Reading:The Pleasures of God

This topic comprises my notes while reading John Piper’s book, The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God’s Delight in Being God.

Chapter 1. The pleasure of God in his Son

Pr 10:1; 8:27, 30; 15:20; Isa 42:1 (cited at Mt 12:18–20); Mt 3:16–17; 11:27; 17:5; Jn 1:1–3, 18; 3:34–35; 5:18, 20; 10:17; 12:26; 17:24, 26; Php 2:9; Col 1:13, 19; Heb 1:3, 5–6, 13; 2:9; 10:29; 2Pe 1:17–18

Chapter 2. The pleasure of God in all he does

Dt 28:63 (contrast Eze 18:23, 32); 1Ch 29:14 (cf. 1Co 4:7); Ps 115:3; 135:6; Isa 46:9–10; Ac 17:25; Ro 11:34–36; Eph 1:5; 1Ti 6:15–16 — see also Pr 1:24–26; Isa 30:31–32; Eze 5:13; Rev 18:20

Chapter 3. The pleasure of God in his creation

Ge 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25; Job 38:4–7, 16, 25–26; 39:1; Ps 8:3; 19:1–2; 103:22; 104:14, 24–26, 31–34; 148:3–5, 7; Isa 40:26, 28; Jn 1:1–3; Ro 1:19–23; 1Co 8:6; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2

Chapter 4. The pleasure of God in his fame

Ex 9:16 (cited at Ro 9:17); Jos 2:10–11; 7:8–9; 1Sa 12:22; 2Sa 7:23; Ps 23:3; 25:11; 66:4; 79:9; 86:9; 102:15; 106:7–8; Isa 12:4; 24:15–16; 43:21; 48:9–11; 63:12–14; 64:1–2; 66:19; Jer 13:11; 14:7, 9; Eze 36:20–23; 39:25; Dan 9:19; Mt 19:29; Jn 5:43; 10:25; 12:27–28; 17:6, 26; Ro 1:5; 3:25–26; 9:17 (cites Ex 9:16); Ro 15:20; Ac 9:16; 15:14; 21:13; Col 3:17; 1Ti 6:1; 1Pe 2:9; 1Jn 1:9; 2:12; 3Jn 1:5–8; Rev 2:3; Rev 5:9; 7:9

Chapter 5. The pleasure of God in election

Dt 4:37–39; 7:6–8; 10:14–15; Ps 106:7-8; Isa 43:7, 21; Jer 13:11; 31:2–3; Lk 10:21; Jn 13:1; 15:13–14; 17:22–23; Ro 9:10–12; 1Co 1:26–31; Eph 1:4–6, 11–12, 14; 2:4–5; Col 3:12; 1Th 1:4; 2Th 2:13

Chapter 6. The pleasure of God in bruising the Son

Isa 53:10 (cf. Isa 53:5–6, 8–9, 12); Jn 10:17; 12:27–28; 13:31; 17:4; Ac 2:23; Ro 3:23–26 (cf. Pr 17:15; Ro 4:5; see also Ge 15:6; Ps 32: 1–2; Heb 11:4, 7); Eph 5:2; Heb 2:9

Chapter 7. The pleasure of God in doing good to all who hope in him

Dt 30:9; 2Ch 16:9; Ps 35:27; 37:4; 84:11; 119:71; 147:10–11; 149:4; Isa 38:17; 62:4–5; 65:17–19; Jer 32:39–41; Zep 3:17; Lk 15:7, 10, 20; Ro 8:28, 35–37; Eph 2:7; Php 4:19

Chapter 8. The pleasure of God in the prayers of the upright

God is pleased when we pray

Pr 15:8; 50:13–15; Jn 14:14; Rev 5:8

Meaning of “upright”

Ps 4:5; 32:10–11; 51:17 (cf. 2Ch 7:14); Isa 66:2

Chapter 9. The pleasure of God in personal obedience and public justice

God’s pleasure in personal obedience

1Sa 15:22; Mt 5:16

God’s pleasure in public justice

Pr 11:1

Disobedience shows a misplacement of fear, pleasure, and praise

1Sa 15:24

Disobedience is as divination and idolatry

1Sa 15:23