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Look at the Book is John Piper's ongoing series of 8-12 minute videos to help you learn to read the Bible for yourself.
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What is Paul’s main point in the allegory of Sarah and Hagar? What truth does he want his readers to see from this Old Testament story?
Children of God come into being when Christ is formed in them through faith. Paul compares his whole ministry to a matchmaker and a mother.
If you leave the gospel for the law, you are under an enchantment. To break the spell, remember the blessings that the gospel brings.
If God knows everything and everyone, what does Paul mean when he describes Christians as those who are known by God?
Even though people can know about God through creation, hard hearts suppress that knowledge. Thus, sinners do not know God.
For Paul, pagan idolatry and reliance on the law to get right with God amount to the same thing. Neither can offer any help to save our souls.
When Paul describes the Spirit’s witness in the heart of believers, he says the Spirit cries, “Abba!” Why is that name so significant?
Why did Jesus need to be born of a woman as a human being in order to redeem those under the curse of the law?
God sent his Son into the world, born of a woman and under the law. Few statements hold more import, wonder, and mystery.
Paul says that the law was given by God to act as a guardian until “the fullness of time” had come to pass. When is the fullness of time?
God intended the law to act as a guardian, pointing us to our need for a redeemer. However, when we put our faith in the law, it’s no better than the rules of pagan religions.
How do people become sons of God and heirs to his promises? They must put on Jesus Christ, God’s true Son, by faith and not by law-keeping.
Paul calls the law “a guardian” meant to lead us to Christ. What does that mean? How does the law guard us and guide us to Jesus?
Paul reveals that God gave the law to pave the way to faith in Jesus, who fulfills the law completely.
The New Testament authors insist that the law was given to Moses by angels. Why would they repeat that?
If God made the promise of life to Abraham based on faith, then does the law contradict that grace? Does the law present a different way of life?
Why does Paul insist that the promises made to Abraham were made to his singular seed? That nuance is vital to our salvation.
Does the law given through Moses somehow contradict the covenant of faith made with Abraham? Why does that matter to us?
The only result of attempting to be justified by works will be curse, but Christ took our curse on the cross. How does that exchange work?
Obedience to the law can never make a person right before God, but the faith that saves produces works that conform to the law.
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what about the other way around?
Brilliant. Thanks for all this info.
Great tips on fighting lust, thanks for this
Very good episode, practical, thanks
Very helpful, thanks so much for your time