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We Were Made for Infinite, Soul-Staggering Grandeur

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Written By Tim Brister

Tim has a missionary heart for his hometown to love those close to him yet far from God. He is husband to Dusti and father to Nolan, Aiden, and Adelyn - fellow pilgrims to our celestial city.

I have been again listening to Piper’s Sex and the Supremacy of Christ messages (part one and part two) and was gripped by these powerful words. Piper is answering the question, “How does the knowledge of the supremacy of Christ guide, guard, and govern our sexual lives?”

“Knowing the supremacy of Christ enlarges the soul so that sex and its little thrills become as small as they really are.

Little souls make little lusts have great power. The soul, as it were, expands to encompass the magnitude of its treasure. The human soul was made to see and savor the supremacy of Christ. Nothing else is big enough to enlarge the soul as God intended and make little lusts lose their power. . . . My conviction is that one of the main reasons the world and the church are awash in lust and pornography (by men and women—30% of internet pornography is now viewed by women) is that our lives are intellectually and emotionally disconnected from infinite, soul-staggering grandeur for which we were made. Inside and outside the church western culture is drowning in a sea of triviality, pettiness, banality, and silliness. Television is trivial. Radio is trivial. Conversation is trivial. Education is trivial. Christian books are trivial. Worship styles are trivial. It is inevitable that the human heart, which was made to be staggered with the supremacy of Christ, but instead is drowning in a sea of banal entertainment, will reach for the best natural buzz that life can give: sex. The deepest cure is to be intellectually and emotionally staggered by the infinite, everlasting, unchanging supremacy of Christ in all things. This is what it means to know him. Christ has purchased this gift for us at the cost of his life. Therefore, I say again with Hosea, let us know, let us press on to know the Lord.”

2 thoughts on “We Were Made for Infinite, Soul-Staggering Grandeur”

  1. Cool. I really wanted to attend. but my wife and I were in the middle of a transition. I have listened the audio from that conference numerous times. It’s not often you can find a conference on “Sex and the Supremacy of Christ.” 😉

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