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Jesus Quotes by John Piper

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Seeing Jesus is described as the most important thing to savor. The quotes say that true leadership looks like servanthood, just as a lion can also be a gentle lamb. They also remind us that in heaven people will put Jesus before health, wealth, family, or even their own lives.

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The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.

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

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“Jesus calls for violence against our own lust because he loves our true and lasting joy.”

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

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Blind people don't decide to see. Jesus says, 'See!' and they see.

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“Jesus - “the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily” (Colossians 2:9).”

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

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

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“Belief in Jesus does not come by the waving of a magic wand. It comes by hearing the word of God through…

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

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“A prayerless Christian is like a bus driver trying alone to push his bus out of a rut because he doesn't know…

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My joy grows with every soul that seeks the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Remember, you have one…

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One day America and all its presidents will be a footnote in history, but the kingdom of Jesus will never end.

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Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels.

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The whole world lives for pleasure. The only difference is theirs is fleeting, while ours is forever in Jesus.

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

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So the main question is not, Which humans brought about the death of Jesus but, What did the death of Jesus bring…

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Jesus Christ... came into the world to vindicate the infinite worth of God's holiness which had been desecrated by our sin and…

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Not to abide in Jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by Jesus. We look at our…

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A Christian is not a person who believes in his head the teachings of the Bible. Satan believes in his head the…

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When I believe in Jesus, I am united to Christ. Therefore, what he did and achieved becomes mine by this union through…

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God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings.…

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The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death…

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The point is not that the resurrection is the price paid for our sins. The point point is that the resurrection proves…

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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…

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“Now there was only one hope, the sovereign grace of God. God would have to transform my heart to do what a…

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That's who Jesus Christ is. He became the final Priest and the final Sacrifice. Sinless, he did not offer sacrifices for himself.…

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Every Christian who struggles with depression struggles to keep their hope clear. There is nothing wrong with the object of their hope…

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There is a warning. The path of God-exalting joy will cost you your life. Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for my…

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“Enjoyment of Jesus is not like icing on the cake; it’s like powder in the shell.”

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Jerusalem meant one thing for Jesus: certain death.

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

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There will be no people in heaven who want to be around their things more than Jesus.

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

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“People give way to sexual sin because they don’t have fullness of joy and gladness in Jesus.”

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

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Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

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

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“There is no portrait of Jesus in the New Testament as a merely human teacher of ethics. There is only the Lord…

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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…

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Ignatius, when he heard the clock strike, would say, "Now I have another hour to answer for." (Eph. 5:16)