Seemingly Insignificant Providence

Light + Truth
Episode: 309
Speaker: John Piper
Series: God’s Providence
Scripture: Matthew 2:23
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  • @helendeacon7637
    @helendeacon76379 күн бұрын

    Marvelous reminder of how our great Sovereign God chooses to work. Amen!

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro10 күн бұрын

    may we marvel at our Lord and how he makes the twists and turns of history bow to His divine authority!

  • @normanjefferychester882
    @normanjefferychester88211 күн бұрын

    Hello from North Georgia, praise God it's a wonderful day, today's 15 days, I have been delivered from smoking cigarettes, hallelujah hallelujah

  • @larrysauriol759

    @larrysauriol759

    8 күн бұрын

    Congratulations to you!! My son told me that quitting cigarettes was the hardest thing he’d ever done! And that’s not the only thing he’s been addicted to, so it’s a significant statement. My mom died of lung cancer from those wretched things (which showed up 10 years after she’d quit) and I still miss her terribly after 20+ years, so, please stick with it. Your health depends on it. May God bless you in your quest.

  • @normanjefferychester882

    @normanjefferychester882

    8 күн бұрын

    @@larrysauriol759 God bless you Larry, I'm 63 years old, I've been smoking all my life, praise God I have 18 days today I have been set free from smoking, may the good Lord bless you and your family

  • @PaulLee-rs8uw
    @PaulLee-rs8uw9 күн бұрын

    Colossians 1:23 "23 if indeed you(😊❤) continue in the faith( trust😊❤ stable😊❤ and steadfast( steadfast could mean mercy😊❤), not shifting from the hope😊❤ of the gospel😊❤ that you heard❤, which has been proclaimed😊❤ in all❤ creation😊❤ under heaven😊❤, and of which I, Paul😊❤, became a minister😊❤( in Christ)."( Colossians 1:23 ESV Study Bible.)

  • @MaJASDerecho
    @MaJASDerecho11 күн бұрын

    I needed this today! HALLELUJAH 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Thank you, Pastor John for faithfully preaching God’s Word! The LORD richly bless you, your family and ministry, Amen! 🙏🏽

  • @Stephen.Israel
    @Stephen.Israel11 күн бұрын

    Hello from Lancaster Pennsylvania.

  • @sherry3422
    @sherry342211 күн бұрын

    Amen 🙏 The providence of God is my most favorite doctrine!! God being in control of all things that come to pass is like a soft pillow I may rest my head on every night 🌉💞

  • @cirr3587
    @cirr358711 күн бұрын

    💝

  • @JadDragon
    @JadDragon11 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the message. Praise Yahweh the one true God. Revealed Triune as Father, Spirit, and Jesus the Son, each member fully God of which there is only one. 3 distinct Persons coexistant, coequal, and coeternal sharing 1 Divine Essence. Jesus lives and is God, Christ, King. Repent of your sin and believe in Him and be saved to eternal life!

  • @PaulLee-rs8uw
    @PaulLee-rs8uw10 күн бұрын

    Mark 8:22-26( Jesus😊1st❤ heals❤ a blind man❤ at Bethsaida) "22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) took the blind man by the hand and led him out the village, and when he ( Jesus😊1st❤ )had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he( Jesus😊1st❤) asked him, " Do you see anything? " 24 And he( the man was blind before) looked up😊❤ and said, " I see people , but they look like trees , walking." 25 Then Jesus(😊1st❤) laid❤ his hands❤ on his eyes😊❤ again😊❤; and he( the former blind man) opened his eyes, his sight😊❤ was restored😊❤, and he😊❤ saw everything😊❤ clearly😊❤. 26 And he(Jesus😊1st❤) sent him(😊❤) to his home, saying, " Do not 😊❤ enter the village." "( Mark 8:22-26 ESV Study Bible😊❤ ) Do you also see like Jesus😊1st❤ sees too ? or should I say do you see people❤ as His people😊❤ or they look like trees walking? Do you see a tree or trees or Jesus😊1st❤' sees ❤ as like people😊❤ in Christ?

