Solid Joys Daily Devotional The Only True Freedom
Sep 18, 2025
John Piper reflects on the profound theme of true freedom found only in Jesus. He explores four essential conditions for experiencing this freedom: desire, ability, opportunity, and eternal wellbeing. The message emphasizes that genuine liberation can only be achieved through Christ's sacrifice and resurrection, highlighting the transformative power of faith.
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Four Conditions For True Freedom
- True freedom requires more than acting without restraint; it requires the right desires, abilities, opportunities, and lasting good outcomes.
- John Piper concludes that lasting freedom is found only in Jesus, who secures what makes us happy forever.
Desire, Ability, Opportunity
- Piper breaks freedom into desire, ability, and opportunity as necessary components for being fully free.
- Lacking any one of these means you are not truly free even if you can act temporarily by force of will.
Freedom That Lasts Forever
- Even when desire, ability, and opportunity align, an action that destroys you cannot be true freedom.
- True freedom must lead to eternal flourishing and no regrets, a condition only Jesus can provide.
