Come to Me | John Piper

Deep Dive into All That Jesus Commanded by John Piper - Come to MeThe command "Come to Me" from Jesus is a profound and central invitation to humanity, revealing the core of His mission and His relationship with people. Its fundamental nature is an urgent call to those who are spiritually burdened, heavy laden, hungry, and thirsty, offering a radical transformation rather than a new set of oppressive rules.The primary purpose of this command is to provide rest for the soul, taking away the heavy spiritual loads people carry in attempts to earn divine favor. Jesus himself is the burden-lifter, soul-satisfier, and life-giver. He offers Himself as the "bread of life" to satisfy spiritual hunger and as "life-giving water" to quench spiritual thirst, promising everlasting life and deliverance from perishing. Ultimately, it's a call to experience eternal enjoyment and a fullness of joy found only in Him, by savoring and spreading His supreme worth.This command is "not burdensome" because when a person responds through new birth and repentance, Jesus becomes their "supreme treasure" and the "central focus and supreme value of life." While the path of following Him can be "hard" due to a world hostile to His enjoyment and our own internal sinful tendencies, Jesus's own character is gentle and lowly, making His yoke easy and His burden light.However, humanity's natural state of spiritual blindness and a will enslaved to sin causes a refusal to come. People prefer "darkness rather than the light" and are "enslaved to their supreme preference for other things." This deep-seated resistance is overcome by God's sovereign grace. The Father "draws" and "grants" people the gift of new birth and repentance, opening their eyes to Jesus's truth and beauty. This divine intervention liberates individuals, enabling them to come, much like Lazarus, dead in his tomb, "came out" at Jesus's sovereign command. Jesus will inevitably succeed in gathering His flock.Reformed Theologian GPT: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-XXwzX1gnv-reformed-theologianhttps://buymeacoffee.com/edi2730