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Let the Nations Be Glad Discussion Questions
Supremacy of God in Missions through Prayer
In what way is life war?
How does Piper make this case and how does he support it from Scripture?
Why does he chose this imagery of the Christian life over other imagery Paul uses?
Explain, in your own words, what Piper means when he says that prayer is a “wartime walkie- talkie.”
Why does he use this metaphor?
What is meant by “wartime”?
How is prayer a “walkie- talkie”?
How does Piper describe the problem with the way most Christians view the Christian life?
Why do most people ignore the devil especially in the west?
How does this relate to the believer’s view of life and the devil himself?
What does Piper give as the reason for why the Father answers the disciple’s prayer and how should that inform the way we think about prayer and our relationship to missions.
Why, according to Piper, does Prayer malfunctions?
How does the prayer for peace relate to the idea that life is war and prayer is the weapon of the war?
In what way does the doctrine of election serve missions or hinders it?
What was “the power of the Puritan hope”?
Why does confidence in God’s absolutely sovereign election of individuals unto salvation provide hope and motivation for missions rather than make missions unnecessary
What was “the power of the Puritan hope”?
Why does confidence in God’s absolutely sovereign election of individuals unto salvation provide hope and motivation for missions rather than make missions unnecessary
How do the New Covenant promises relate to world missions?
How is God glorified in and through prayer?
What are some things we can learn from the early church about prayer?
What kind of things did they pray for?
How does Piper describe the relationship of the Word to prayer?
Is prayer the work of missions?
How does the power of prayer relate to the power of the Word, the gospel?
Why is the author hesitant to call prayer “the work of missions”?
What does he suggest is “the work of missions”?
How is prayer related to this work?
How can the prayers of Scripture help guide and direct your prayer life in the cause of missions and for the glory of God? Be specific.
How does the church’s (and God’s) ultimate goal, described in chap. 1, relate to prayer?
How does prayer advance that goal?
How do the New Covenant promises relate to world missions?
How is God glorified in and through prayer?
What are some things we can learn from the early church about prayer?
What kind of things did they pray for?
How does Piper describe the relationship of the Word to prayer?
Is prayer the work of missions?
How does the power of prayer relate to the power of the Word, the gospel?
Why is the author hesitant to call prayer “the work of missions”?
What does he suggest is “the work of missions”?
How is prayer related to this work?
How can the prayers of Scripture help guide and direct your prayer life in the cause of missions and for the glory of God? Be specific.
How does the church’s (and God’s) ultimate goal, described in chap. 1, relate to prayer?
How does prayer advance that goal?
Supremacy of God in Missions through Suffering
What is that makes the life of David Bernard and Henry Martin significant for world evangelization?
How do stories of missionary suffering align with God’s ultimate purpose in missions?
What distinguishes a martyr from a terrorist?
In your own words, explain what it means to deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Jesus ().
Explain why it is so crucial to have a right understanding of the call to be a Christian when reflecting on the task of missions.
What does the author mean when he speaks of “the domestication of cross-bearing”?
Why do you think cross-bearing has been watered-down and domesticated so often in the contemporary church?
What reasons does the author suggest?
How does the fact that believers have died with Christ relate to the call to willingly laying down our lives for the sake of the gospel?
Why does Christ’s suffering and death not exempt us from suffering and death?
How is Christ’s suffering and death both substitution and pattern for our own, and why is the order (substitution before pattern) so crucial?
Does the fact that Christ died for us eliminate our death for others?
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Does God allow or appoint suffering for the saints and his missionaries?
Why does God appoint suffering for the saints?
What does Piper gives as reasons?
How does this shape the way we should think about suffering?
Piper lists six.
Are there other reasons you can think of why God appoint suffering for the missionary?
Piper lists six.
Are there other reasons you can think of why God appoint suffering for the missionary?
In what sense did Jesus grow in obedience?
Are there varying degrees of rewards in heaven?
Is Piper’s argument convincing?
Why or why not?
What does the OT and NT teach us about eternal rewards?
“Great” will be your reward in heaven” does not mean “greater” will be your reward in heaven.
It is significant that Jesus does not use the comparative.
In what sense is Christ’s suffering lacking?
According to , what “thought” are we to arm ourselves with?
How might we “arm ourselves” with this thought?
What practical implications might this have on our daily lives?
In what sense did Jesus grow in obedience?
Are there varying degrees of rewards in heaven?
Is Piper’s argument convincing?
Why or why not?
What does the OT and NT teach us about eternal rewards?
“Great” will be your reward in heaven” does not mean “greater” will be your reward in heaven.
It is significant that Jesus does not use the comparative.
In what sense is Christ’s suffering lacking?
According to , what “thought” are we to arm ourselves with?
How might we “arm ourselves” with this thought?
What practical implications might this have on our daily lives?
The Supremacy of God Among “All the Nations”
What is the basic question Piper aims to answer in this chapter (p 182)?
How does he approach the task?
What about his methodology is different from others and what is to be commended or rejected about his method?
In what way can love defined in human terms limit the work of missions?
What does Piper mean when he states “love will refuse to define missions with a limited human perspective.
Love will test its logic by the larger picture of God’s ways” (p 177)
What does Piper intend to communicate by the illustration of “two sinking ocean liners”?
Note: “Love puts no higher value on distant souls than on nearer souls” (p 178) “Love alone may not see the missionary task the way God does” (p 178)
What is the scope of the task of missions?
How does it relate to the nations?
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