Talk

Seeing and Savoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ Above All Things

John Piper

January, 4, 2012

How can we better understand who we are in relation to our Sovereign Lord? John Piper poetically explores our relationship with a supreme God.

Scripture References

31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

19Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

7everyone who is called by my name,

whom I created for my glory,

whom I formed and made.”

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

16For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.

35Then Jesus declared,

“I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

12Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance.

18And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

34You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.

John Piper

John Piper is the founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary in Minneapolis. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church. He is the author of more than fifty books, and more than thirty years of his preaching and writing are available free of charge at desiringGod.org. John and his wife, Noël, have five children and 12 grandchildren.