  • @PaulLee-rs8uw

    @PaulLee-rs8uw

    10 күн бұрын

    I quoted in quotes in Christ😊❤. "Exodus 3:1b " Horeb, the Mountain of God" The mountain where Moses😊❤ has arrived is also referred to as " Mount Sinai( See Exodus 19:11). " Horeb" is typically understood as either another name for Mount Sinai or as a term that refers to the region in which the mountain was located. Mount Sinai become known as " the mountain of God(😊100%❤)" through the events are about to unfold in the narrative of Exodus: God( God our Father😊100%❤ in heaven) calls😊❤ Moses😊❤ from the burning bush at the mountain; Aaron 😊❤ meets Moses😊❤ here when he return from Midian( Exodus 4:27 "27 The LORD😊❤ said to Aaron😊❤ , " Go into the wilderness to meet Moses😊❤." So he( Aaron😊❤ ) went and met him( Moses😊❤) at the mountain😊❤ of God(😊100%❤) and kissed him😊❤ ."( Exodus 4:27 ESV Study Bible . Different cultures has different ways to express love of embrace above Aaron kissed Moses his brother " ...and kissed him"( Exodus 4:27b ESV Study Bible ) and others for example Italian greeting kissing on the cheek or air kiss pure heart greeting too in Christ. I quoted in quotes. "the bacio sulla guancia you see people sharing doesn't involve any lip-to-cheek contact, it's more of a light, feathery touch of the cheeks, an “air kiss,” if you will. Mind, though, real kisses on the cheeks exist, and they are, in Italy as anywhere else in the world, a sign of deep affection." " ( I quoted from Google ) Exodus 4:27 "27 The LORD😊❤ said to Aaron😊❤ , " Go into the wilderness to meet Moses😊❤." So he( Aaron😊❤ ) went and met him( Moses😊❤) at the mountain😊❤ of God(😊100%❤) and kissed him😊❤ ."( Exodus 4:27 ESV Study Bible ) And God(😊100%❤) meets with Moses😊❤ on the mountain when Israel😊❤ Comes out of Egypt and give him( Moses😊❤) the law😊❤( Chapter 19 or Exodus 19: Israel 😊❤ at Mount Sinai ) ."( ESV Study Bible) Exodus 20:1-21( The Ten commandments😊❤) in Christ😊❤. I said no conflict before depend on which of the Book ( 66 books) of the Bible) we are referring too right? John 1:17 "17 For the law😊❤ was given( you might ask how it is given from God?) through( by) Moses😊❤; grace(😊1st❤ )and truth( Jesus😊1st❤) came ( you might ask how did it come? ) through( through mean by) Jesus Christ( Jesus😊1st❤). God told me His Son( Jesus😊1st❤ John 3:16😊❤ )and Paul 😊❤ in Christ too also do not have children but Jesus😊1st❤ loves children. Jesus loves you( John 14:21😊❤; John 14:23😊❤) and include God ( God our Father 😊100%❤ in heaven) In Christ. He says it's time to rest in Christ. So to be continue in Christ next time in Ot and Nt in Christ❤😊.

