John Piper - Recession exposes secret sin

"What Is the Recession For?"
February 1, 2009
2 Corinthians 1:1-11

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[maximemeis111]

Recession was cause by gov. But under bad economics laid bad philosophy: christian philosophy, the philosophy that says that men must be brothers' keeper, a philosophy that says: that man has two houses he should give it to the one who has none, a philosophy not of meritocracy but based on need. Where do you think the philosophy of afordable houses came from? Where do you think the bail-out philosophy (sacrificing healthy banks to unhealthy banks) came from? Christian's beliefs in self-sacrifice

[BreathOFLaminin]

@coolestmcse Job was blameless and just yes, but that does not necessarily mean "without sin," as "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23), and "no flesh is righteous in the sight of the Lord" (Enoch 81:5).

They were blameless and just because of their faithfulness to the Lord and they kept their Hope in the coming Messiah, and just like today, Hope in the Messiah, Yeshua Nagid, would save no one but that particularly individual. Everyone must make their own choice.

[coolestmcse]

@BreathOFLaminin Are you imagining things? The bible says that Job was blameless and just... look at Job's fruits in Job 31, that how Christians are supposse to be. This is what the Lord says about Job later in Ezekiel 14:14 Even if Noah, Daniel, and ---Job---- were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, says the Sovereign Lord.

[BreathOFLaminin]

@psk6565 Job wasn't sinless. That's the point. To other people, he appeared sinless, but God sees the heart and knew Job's hidden sin, and Job knew it too. It just shows us that people we look up to, who we could never imagine sinning, are still sinners in need of a Savior and who need to repent just like us.

[psk6565]

Why would a sinless man need to repent?

[FelipeA101]

thank you God Bless

[farmerdude5]

It is neither a compliment or an insult, I only meant to help. Well, that's all I really wanted to say, goodbye and God bless.

[FelipeA101]

Very nice Very nice i like it im sorry

i liked how you used a biblical reference

if people were more like you

and using citings more wisly unlike mr.piper the world might just be a less hatful place

[FelipeA101]

wow lol idk if this was a compliment or an insult but hey we got our biliefs and stuff sorry for the error and junk ^^ i'll try to make less of them

[farmerdude5]

A moron is a person with a mental disability, a type a mental retardation. You can look it up. Morons are some of the happiest people in the world, they care about what matters.

You clearly didn't mean it as a compliment, and you never apologized for your mistake. Instead, you tried to justify it.

You are right in that ministers need to be publicly called out when they make mistakes, bravo to you for calling out what you believed was an error.