Advent Day 1 - Old Truth

On this first day of Advent, I just wanted to share a few lines from the preface of Piper's book that struck me .

I am prone to be dull, spiritually drowsy, halfhearted, lukewarm. That is the way human beings are, including Christians, even about great things. Peter knows it and is writing to “awaken” or to “stir up” his readers so that they don’t just know but also feel the wonder of the truth. 

That’s why I have written these devotions. What you and I need is usually not a brand-new teaching. Brand-new truths are probably not truths. What we need are reminders about the greatness of the old truths. We need someone to say an old truth in a fresh way. Or sometimes, just to say it.

How true is that? Sometimes things become so familiar to us that we lose sight of them. They no longer move us. But these truths are so deep and profound, we could not exhaust them in a lifetime. In fact, the redeemed will plumb the depths of these truths throughout eternity.

1 Peter 1:10, 12 (NLT) — 10 This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you... 12 They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.