  • @PaulLee-rs8uw

    @PaulLee-rs8uw

    9 күн бұрын

    Exodus 3:7-12😊❤ "7 Then the LORD😊❤ said, " I have surely seen the afflication of my people😊❤ who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their suffering , 8 and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of Egyptians and bring them up out of the land to a good😊❤ and broad😊❤ land😊❤flowing😊❤ with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites , the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 And now behold, the cry of the people of Israel😊❤ has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come, I will send you ( Moses😊❤) to Pharaoh that you may bring my people😊❤, the children😊❤ of Israel😊❤, out😊❤ of Egypt." 11 But Moses😊❤ said to God,( God our Father😊❤ in heaven and the one who created heavens and earth Genesis 1:1and you and I( Genesis 1:1; Colossians 1:16😊❤ , 16-18😊❤ later in Christ ) too in Christ) " Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children 😊❤ of Israel😊❤ out of Egypt? " 12 He( God😊100%❤) said, " But I will be with😊❤ you( Moses😊❤ or us in Christ too today), and this shall be the sign for you( Moses😊❤), that I have😊❤ sent you( Moses😊❤): when you have brought the people😊❤ out of Egypt, you ( Moses😊❤) shall serve 😊❤ God( God 😊100%❤ our Father in heaven) on this mountain." "( Exodus 3:7-12 ESV Study Bible) Colossians 1:15-18 "15 He( Jesus😊1st❤) is the image of the invisible 😊❤ God( 😊100%❤), the firstborn of all creation( include you and I in Christ). 16 For by him( Jesus😊1st❤) all things😊❤ were created😊❤ , in heaven 😊❤ and on earth😊❤, visible😊❤ and invisible😊❤, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities- all things😊❤ were created through( by😊❤) him( Jesus😊1st❤) and for😊❤ him( Jesus😊1st❤). 17 And he(Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) is before😊❤ all things, and in him( Jesus😊1st❤) all things 😊❤ hold together😊❤. 18 And he ( Jesus😊1st❤) is the head😊 ❤ of the body😊❤, the church😊❤. ( Is Jesus your head too in Christ?) He ( Jesus😊1st❤) is the beginning😊❤, the firstborn😊❤ from the dead, that in everything😊❤ he ( Jesus😊1st❤) might😊❤ be😊❤ preeminent😊❤."( Colossians 1:15-18 ESV Study Bible) Under Colossians 1:15-23( The Preeminence of Christ( Jesus😊1st❤)) or the supremacy of Christ Jesus( Colossians 1:15-23😊❤) in Christ.

  • @PaulLee-rs8uw
    @PaulLee-rs8uw10 күн бұрын

    In Exodus 3:1 to Exodus 4:17 (" Burning bush: call of Moses😊❤") At the burning bush, God(😊100%❤) reveals😊❤ himself😊❤, his promises😊❤, and his( God's😊❤) purposes😊❤ to Moses( Exodus 3:1-22) and also demonstrates his power both through and for Moses😊❤( Exodus 4:1-17). The calls😊❤ of Moses😊❤ makes the beginning of the role that he will fill as the one who mediate 😊❤ between the Lord😊❤ and his people😊❤, and it is recorded in detail here, in part to remind Israel😊❤ that following the Lord😊❤necessiates fidelity to the covenant which he revealed through Moses😊❤( Exodus 20-23)." ( ESV Study Bible) Moses was the mediate between God(😊100%❤) or the Lord 😊❤ and his people 😊❤ in Old Testament in Christ😊❤ and Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord ( Jesus😊1st❤) is the new mediator between God (😊100%❤) and(t) and God's people 😊❤ or us😊❤😊❤ 😊❤😊❤😊❤ 😊❤😊❤ in Christ😊❤ in New Testament. No conflict in Christ.

