Future Grace

The Purifying Power of the Promises of God

John Piper

• Publisher: Crossway
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9781433595936
• Topic: Theology & Religion

The Biblical Path to Severing Sin and Pursuing Holiness
How can we overcome sin and live in a way that honors God? Many believers attempt to walk upright out of gratitude for what Christ did in the past. But John Piper encourages men and women to look ahead to the grace God provides for us daily—putting faith into action by laying hold of God's promises for the challenges we face.
Future Grace offers meditations grounded in solid biblical reflection to help readers understand that the  penalty of sin is paid by the righteous blood of Christ, while the  power of sin is broken by banking on the promises of Christ. By cherishing these promises, readers will be better equipped to break free from anxiety, despondency, covetousness, lust, bitterness, impatience, pride, and misplaced shame, enabling them to pursue superior pleasure for the ultimate glory of Christ.

• Explores Sanctification: Helps readers put sin to death and trust in the power of God instead 
• Practical: Application chapters show how to sever the clinging roots of 8 common sins, including anxiety, pride, shame, impatience, covetousness, bitterness, despondency, and lust
• Written by John Piper: Author of  Desiring God;  Don't Waste Your Life;  Providence; and more

Table of contents

• Cover
• Newsletter Signup
• Other Crossway Books
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Publisher’s Preface
• Preface to the 2012 Edition
• God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
• Introduction—1
• Is it by the instrumentality of faith we receive Christ as our justification, without the merit of any of our
• Introduction—2
• Part 1 A Foe to Faith in Future Grace
• And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among
• 1 The Debtor’s Ethic
• The effort to repay God, in the ordinary way we pay creditors, would nullify grace and turn it into a
• 2 When Gratitude Malfunctions
• When I am afraid,
• 3 Faith in Future Grace Versus Anxiety
• Part 2 Free and Future Grace
• The life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God.
• 4 The Life That’s Left Is Future Grace
• I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
• 5 The Freest of All God’s Acts
• Thus says the L ord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast
• 6 Faith in Future Grace Versus Pride
• Part 3 The Crucial Place of Bygone Grace
• Remember the former things of old;
• 7 Looking Back for the Sake of the Future
• He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also
• 8 The Solid Logic of Heaven
• And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called
• 9 Four Pillars of a Precious Promise
• I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am
• 10 Faith in Future Grace Versus Misplaced Shame
• Part 4 Windows on the Works of Faith
• You rebelled against the commandment of the L ord your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.
• 11 A Love Affair with God’s Law
• We always pray . . . that our God may . . . fulfill every . . . work of
• 12 “I Will Put My Law Within Them”
• Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
• 13 Faith in Future Grace Versus Impatience
• Part 5 The Nature of Faith in Future Grace
• No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave
• 14 What Guards the Glory of God’s Sovereign Grace
• Men don’t know that they are godly, by believing that they are godly.
• 15 A Taste of Spiritual Beauty
• Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes
• 16 Satisfied with All That God Is for Us in Jesus
• Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I
• 17 Faith in Future Grace Versus Covetousness
• Part 6 Unmerited, Conditional Future Grace
• The two conditions of Romans 8:28 are simply clarifications of what it really means to trust God for this great
• 18 How to Trust Conditional Promises
• The steadfast love of the L ord is from everlasting to everlasting . . .
• 19 How Many Conditions Are There?
• We are not required to love others before we become people who trust in God. But trusting in God means
• 20 What Faith Alone Can Perform
• Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I
• 21 Faith in Future Grace Versus Bitterness
• Part 7 The Sanctifying Power of Faith in Future Grace
• In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
• 22 Creating Love in a Desire Factory
• I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to
• 23 Loving Ministry More Than Life
• The greatest need of the hour is a revived and joyful Church . . . Unhappy Christians are, to say
• 24 Faith in Future Grace Versus Despondency
• Part 8 Battling Against Unbelief in Future Grace
• The time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have
• 25 The Struggle Is as Easy as Dropping a Nut
• Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for
• 26 Sin Is Worse Than Satan
• He breaks the power of canceled sin,
• 27 Faith in Future Grace Versus Lust
• Part 9 The Finality of Future Grace
• For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should . . . also suffer
• 28 The Future Grace of Suffering
• For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
• 29 The Future Grace of Dying
• The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
• 30 The Rebirth of Creation
• Part 10 Longing for God and Living by Faith
• God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
• 31 The Debt I Owe to Jonathan Edwards
• Name Index
• Subject Index
• Scripture Index