John Piper - Why should I want to be a Christian?

[Personmr]

id rather be with my friends in hell than with the one who sent them there in heaven. if your version of God is willing to subject me to eternal torment simply because im not one of his people, than i dont see any difference between him and Kim Jong Ill.

[Strefanasha]

given all ofpipers high pressure ranting he has no honest reason why he wants to be a christian.

But as I learn to disregard the poison of the likes of him i find that the lord offers me joy and peace IN THIS LIFE.

something piper , with his demands "to pay the price", "take risks for god", "never come to god if you want a good life" etc knows nothing about

[Gabeerepskeno]

I <3 being a Christian :D Follower of Christ till my very last breath !

[TheIsweem]

yay christianity! :)



[polopowers1]

All men are powerless to become "Christian" so how can I want to be one? duh This man claims to a five point Calvinist.He should know depraved sinners do not desire the Nature of Christ

[StarRonKid]

@polopowers1 But all sinners and Christians desire, we as christians just go to jesus and live by him. It's our job to point people to God/Jesus in order to satisfy their desire.

[spjm11]

@polopowers1 You're an idiot. He's answering the question not giving a self-directed explanation of justification and his view of calvanism.

[spjm11]

@polopowers1 How would an explanation of the theological tenants of calvinism help someone who is wondering why they should become a christian? Besides, he is answering the question.

[pulse0fmagg0ts]

you know what i finde funny the Christians steel stuf from the religon i belive in but yet they call us EVIL and say we are wrong if we are so wrong why did u steal some of our belifes dose that make tht whole religoin a hipporitcal religon?

[mizzoufanatic5]

@pulse0fmagg0ts These are the words you spelled wrong: Find; steal; stuff; religion; believe; you; beliefs; does; that; religion (again); and hypocritical. That's not even the punctuation mistakes. Christianity does not call anyone evil, everyone is loved in God's eyes. So we as Christians, strive to love everyone like Christ does. Here's something to remember, if you're going to post your opinion on something this this, and you want people to respect your opinion, you should type correctly.

[PusciferLover976]

@mizzoufanatic5 Amen my brother!

[98nfsmw98]

I wish he preached at my Church :D

[Flozzee]

patchyace

Search on the web for The Bible and archealogoy, The Dead Sea Scrolls, The BIble and scientific proof, The Bible and Historical Evidence, The Authors Of The Bible, Prophecies Of The Bible.

So many fulfilled prophecies.

I'll pray for you God Bless you.

Don't forget to read The Bible and you will see that Christian faith is the only faith that doesn't contradict itself!

[patchyace]

so i am an athiest, well im not sure because for like 15 years i have 'known' that god is not real, thats what i thought and that belief and the determination to disprove it has pushed me to become the best i can be at science but know i am starting to have doubts and i was wondering if like blkhawk60 said u could help me with that without all the metaphores, thanks patchyace =]

[Flozzee]

patchyace

When I was 15 I started to doubt that my faith was the right faith and later on I tried to study Christianity and what I found was that there no book nor will there ever be like The Bible. READ THE BIBLE!

[goulmn]

@Flozzee lol you are a follower. your following a religion blindly with out knowing any origines of religions BEFORE christianity which is a fairly new religion

[blkhawk60]

now then, im an athiest remember as an athiest i the words "jesus will save you" or deep spiritual metaphors you have to be a christian to understand fully, mean nothing to me.

ive been thinking about christianity, why should i be a christian? thanks

[NJR1210]

You're an atheist, correct? You are also watching and commenting on THIS video, correct? Just ask yourself, why? why watch it? Is there truth to some of this or is it all a bunch of baloney?

[UnrealHelix]

@blkhawk60 God is real, sin is real, Hell is real, thats why

[1337LinuxDan]

Great stuff Pastor John, you're such an encouragement...thankyou!

[EZASOMO]

Amen brother,

Jesus is Lord, may God bless you.