You must be born again July 2, 2008
Posted by rajivperinbasekar in Sermons.trackback
Here’s a sermon series by John Piper on being born-again, that I highly recommend. I just listened to the first part of this 16-part series and I am excited to listen to the next 15.
Here’s an excerpt I found particularly convicting …
“If God would be pleased to bring about an awakening, in this church and across these cities … the world would get the real deal – not the fake, go to church, evangelical, nominal, worldly Christian that makes the statistics. Don’t you want the world to get the real deal? Wouldn’t you like the church to have a reputation that is radically loving and sacrificial and committed to all the right, deep, glorious, biblical things? Like love, justice, faith, and righteousness … instead of bigger houses, more boats, more stuff. Why wouldn’t we be known [the first] way? Because so many of us are not born again.”
Wow, that last line is powerful.