Jenny Salt: In the Third Heaven – The God Who Can’t Be Talked About (The Gospel Coalition National Women’s Conference LiveBlog)

To read the near-transcription from Jenny Salt’s plenary (including worship with the Gettys, the Scripture passages, helpful links, etc.), just click “Replay” below:

The actual LiveBlog replay above has around 5,000 words in it, so I won’t even attempt to restate the entirety of this teaching. However, here are just a few points that will hopefully whet your appetite and encourage you to read the entire entry:

• The term “boasting” is featured throughout 2 Corinthians. The world says: boast about the things that are impressive about you. Tell them the good stuff about yourself. But the gospel, the great work of God in and through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, is our GPS; where we get our bearings, then our attitude toward boasting will be turned on its head.
• Firstly, we must never forget that God is sovereign. Nothing happens outside his sovereign will. Nothing. Nothing happens outside his will. Secondly, there are things that happen in this life that are painful and it’s hard to see any good in the middle.
• Satan delights when God’s people suffer. But he’s on a short leash.
• Doesn’t God want his people to be relieved from torment? Triumphant, powerful, strong? Doesn’t God promise He will heal and with great power we can fly the flag of the gospel? No. He doesn’t. He may. He can. But he doesn’t promise that He will.
• The times we feel most weak, these are opportunities to understand more greatly the love and strength of Jesus Christ. In our weakness, we are driven to depend on Christ alone.