This week's Essential Piper zeroes in on Pastor John's emphasis on the priority of missions. The following excerpt is from a sermon he delivered in 2003, “Everlasting Truth for the Joy of All Peoples.”
Missions is calling the world to do what they were created to do, namely, to enjoy making much of God forever. If missions does not reach a people with the gospel of the glory of God in the face of Christ, God will be dishonored and the people will be miserable—forever. Therefore we are driven by two motives (which turn out to be one): the glory of God, and the good of man. They are one because praise to God is the consummation of pleasure in God.
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Topic: Missions
