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‘Christian Hedonism’ is a term adopted in the literature of Dr John Piper to describe his scheme for sanctification and advance in the spiritual life. Certainly, it is a very strange term, because hedonism is, for Christians, a bad word. Hedonism means the pursuit of pleasure as the chief good, but in the case of this new scheme of spiritual living, it refers to the pursuit of pleasure in God.

Christian Hedonism says that the pursuit of happiness in God is the overruling source of power and energy for the life of the Christian. The proposer, Dr John Piper, is a prominent evangelical preacher in the United States, who began to popularise his views in 1986 with the publication of his book, Desiring God. In this he maintains that delighting in God is the pivotal issue in the Christian walk; the central and the most important part of the life of faith.

Dr Piper makes much use of the little sentence, ‘God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.’ Indeed, the pursuit of joy in God is held as being one and the same thing as glorifying God.

Why should this article set out to assess this teaching? The answer is that many pastors and people are being influenced by it, but very serious cautions need to be sounded.
You can wager that this will be and even now is a very controversial article written by Dr. Peter Masters, pastor of The Metropolitan Tabernacle, the church made notable by Charles Spurgeon. I believe that Peter Masters has great discernment and the Lord has given him this gift for the purpose of being a 'Watchman" for the modern church. The question is, Will you heed the cry of this and such Watchman or will you ignore their calls as the Israelites did in their days? scratchchin

You can read this article here: 'Christian Hedonism' Is It Right?

In His service and grace,

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