Piper on Edwards - "God is glorified most not merely by being known, nor by merely being dutifully obeyed, but by being enjoyed in the knowing and the obeying"
Edwards - "God made the world that he might communicate, and the creature receive, his glory; but that it might be received both by the mind and heart. He that testifies his having an idea of God's glory doesn't glorify god so much as he that testifies also his approbation of it and his delight in it."
Piper summarizes: "In all our life and all our study and all our ministry let us seek to glorify God by being satisfied in him above all things. Let us press on to know in the depth of our being that 'the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life' (Ps. 63:3). And so let us find the god-exalting freedom from this world that will make us the most radical, sacrificial servants of good on earth--that men may see our good works and join us in glorifying god by enjoying him forever."
UNREAL. How do we even begin to wrap our minds around that?
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