Saturated with Scripture, centered on the cross, and seriously joyful, this book leads us to satisfaction for the deep hungers of the soul. That is what God's love is: his commitment to do everything necessary (most painfully the death of his only Son) to enthrall us with what is most deeply and durably satisfying-namely, himself. Eternal life is good news because it becomes the everlasting enjoyment of Christ.Īll God's gifts are loving only to the degree that they lead us to God himself. Justification is good news because it wins access to the presence and pleasures of God himself. Forgiveness is good news because it opens the way to the enjoyment of God himself. None of Christ's gospel deeds and none of our gospel blessings are good news except as means of seeing and savoring the glory of Christ.
He is pleading that God himself, as revealed in Christ's death and resurrection, is the ultimate and greatest gift of the gospel. This book is a cry from the heart of John Piper. God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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