What is the greatest problem in the universe?

And what is the greatest problem in my heart?

And what is the solution to these problems?

John Piper explained in the 2015 sermon, but first he explained why the universe exists

and why you and I exist.

Here's what he said.

So the meaning of human life, the meaning of existence, the meaning of the universe is

at its core all things to be used to show how magnificent God is.

This universe is about God.

Sometimes I've heard skeptics or atheists shake their heads at the notion that Christians

could believe that on this infinitesimal planet, where there is a self-conscious being called

man, could believe that God created the universe about that, because as far as we know, it's

just so vast and empty.

And I say, you got it totally upside down.

It's not about that, that is to show this little infinitesimal people something little

about God, the universe is to display God to that little planet.

It's not about that little planet, it's about God and the universe is God's best effort

to say, that's how big I am, that's how strong I am, that's how glorious and magnificent.

The galaxies are all about God, not man, there's nothing unusual about it at all.

The disproportion between the universe in all of its vast glory and infinitesimal little

man is perfectly rational, if you're God centered, if God is all, if God is the reality

in the universe, and man is his little amazing worshiping group.

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