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Brief SummaryThis book is Piper’s grand treatment of the what, why, how, and for whom of missions. It would be best to let Piper explain the book himself: “Let it be clear: This book is not just for missionaries. It is for pastors who (like me) want to connect their fragile, momentary, local labors to God’s invincible, eternal, global purposes. It’s for laypeople who want a bigger motivation for being world Christians than they get from statistics. It’s for college and seminary classes on the theology of missions that really want to be theological as well as anthropological, methodological, and technological. And it’s for leaders who need the flickering wick of their vocation fanned into flame again with a focus on the supremacy of God in all things†(pg. 12).ReadabilityPiper writes well, and it is evident he puts much effort into crafting the structure of his arguments and the forms of his sentences. But this strength is also the book’s weakness. In many places, Piper aims to cut off every conceivable contrary conclusion other than the biblical one (i.e. salvation through Christ alone, eternal judgment in hell, the primacy of preaching, etc.). Yet, in doing so, it can become so tedious that one can get lost in the argument and forget the original point. Thankfully, Piper gives helpful reminders to the readers, but still, for the average reader it will take much patience and good reading skills to understand him clearly.PriorityThis is a category 5 – all Christians in America should read this book, for two reasons: (1) it addresses fundamental issues of our day that destroy the impetus for missions (such as a finite hell, annihilationism, universal salvation, salvation apart from the gospel message, Christ-less Christians, the prosperity gospel, comfortable Christianity, the social gospel, missions without preaching, and cultural imperialism), and (2) it has become the classic for understanding missions biblically that God has used to raise up an entirely new generation of God-enthralled goers and senders.StrengthsJohn Piper has famously said, “There are only three kinds of Christians when it comes to world missions: zealous goers, zealous senders, and disobedient.†And his aim in this book is to encourage the first two categories and eliminate the last.If your zeal for the Lord and His mission is, by His grace, strong and growing, you will be immensely encouraged by book. If you are failing to be a zealous goer or sender, then this book will be a fatal axe blade to apathy. By methodically and systematically walking through missions, cutting off any conclusion other than the one that comes from the Scriptures, Piper raises a biblical standard of missiology that is both exhilarating and solidly grounded in the Word. No missiology would be complete without it.Prerequisites/CautionsJohn Piper does a good job of explaining his Christian philosophy — that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him — throughout this book, as he does in all his books. Those who are familiar with it may find it repetitive, but it is not too burdensome, even for those that choose to use different language and terms to explain a God-glorying, Christ-exalting, Spirit-filled, Word-saturated faith.Chapter 5, titled, ‘The Supremacy of God among “All the Nationsâ€â€˜ has become infamous for its technicality and difficulty, and has been the reason why many do not finish this book. Do not be deterred! In it, he explains to what extent God has promised to propagate His gospel; in other words, it explains what “nations†means in the Bible, and thus what critical texts like Revelation 7:9-10 mean.Chapter Titles & QuotesPart 1 Making God Supreme in Missions: The Purpose, the Power, and the Price1. The Supremacy of God in Missions through WorshipMissions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions will be no more. It is a temporary necessity. But worship abides forever.pg. 172. The Supremacy of God in Missions through PrayerNow we can say again, safely and stunningly, what the awesome place of prayer is in the purpose of God to fill the earth with his glory. Not only has God made the accomplishment of his purposes hang on the preaching of the Word, but he has also made the success of that preaching hang on prayer. God’s goal to be glorified will not succeed without the powerful proclamation of the gospel. And that gospel will not be proclaimed in power to all the nations without the prevailing, earnest, faith-filled prayers of God’s people. This is the awesome place of prayer in the purpose of God for the world. That purpose won’t happen without prayer.pg. 66Do you ever cry out to the Lord, “How long, O Lord? How long till you vindicate your cause in the earth? How long till you rend the heavens and come down with power on your church? How long till you bring forth victory among all the peoples of the world?†Is not his answer plain: “When my people cry to me day and night, I will vindicate them, and my cause will prosper among the nations.†The war will be won by God. He will win it through the gospel of Jesus Christ. This gospel will run and triumph through prevailing prayer-so that in everything God might be glorified through Jesus Christ.pg. 703. The Supremacy of God in Missions through SufferingYou cannot show the preciousness of a person by being happy with his gifts. Ingratitude will certainly prove that the giver is not loved, but gratitude for gifts does not prove that the giver is precious. What proves that the giver is precious is the glad-hearted readiness to leave all his gifts to be with him. This is why suffering is so central in the mission of the church. The goal of our mission is that people from all the nations worship the true God. But worship means cherishing the preciousness of God above all else, including life itself. It will be difficult to bring the nations to love God from a lifestyle that communicates a love of things. Therefore, God ordains in the lives of his messengers that suffering severs our bondage to the world. When joy and love survive this severing, we are fit to say to the nations with authenticity and power: Hope in God.pg. 101Part 2: Making God Supreme in Missions: The Necessity and Nature of the Task4. The Supremacy of Christ as the Conscious Focus of All Saving FaithTherefore, the church is bound to engage with the Lord of glory in his cause. Charles Hodge is right that “the solemn question, implied in the language of the apostle, how can they believe without a preacher? should sound day and night in the ears of the churches.