Obedience of Faith

Excerpt from The Treasure of Faith in the Life of the Church by John Piper

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Surely we should learn from this that the great aim of our ministry should be the same as Paul's – to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of Christ's name and God's glory. I said a moment ago that faith glorifies God in at least two ways. One we saw here: namely, that God is the Giver and the Giver gets the glory. The other is that faith by its nature depends on God and calls attention to his trustworthiness. You can see this worked out in chapter 4, especially verses 20-21: "With respect to the promise of God, [Abraham] did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform." When you trust God's promise in the face of great adversity, you glorify God's dependability and truthfulness.

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The lesson for us in this is manifest: If we are committed to the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples, let us be committed to bringing about the obedience of faith in each other and among the peoples of our neighborhood and the nations.