  • @PaulLee-rs8uw

    @PaulLee-rs8uw

    10 күн бұрын

    I quoted in quotes in Christ😊❤. "Exodus 3:1b " Horeb, the Mountain of God" The mountain where Moses😊❤ has arrived is also referred to as " Mount Sinai( See Exodus 19:11). " Horeb" is typically understood as either another name for Mount Sinai or as a term that refers to the region in which the mountain was located. Mount Sinai become known as " the mountain of God(😊100%❤)" through the events are about to unfold in the narrative of Exodus: God( God our Father😊100%❤ in heaven) calls😊❤ Moses😊❤ from the burning bush at the mountain; Aaron 😊❤ meets Moses😊❤ here when he return from Midian( Exodus 4:27 "27 The LORD😊❤ said to Aaron😊❤ , " Go into the wilderness to meet Moses😊❤." So he( Aaron😊❤ ) went and met him( Moses😊❤) at the mountain😊❤ of God(😊100%❤) and kissed him😊❤ ."( Exodus 4:27 ESV Study Bible . Different cultures has different ways to express love of embrace above Aaron kissed Moses his brother " ...and kissed him"( Exodus 4:27b ESV Study Bible ) and others for example Italian greeting kissing on the cheek or air kiss pure heart greeting too in Christ. I quoted in quotes. "the bacio sulla guancia you see people sharing doesn't involve any lip-to-cheek contact, it's more of a light, feathery touch of the cheeks, an “air kiss,” if you will. Mind, though, real kisses on the cheeks exist, and they are, in Italy as anywhere else in the world, a sign of deep affection." " ( I quoted from Google ) Exodus 4:27 "27 The LORD😊❤ said to Aaron😊❤ , " Go into the wilderness to meet Moses😊❤." So he( Aaron😊❤ ) went and met him( Moses😊❤) at the mountain😊❤ of God(😊100%❤) and kissed him😊❤ ."( Exodus 4:27 ESV Study Bible ) And God(😊100%❤) meets with Moses😊❤ on the mountain when Israel😊❤ Comes out of Egypt and give him( Moses😊❤) the law😊❤( Chapter 19 or Exodus 19: Israel 😊❤ at Mount Sinai ) ."( ESV Study Bible) Exodus 20:1-21( The Ten commandments😊❤) in Christ😊❤. I said no conflict before depend on which of the Book ( 66 books) of the Bible) we are referring too right? John 1:17 "17 For the law😊❤ was given( you might ask how it is given from God?) through( by) Moses😊❤; grace(😊1st❤ )and truth( Jesus😊1st❤) came ( you might ask how did it come? ) through( through mean by) Jesus Christ( Jesus😊1st❤). God told me His Son( Jesus😊1st❤ John 3:16😊❤ )and Paul 😊❤ in Christ too also do not have children but Jesus😊1st❤ loves children. Jesus loves you( John 14:21😊❤; John 14:23😊❤) and include God ( God our Father 😊100%❤ in heaven) In Christ. He says it's time to rest in Christ. So to be continue in Christ next time in Ot and Nt in Christ❤😊.

  • @PaulLee-rs8uw

    @PaulLee-rs8uw

    9 күн бұрын

    Exodus 3:7-12😊❤ "7 Then the LORD😊❤ said, " I have surely seen the afflication of my people😊❤ who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their suffering , 8 and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of Egyptians and bring them up out of the land to a good😊❤ and broad😊❤ land😊❤flowing😊❤ with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites , the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 And now behold, the cry of the people of Israel😊❤ has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come, I will send you ( Moses😊❤) to Pharaoh that you may bring my people😊❤, the children😊❤ of Israel😊❤, out😊❤ of Egypt." 11 But Moses😊❤ said to God,( God our Father😊❤ in heaven and the one who created heavens and earth Genesis 1:1and you and I( Genesis 1:1; Colossians 1:16😊❤ , 16-18😊❤ later in Christ ) too in Christ) " Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children 😊❤ of Israel😊❤ out of Egypt? " 12 He( God😊100%❤) said, " But I will be with😊❤ you( Moses😊❤ or us in Christ too today), and this shall be the sign for you( Moses😊❤), that I have😊❤ sent you( Moses😊❤): when you have brought the people😊❤ out of Egypt, you ( Moses😊❤) shall serve 😊❤ God( God 😊100%❤ our Father in heaven) on this mountain." "( Exodus 3:7-12 ESV Study Bible) Colossians 1:15-18 "15 He( Jesus😊1st❤) is the image of the invisible 😊❤ God( 😊100%❤), the firstborn of all creation( include you and I in Christ). 16 For by him( Jesus😊1st❤) all things😊❤ were created😊❤ , in heaven 😊❤ and on earth😊❤, visible😊❤ and invisible😊❤, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities- all things😊❤ were created through( by😊❤) him( Jesus😊1st❤) and for😊❤ him( Jesus😊1st❤). 17 And he(Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) is before😊❤ all things, and in him( Jesus😊1st❤) all things 😊❤ hold together😊❤. 18 And he ( Jesus😊1st❤) is the head😊 ❤ of the body😊❤, the church😊❤. ( Is Jesus your head too in Christ?) He ( Jesus😊1st❤) is the beginning😊❤, the firstborn😊❤ from the dead, that in everything😊❤ he ( Jesus😊1st❤) might😊❤ be😊❤ preeminent😊❤."( Colossians 1:15-18 ESV Study Bible) Under Colossians 1:15-23( The Preeminence of Christ( Jesus😊1st❤)) or the supremacy of Christ Jesus( Colossians 1:15-23😊❤) in Christ.

