John Piper Quote

On Sunday the sermon at NorthWake was on the prosperity gospel. Ross and I loved listening to Larry talk. He did a great job and then left us with this quote by John Piper. That got me to really think about what he said.

"I don't know what you feel about the prosperity gospel. The health, wealth, and prosperity gospel. Bit I tell you what I fell about it...HATRED! It is NOT the gospel! It's being exported from this country to Africa and Asia. Selling a bill of goods to the poorest or the poor. Believe this message, and your pigs won't die and your wife won't have miscarriages and you'll have rings on your fingers and coats on your back. That's coming out of America! The people that ought to be giving our money and our time and our lives! Instead, selling a bunch of CRAP called gospel. Here's the reason it is so horrible, when was the last time that any American, African, Asian ever said 'Jesus is all satisfying because you drove a BMW?' NEVER!! They'll say, 'Did Jesus give you that? Well, I'll take Jesus!' That's IDOLATRY! That's NOT the Gospel! That elevating gifts ABOVE the giver! I'll tell you what makes Jesus look beautiful. It's when you smash your can and your little girl goes flying through the windshield and lands dead on the street and you say, through the deepest possible pain... "God is enough! God is enough! He is good! He will take care of us! He will satisfy us! He will get us through this! He is our treasure! Whom have I in heaven but you? And on earth there is nothing that I desire besides you! My flesh, and my heart, and my little girl mail fail! But YOU are the strength of my heart and my portion FOREVER!" That makes God look glorious!! As GOD!! Not as giver of cars or safety or health!! Of how I pray that America would be purged of the health, wealth, and prosperity gospel. And that the Christian church would be marked by suffering for CHRIST!! God is MOST glorified in you when you are most satisfied in Him in the MIDST of loss, NOT prosperity!" -John Piper

Here's the video we saw..