Don't Waste Your Retirement by John Piper part 1

Part 1 of an interview with John Piper. This part takes the serious side of not wasting your life on the topic of retirement.

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• God
• Retirement

[jeffbullstillworks]

One of the few guys who walks how he talks. Lives in the Philips hood, I see him walking to his office most mornings waving at cars.

[littlewarriorjd]

chyeah... those people that go around touting their views... and jabbering about their beliefs.. and complaints. ridiculous, hu robert? wish they'd just keep their mouths shut.

[littleman85882]

I was always taught the bible uses those words like Shoel and hades and genna as just examples of how hell might be like

[roberthmercer]

What a load of drivel! God is a figment of the imaginations of people who are afraid to accept the fact that dead is dead - nothing more! If God existed he would, taking in to account the state of the world, be on a par with Pol Pot or Idi Amin. People like Piper who attempt to force their idiot views on others make me puke.

[Feany]

In the future there will be no medicare, start planning now to manage your finances with other alternatives like 401K plans. I heard of this company, their website is yourretirement. com

[dave1122drum]

Yea, God will have final judgment, but we are still excused. As far as "brood of vipers" verse did you look up the word hell to see what in means? As much as you want to quote scriptures that say the word hell, you still have to question it's existence in the old testament like I wrote before. If life is all about an eternal destination it has to be littered in the bible just about every other verse, paragraph and overall topic in a book of the bible. That is what a caring god would do clearly

[dave1122drum]

There is no alternative. You do not need hell to abstain from sin. You serve god primarily because you want what christ stands for. Not out of fear of hell. If you serve God out of fear of hell(if hell existed) he will see your false worship and still send you to hell."worship in spirit and in TRUTH" The cross wasn't pointless. That was how he forgave THE WHOLE WORLD.(No hell) God is just in forgiving who he wants. Christ taking our punishment is not just, but god did it. That is amazing.

[peterostebo]

If hell does not exist than what's the eternal alternative to heaven? What's all this talk about the final judgment? Why does God say to the Pharisees: "You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?" If you take hell (or the idea of eternal condemnation) out of the Bible then there is no reason for abstaining from sin. The cross and resurrection is pointless. Salvation is moot and God is not just.

[peterostebo]

Why do you say he is so prosperous? As far as retirement goes, the Bible makes it abundantly clear (especially Paul) that anything not done for Christ is a waste. Retirement is not inherently evil-just a mind that is focused on oneself or the world. If a person is retired but still looks everyday to honor the Lord (in small or big ways) then he is NOT wasting his life. That's what Piper is saying and the Bible backs that up.

[dave1122drum]

Tragic eternity? Hell does not exist. the bible says HELL, but when you look up the words interpreted to hell they are Shoel, Hades and ghenna. None of these words imply or mean a eternal torturous hell. They mean state of the dead(Shoel, Hades) or jerusalem's city dump(ghenna) Look it up yourself if you do not believe me. Where was God's warning of hell to Adam, the israelites, David in his sin or any of the old testament? That is pretty lazy of god to not scream it in every other verse.