Mas Vivo Que Nunca!: Que Sucede Cuando Nacemos De Nuevo (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
First, Piper asks his readers this very fundamental question:-Have you been born again?Then he scrutinizes 1 John and 1 Peter to answer a few other questions that stem out from the most accurate definition of being born again.What is the new birth?Why must we be born again?How does the new birth come about?What are the effects of the new birth?How can we help others become born again?Piper also lists how corrupted we are when we're not born again:1. We are dead in trespasses and sin.2. We are by nature children of wrath.3. We love darkness and hate the light.4. Our hearts are hard like stone.5. We are unable to submit to God or please God.6. We are unable to accept the gospel.7. We are unable to come to Christ or embrace him as Lord.8. Apart from the new birth, we are slaves to sin.9. Apart from the new birth, we are slaves of Satan.10. Apart from the new birth, no good thing dwells in us.Piper believes that the key is “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.” The commandments are not burdensome when we are born again. In fact, obeying the commandments will come naturally when we're born again, just like heat from fire(love this analogy).There are three links: Loving others, the new birth, and faith in Jesus. He also explains that Faith and Love are inseparable but distinguishable. Very well written, explicit, detailed, profound, and founded on the from the Bible(which is the most important element). He adds an index for those who want to study deeper the verses he applied. It's like a short commentary.My favourite quotes:-1 Peter 2: 3 says you will have this desire "if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good." This is key to personal evangelism: Have you tasted the word of God - especially the gospel - that the Lord is good? Have you tasted it? I am not asking: Have you thought about it? I am not asking: Have you decided to affirm it? I am asking: Have you tasted it? Are there living, spiritual taste buds in your heart that taste Christ as more desirable than all?If you come, you will be truly, invincibly, finally alive. Why did Jesus say that people must be born again? Piper answers the question of the new birth with a thorough (but not comprehensive) examination of this teaching in Scripture. He discusses both the need for this new birth and its evidence in our lives. His exposition is, as usual, doctrinally sound and is delivered with a pastoral sense of care, taking it out of the academic realm and planting it firmly in his readers’ reality.
What do You think about Mas Vivo Que Nunca!: Que Sucede Cuando Nacemos De Nuevo (2010)?
A little dry for Piper, but a good exposition and simple layout of what it means to be born again.
—sheilaharrington7
Good theologically, but poorly written and edited. Not up to Piper's normal standard.
—cschultz1220
Excellent content. I'd much rather hear Dr. Piper preach than write.
—apoorva
