What Does It Feel Like to See the Beauty of Christ? // Ask Pastor John

We often miss Christ’s beauty in his word because our hearts are out of sync. Pastor John explains how he prepares his heart to meet God.
John Piper is a big advocate for seeing glimpses of the peculiar glory of Christ in Scripture. Those moments of discovery in his Bible are far more than intellectual discoveries. They are affectional — feeding within him his delight in God. So the question then becomes, well, John Piper, what does it feel like to see the beauty of Christ?
This bold question comes from a listener named Josephine. “Hello, Pastor John! I love to read my Bible every day and get to know God better. I have heard you talk about the importance of not just reading the Bible, but reading in such a way to see the peculiar glory of Christ shining from the pages into our eyes to stir our hearts. It’s a very unique type of reading requiring genuine faith, regeneration, and the power of the Spirit. But I don’t really know if or how or when this happens in my life.
Sometimes I make discoveries in the text that really stir my heart. Sometimes I don’t. Can you bring us into your own Bible reading and articulate for me the difference between simply reading the Bible and those precious times in which you are met with the glory of Christ shining in the pages of Scripture? I presume this does not always happen? But what’s it like for you when it does?”
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