  • @PaulLee-rs8uw

    @PaulLee-rs8uw

    9 күн бұрын

    Colossians 1:15-23( The Preeminence of Christ( Jesus😊1st❤)) "15 He( Jesus😊1st❤) is the image of the invisible 😊❤ God( 😊100%❤), the firstborn of all creation( include you and I in Christ). 16 For by him( Jesus😊1st❤) all things😊❤ were created😊❤ , in heaven 😊❤ and on earth😊❤, visible😊❤ and invisible😊❤, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities- all things😊❤ were created through( by😊❤) him( Jesus😊1st❤) and for😊❤ him( Jesus😊1st❤). 17 And he(Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) is before😊❤ all things, and in him( Jesus😊1st❤) all things 😊❤ hold together😊❤. 18 And he ( Jesus😊1st❤) is the head😊 ❤ of the body😊❤, the church😊❤. ( Is Jesus your head too in Christ?) He ( Jesus😊1st❤) is the beginning😊❤, the firstborn😊❤ from the dead, that in everything😊❤ he ( Jesus😊1st❤) might😊❤ be😊❤ preeminent😊❤." 19 For in him(Jesus😊1st❤) all the fullness(😊❤) of God(😊100%❤) was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him(Jesus😊1st❤) to reconcile to himself all the things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace(😊❤) by the blood(Jesus😊1st❤'s blood) of his cross. 21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he(Jesus😊1st❤) has now reconciled(❤) in his( Jesus😊1st❤'s) body of flesh by his death,( you might ask why? And for what? ) in order to present you(😊❤'s) holy(😊❤) and blameless(😊❤) and above(❤) reproach before him, 23 if indeed you(😊❤) continue in the faith( trust😊❤ stable😊❤ and steadfast( steadfast could mean mercy😊❤), not shifting from the hope😊❤ of the gospel😊❤ that you heard❤, which has been proclaimed😊❤ in all❤ creation😊❤ under heaven😊❤, and of which I, Paul😊❤, became a minister😊❤( in Christ)."( Colossians 1:15-23 ESV Study Bible. I thank God our Father in heaven for His grace( Ephesians 2:8😊❤) I have been preaching❤ the gospel 😊❤ of Jesus😊1st❤ or Jesus' gospel😊❤ or God's words😊❤ from Genesis 1:1😊❤- Revelations 22:21😊❤ for almost 34 years in Christ for free to serve others like serving God 😊100%❤ our Father in heaven or like serving Jesus 😊1st❤ by serving others for free for 34 years or more in Christ for free. I have seen it all in Christ in visible and spiritual realms in Christ. So help me God. In Jesus'name, i pray( Colossians 1:15-23( The Supremacy of Christ( Jesus😊1st❤)) or Colossians 1:15-23( The Preeminence of Christ( Jesus😊1st❤) O Lord our God may there be even more maturer spiritual formations for our next generation that You have created( Genesis 1:1😊❤ ; Colossians 1:15-18😊❤and Romans 8:28😊❤ and may God also pay Your workers his wages at Your timing in Christ. If not on earth then in heaven in Christ. The only difference is others get pay and by God's grace He enable me to do it in Christ for free in Christ and 1 Timothy 5:18). Amen.

  • @user-xq2bm3nq8y
    @user-xq2bm3nq8y10 күн бұрын

    Piper: You justified your anti-Trump article with this: “…to point to a perspective that seems to be neglected.” News flash: the anti-Trump viewpoint was not neglected. It has been the drumbeat of every media outlet since 2015. You are disingenuous to the point of lying.

  • @somename6955

    @somename6955

    8 күн бұрын

    Your worship of Trump has led you to post every day for quite a while now with something about how Piper is a liar, a heretic, etc.. You can of course call out a brother for being disingenuous, but for you this is obviously an unhealthy worship of a man who may not even be Christian, much less worthy of worship. Respect him, vote for him, like many of us do and will. But don't worship him.