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  WHY THEOLOGIANS FALL INTO ADULTERY
  by John Piper
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of gaining a deep and
personal understanding of God in order to overcome sin in our lives.

Duration: 2:22 Topics: "Intimacy With God", "Overcoming Sin"
Scripture References: Jeremiah 9:23

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of truly knowing God in a deep and
intimate way, rather than just having superficial knowledge. It
highlights that knowing God as infinitely valuable, beautiful, and
satisfying is crucial for overcoming sin's dominion in our lives. The
speaker challenges the idea that academic knowledge alone is sufficient,
pointing out that even those with theological expertise can struggle
with sin if they lack a personal, intimate knowledge of God's character
and love.

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I would just ask you, look around in life, in your church, look around,
how many Christians do you see bent with all their powers to know God
more and more? More truly, more clearly, more sweetly? Or do you see
thousands fighting graduate school sins with grammar school knowledge of
God? To which some of you would say, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, there are
as many PhDs in theology who commit adultery as less educated people. To
which I would say, probably more. Why is it that people with PhDs in
theology commit adultery? They don't know God.

You can read theology 10 hours a day, 40 years long, and not know God as
beautiful, all satisfying, highest treasure of your life. Who cares
about knowing God the way the devil knows God? He hates everybody.
Knowledge of God helps him hate people.

We're talking about knowing God here in First Thessalonians. They don't
know God, they don't know God really as who He is, infinitely valuable,
infinitely beautiful, infinitely satisfying, why your soul was made.
There are more pleasures in His right hand, more eternal joys in His
presence than you could have in 10,000 sexual trysts.

The question is, do you know that? Because if you know that, sin will
have lost its dominion in your life.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/UInzkVysK-w.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/john-piper/why-theologians-fall-into-adultery/
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