What Jesus
Demands from the World
By John Piper
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The four Gospels are filled with demands straight from the mouth
of Jesus Christ. These demands are Jesus’ way of showing us who he
is and what he expects of us. They are not the harsh demands of a
taskmaster. For example, the demand that we come to Jesus is like
the demand of a father to his child in a burning window, “Jump to
me!” Or like the demand of a rich, strong, tender, handsome husband
to an unfaithful wife, “Come home!” What Jesus demands from the
world can be summed up as: “Trust and treasure me above all.” This
is good news!
In What Jesus Demands from the World, John Piper has
gathered many of Jesus’ demands from the four Gospels. He begins with an
introduction that puts the demands in a redemptive-historical context,
then concisely examines each demand. The result is an accessible
introduction for thoughtful inquirers and new believers, as well as
meditative meat for veteran believers who want to know Jesus better.
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This book shows us what it really means to be a follower of
Christ. The author takes what Jesus actually said in the
gospels, and then simply but profoundly expounds on why and how
Jesus demands that we live it out.
Starting with Jesus' demand to Nicodemus "You must be born again"
and then continuing through loving and abiding in Him, taking up our
cross, praying, humility, service, marriage, witness, and others, in
fifty short chapters Piper covers all of Christ's demands upon our
lives.
This book has given me valuable insight into the Christian life.
Truly, if you could give a person only one book in his entire life
besides the Scriptures, only one book that would tell him all he
would need to know to understand what Christianity is and then how
to walk with Jesus, this would be the book.
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