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John Piper Quotes about Jesus

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Life is not a straight line leading from one blessing to the next and then finally to heaven. Life is a winding and troubled road. Switchback after switchback. And the point of biblical stories like Joseph and Job and

Life is not a straight line leading from one blessing to the next and then finally to heaven. Life is a winding and troubled road. Switchback after switchback. And the point of biblical stories like Joseph and Job and Esther and Ruth is to help us feel in our bones (not just know in our heads) that God is for us in all these strange turns. God is not just showing up after the trouble and cleaning it up. He is plotting the course and managing the troubles with far-reaching purposes for our good and for the glory of Jesus Christ.

Jesus, Jobs, Biblical

A Christian is not a person who believes in his head the teachings of the Bible. Satan believes in his head the teachings of the Bible! A Christian is a person who has died with Christ, whose stiff neck has been broken, whose brazen forehead has been shattered, whose stony heart has been crushed, whose pride has been slain, and whose life is now mastered by Jesus Christ.

Christian, Jesus, Believe

You may be going through things right now that are painfully preparing you for some precious service to Jesus and to his people. When a person strikes rock bottom with a sense of nothingness or helplessness, he may find that he has struck the Rock of Ages

Jesus, Rocks, People

And in these last hours, the lifetime of this year passes before my eyes, and I face the inevitable question: Did I live it well? Will Jesus Christ, the righteous judge, say “Well done, good and faithful servant”?

Jesus, Eye, Years

The cross is not a mere event in history; it's a way of life! Take up your cross DAILY, Jesus said!

Jesus, Events, Way

You get one pass at life. That’s all. Only one. And the lasting measure of that life is Jesus Christ.

Jesus, Life Is, Christ

The ultimate purpose of life is to show that Jesus is more precious than life.

Jesus, Purpose, Life Is

God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings. He is looking for people who will leave father and mother and homeland or anything else that may hold them back from a life of love under the wings of Jesus.

Mother, Jesus, Father

The Gospel is the news that Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, died for our sins and rose again, eternally triumphant over all his enemies, so that there is now no condemnation for those who believe, but only everlasting joy.

Jesus, Believe, Rose

Servanthood does not nullify leadership; it defines it. Jesus does not cease to be the Lion of Judah when He becomes the lamblike servant of the church.

Jesus, Church, Doe

John Piper (2013). “This Momentary Marriage”, p.51, SPCK

The greatest act of freeing happened when Jesus died in our place and paid our debt.

Jesus, Debt, Happened

Suffering for Jesus is temporary. Pleasure in Jesus is eternal.

Jesus, Suffering, Pleasure

The gospel is the good news that the everlasting and ever-increasing joy of the never-boring, ever-satisfying Christ is ours freely and eternally by faith in the sin-forgiving death and hope-giving resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Jesus, Giving, Joy

John Piper (2009). “Taste and See: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life”, p.407, Multnomah

Marriage is not mainly about being or staying in love. It’s mainly about telling the truth with our lives. It’s about portraying something true about Jesus Christ and the way He relates to his people. It is about showing in real life the glory of the gospel.

Jesus, Real, People

John Piper (2013). “This Momentary Marriage”, p.17, SPCK

When you see Jesus as your Treasure, the Spirit has blown through your heart.

Jesus, Heart, Grace

When I believe in Jesus, I am united to Christ. Therefore, what he did and achieved becomes mine by this union through faith alone. His righteous life is imputed to me. What Christ achieved is counted as mine.

Jesus, Believe, Unions

The bloodline of Jesus is thicker, deeper, stronger than the bloodline of race, ethnicity and family.

Jesus, Race, Ethnicity

That's who Jesus Christ is. He became the final Priest and the final Sacrifice. Sinless, he did not offer sacrifices for himself. Immortal, he never has to be replaced. Human, he could bear human sins. Therefore he did not offer sacrifices for himself; he offered himself as the final sacrifice. There will never be the need for another. There is one mediator between us and God. One priest. We need no other. Oh, how happy are those who draw near to God through Christ alone.

Jesus, Sacrifice, Finals

Marriage is not absolutely for making children. But it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus.

Jesus, Children, Followers

John Piper (2013). “This Momentary Marriage”, p.93, SPCK

This assumes that the glory of Christ is our highest treasure, not health, wealth, family or even life. So preaching must continually show not that Jesus is the means to prosperity but that he is better than prosperity.

Jesus, Mean, Treasure

Seeing & savoring Jesus Christ is the most important seeing and savoring you'll ever do.

Jesus, Important, Christ

So the main question is not, Which humans brought about the death of Jesus but, What did the death of Jesus bring about for humans - including Jews and Muslims and Buddhists and Hindus and nonreligious secularists - and all people everywhere?When it is all said and done, the most crucial question is: Why? Why did Christ suffer and die? Not why in the sense of cause, but why in the sense of purpose?

Friday, Buddhist, Jesus

There is a warning. The path of God-exalting joy will cost you your life. Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.” In other words, it is better to lose your life than to waste it. If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full. This is not a book about how to avoid a wounded life, but how to avoid a wasted life. Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy.

Jesus, Book, Joy

When you are deeply peaceful and confident that, because of Christ, God will bring you safely to his eternal kingdom and be the all-satisfying Treasure of your life forever, then you are free to see the truth, and love the truth, and speak the truth no matter what, and joyfully spread a passion for the truth whose name is Jesus.

Jesus, Passion, Names

John Piper (2013). “Think”, p.108, SPCK

Every Christian who struggles with depression struggles to keep their hope clear. There is nothing wrong with the object of their hope - Jesus Christ is not defective in any way whatsoever. But the view from the struggling Christian's heart of their objective hope could be obscured by disease and pain, the pressures of life, and by Satanic fiery darts shot against them... All discouragement and depression is related to the obscuring of our hope, and we need to get those clouds out of the way and fight like crazy to see clearly how precious Christ is.

Depression, Christian, Jesus

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