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Originally Posted by DMcFadden  Matthew, I share some of your concerns about the way Piper conceives of "glorifying God BY enjoying HIM." My point was to cite his contention that the text so often cited in this thread does not mean what some of us seem to think it does. Piper's '77 CT article hit pretty hard on denying that Jesus EVER commands us to love ourselves, he leverages the reality of people's self interest to say that we ought to show that kind of passion for the love of our neighbor. |
I hope I didn't come across as undermining that point. Piper's contention is appreciated. But whenever he gets on to this idea of joy, pleasure, and self-interest as a conscious goal of the Chirstian life I can only shake my head in astonishment.
It might also be worth pointing out in the context of this thread that the Bible never addresses us as if we needed psychological healing in order to be responsible agents before God. We are considered as already possessing the psychological constitution which makes us accountable for what we think and do.