What Jesus Demands from the World, by John Piper

John Piper does a great job with this good book on the "demands" that Jesus makes. Many people think that Jesus has way to many rules to live by, that He is a difficult Master to follow, that He is not interesting in making life easy for his followers. But that is not true.

Piper points out that Jesus has two comments about his demands, "1) I make demands because I have the right. 2) I make demands because I will help you." As you follow through on these thoughts it makes plenty of sense. Jesus is the Son of God and thus he has all the right and power to make demands on the lives of his followers, BUT, he makes those demands with a follow up thought, I WILL HELP YOU! Jesus doesn't leave us alone to fend for ourselves, He gives us plenty of help so that we can accomplish the tasks that He gives us.

After the introduction Piper then goes on to examine 50 Demand's that Jesus makes. Each of these chapters are short, you could almost use the book as a 50 day devotional guide to learn more about how to live for Jesus.

This is a great book for all Christians to read through. It may appear a bit long, but don't let that make you nervous. If you read it as a devotional you will be able to get through it and it won't require huge amounts of daily time.

This book is a good concise text on what it is that Jesus expects from His followers, if you have ever wondered about it this book will answer it. I enjoyed it thoroughly.