Let The Nations Be Glad Analysis

Let The Nations Be Glad Review Midterm
John Piper’s “Let the Nations Be Glad”, explains how Piper guides the reader through the fundamental issues of missions within seven chapters. However, they are divided between three parts. For example, part one discusses missions as means of worshipping God which is found in chapter one. Thus, followed by the power of prayer and the price of suffering in missions in chapters two and three. Part two is devoted to answering two important questions of whether Jesus Christ is the only way towards deliverance from sin and its consequences. Also, if the task of the missions is to attract as many people as possible or to attract people from all types of societies. Part three is all about how Piper examines …show more content…
Piper goes onto explaining that the missions is means for the worship of God, which is “the fuel and goal of missions,” because “all of history is moving toward one great goal, the white-hot worship of God and his Son among all the peoples of the earth” (p.20-21). This is portrayed as a wake up call for those who are religious to break out of simply thinking missions as just saving lost souls and discover the centrality of God in all aspects of missions. Chapter three then goes onto the role of suffering in making God supreme in missions. Piper uses the verse, “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field” (Matt. 13:34) as reference. The point of this is that the extent of sacrifice and the depth of his joy display how much value he assigns to the treasure of God, which is salvation. In addition to that is, if we treasure it for ourselves, why wouldn’t we give sacrificially so that others can treasure it also. Piper argued that Col