†It is our unspeakable privilege to be caught up with him in the greatest movement in history-the ingathering of the elect “from all tribes and languages and peoples and nations†until the full number of the Gentiles comes in, all Israel is saved, the Son of Man descends with power and great glory as King of kings and Lord of lords, and the earth is full of the knowledge of his glory as the waters cover the sea forever and ever. Then the supremacy of Christ will be manifest to all, he will deliver the kingdom to God the Father, and God will be all in all.pg. 1545. The Supremacy of God Among “All the Nationsâ€This chapter shows that God’s call for missions in Scripture cannot be defined in terms of crossing cultures to maximize the total number of individuals saved. Rather, God’s will for missions is that every people group be reached with the testimony of Christ and that a people be called out for his name from all the nations. I believe that this definition of missions will in fact result in the greatest possible number of white-hot worshipers for God’s Son. But that remains for God to decide. Our responsibility is to define missions his way and then obey.pg. 157Part 3: Making God Supreme in Missions: The Practical Outworking of Compassion and Worship6. A Passion for God’s Supremacy and Compassion for Man’s Soul: Jonathan Edwards on the Unity of Motives for World MissionsEdwards was always asking about the ultimate end of things, because once we know and embrace the final and highest reason that we and the church and the nations exist, then all our thinking and all our feeling and all our acting will be governed by that aim. …Edwards was absolutely clear on the ultimate question of why all things exist, including you and me and the church universal and the nations and history. He was absolutely clear on it because God was absolutely clear on it. Edwards wrote a book called ‘The End For Which God Created the World.’ In my own thinking, it is the most important thing he ever wrote. Once we understand what he wrote there, everything-absolutely everything-changes. His answer to the question, What is the ultimate goal of creation and history and redemption and your life and everything else? is this: “All that is ever spoken of in the Scripture as an ultimate end of God’s works, is included in that one phrase, the glory of God.â€pg. 203-204The first great passion of missions, therefore, is to honor the glory of God by restoring the rightful place of God in the hearts of people who presently think, feel, and act in ways that dishonor God every day, and in particular, to do this by bringing forth a worshiping people from among all the unreached peoples of the world. If you love the glory of God, you cannot be indifferent to missions. This is the ultimate reason Jesus Christ came into the world. Romans 15:8-9 says, “Christ became a servant to the circumcised … in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy.†Christ came to get glory for his Father among the nations. If you love what Jesus Christ came to accomplish, you love missions.pg. 2087. The Inner Simplicity and Outer Freedom of Worldwide WorshipSo I believe it can be shown biblically that all our behavior should he motivated by a deeply freeing taste of God’s goodness and a thirst for- more and more satisfaction in God. …When our whole life is consumed with pursuing satisfaction in God, everything we do highlights the value and worth of God, which simply means that everything becomes worship. May God make himself-manifest fully in Jesus Christ-that precious to us.That is what I am referring to when I say, “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is.†Our goal is to see that experience happen among all the peoples of the world. May the power of the gospel waken the dead, bring them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they see him and savor him with all their hearts. And may they be so radically satisfied in him that they are freed from the fears and pleasures of this world and follow Jesus on the Calvary road of love. Then others will see their good works and give glory to their Father in heaven-and the Word will go on from glory to glory.pg. 230
It's refreshing to read a book on missions which does not try to convince people to go because God is losing the war and he needs more soldiers, but which shows the sure victory of the kingdom and tells its readers to hop on board.Victory is sure. The kingdom will win. Jesus will crush all of his enemies under his feet. Go and make disciples of all the nations!
Excellent, foundational and necessary book on the topic of church missions. In true Piper fashion, the book is extremely God-centered with a focus on God's glory for the joy of all nations in Jesus Christ. Although the book is true to Piper's life and ministry purpose, the large majority of the content is unique to this book and not simply a rehashing of what is covered in Desiring God. There are many books that discuss the "what" and "how" of Christian missions, but Let The Nations Be Glad does a great job in explaining the "why" behind missions. Guided my study in preparing a short sermon on the topic. Definitely worth the read!
While personally I am not a big fan of John Piper, this book is one of a kind. It opens with one ot the most beautiful illustrations as to why missions even exists, a paragraph worth memorizing. The subject matter is that which is of utmost importance, what we have been commanded to do, in one way or another. Usually a book on world missions consists of a biography, fund development, or a how to, but this book walks through the biblical basis both for missions and for a church focused on more than itself. This is the apex of global mission books!
Wonderful book. A great book to read to prepare for missions - in day-to-day living, or going abroad. It was powerful.
JohnPiper is a wonderful theologian. I enjoyed the book, learned a lot and after some thinking and review will be able to apply the principals in the book. However, I do have this... Once again JP is a wonderful communicator of biblical principals but at times the writing was not only in the weeds it was in the dirt, I.e. Very particular and very thorough.Recommend yes but have a lot of patience to absorb and understand what JP is writining.
A biblical understanding of why we're here and what we're supposed to be doing while we're here. Really explains what missions is and why we need go to all the people of the world.I believe It is the most important book on missions yet.
Could be the best missions study book out there. The approach is pure Piper, so if you do not like his other stuff, I don't know if I would bother with this. Although, that said, the chapter on the issues surrounding various beliefs about Hell and the necessity of Christ is definitely worth the read. Read this first in seminary, and have used it numerous times since.
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