9:07- God is glorified not only by his glories being seen, but in their being rejoiced in-Jonathan Edwards.
Phil 1:20-23 Why would death be gain? When he’s about to lose everything, and all he gets is Jesus. He’s losing everything but HIM.
9:19 -C.S. Lewis was a sceptic at 29. God’s constant command for us to praise him, is like an old woman wanting complements. Matthew 10:34-39 Some people would see Jesus’s words as an egomaniac.
Piper uses an ad for granola bars to make a point. Two people at the top of the mountain, “you never felt more alive, you never felt more insignificant”. Who are they marketing to? Do people like to feel insignificant? WHy do they go to the grand canyon, to feel big? Here’s the ad http://bit.ly/jECQ8f
Lewis realized that we praise what is praiseworthy. God is ultimately praiseworthy.
11:43 -Final Update
Wow, what a day! Dr. Piper has a lot of energy and passion for the message of joy in God. I'm really glad I got to meet some old friends, and made some new ones. Keep checking here and at twitter.com/frankfusion for my updates tomorrow.
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