Heavenly Springs

Holding Fast The Doctrines of Grace

Christ Will Never Leave His Wife

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“Staying married, therefore is not mainly about staying in love.  It is about keeping covenant.

“Till death do us part” or “As long as we both shall live” is a sacred covenant promise-the same kind Jesus made with his bride when he died for her.

Therefore, what makes divorce and remarriage so horrific in God’s eyes is not merely that it involves covenant-breaking to the spouse, but that it involves misrepresenting Christ and his covenant.

Christ will never leave his wife. Ever. There may be times of painful distance and tragic backsliding on our part.  But Christ keeps his covenant forever. Marriage is a display of that!

That is the ultimate thing we can say about it.  It puts the glory of God’s covenant-keeping love on display.”

John Piper, This Momentary Marriage:  A Parable of Permanence

John Piper on the glorious poverty of a bad reputation

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“In the end, the only “good name” that matters is not how men feel about us, but how God feels about us.  The ultimate slander came on the cross. “Let God deliver him now, if he desires him” (Matthew 27:43). If? There is no question. “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:17). This is the only good name that matters in the end. This is true riches. This is the glory of Christ.”

– John Piper, Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, page 63

John Piper on Contending for the Faith

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“Just because the brilliant Commander in Chief promises victory on the beaches doesn’t mean the troops can throw their weapons overboard. The promise of victory assumes valor in battle. When God promises that his church will be kept from defeat, his purpose is not that we lay down our sword and go to lunch, but that we pick up the sword of the Spirit and look confidently to God for the strength to fight and win. Wherever the promised security of God is used to justify going AWOL, we may suspect there is a traitor in the ranks.”

Read entire sermon here.