THE HAPPINESS OF GOD: FOUNDATION FOR CHRISTIAN HEDONISM

*NEW SERIES BY JOHN PIPER*

PSALM 115:1-3
1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.
2 Why should the nations say, “Where, now, is their God?”
3 But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.

ROMANS 8:28
28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

DANIEL 2:28
28 “However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.

DANIEL 2:21-22
21 “It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men And knowledge to men of understanding.
22 “It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him.

ISAIAH 48:11
11 “For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another.

ISAIAH 47:8
8 “Now, then, hear this, you sensual one, Who dwells securely, Who says in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a widow, Nor know loss of children.’

ISAIAH 45:6
6That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other,