Changed Lives - Timothy Keller [Sermon]

This sermon, from Tim Keller, is the second sermon in Redeemer Presbyterian Church's current series "Where We are Going: The City and the Mission". It's a series focused on Redeemer's gospel based core values and is part of a special season at Redeemer called "Rise". During this season, we'll be making these sermons widely and freely available. Please visit rise.redeemer.com for more information, including daily devotionals.
This sermon was preached by Rev. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on March 6, 2016.
Series "Where We are Going: The City and the Mission".
Scripture: John 4:6-26

[@danfleming8119]

Dear Tim,
I want to thank you for all you’ve done for me. Your book, the Reason for God, changed my understanding of the gospel and invigorated my spirit. Your messages are nightly a joy and blessing to me.
I want you to know that I am praying for you and believing for healing of your pancreatic issue. We have never met but I feel like you’re my brother. I love you. Again, thank you. Love, Dan Fleming

[@pinkmoonjuice5158]

Sharing this with a non believer friend 🧡

[@abhishikthjohn]

I come back to this every time I forget my salvation experience and start relying on my 'will power' to change. Thanks, Tim for helping me hammer the gospel into my head!

[@NavyJonesMusic]

27:04 LISTEN TO THIS 15 SENCOND STATEMENT 10 TIMES IF YOU HAVE TO! It's what I needed to hear.

[@steflondon88]

Jesus is so kind. I am reminded of this constantly.

[@katarinatz]

Thank you for this and sermons you are making available

[@michellebiland5163]

Thanks to Tim and Gospel in Life for this amazing ministry. May it live on and to God be the glory. 🌟🌟🌟

[@VincentConard]

I can't wait to visit this church the next time I'm in New York. Thank you, Pastor Keller, for allowing the Lord to use your gifts to His glory!

[@steflondon88]

better go quick! he is retiring from preaching there.

[@VincentConard]

Really?! Oh noooo! :) I'd better find out when he's retiring and see if I can catch him before he leaves...!

[@cameroncarlinsky7154]

I really loved the two contrasting solutions on change in ancient times and modern times. But it is unfortunately not the solution. Jesus is the wellspring of life. If we go to him we shall never thirst again. Amen.

[@sigitrock]

thank you its beautiful message on Christmas

[@lucindawilson5510]

thank you

[@Mumsy_Soap]

Wow. Thank you so much. I love the example of mechanical VS organic. God bless you & God's ministry in New York. Praying for HIS multiplication.

[@monasantos3346]

Your message blessed me. Thank you

[@viktoriarodney9714]

Amazing in depth teaching. Be blessed.

[@eloyzalukhu8712]

Thank you for your ministry. I’m blessed. (From Indonesia)

[@PierceLoftin]

thanks for sharing tim. talk to you soon.

[@johnkim7802]

Jesus reached out to social outcasts, immoral people, and non-Jewish people throughout His ministry. The case of speaking to the Samaritan woman is a perfect example of such for she met all three characteristics. Such actions often get reduced to examples of kind actions by popular culture yet He is making clear how such is the nature of God along with how those people can equally receive Grace and become saved!
Many people have wrongfully taken all of this further and portrayed Jesus as a counter cultural revolutionary who spoke out against the entire system. But Jesus was a practicing first century Jew who affirmed God, demonstrated the need to worship Him, and made it clear He was fulfilling Jewish covenants. Anything that seems counterrevolutionary are speaking out against what He sees as misinterpretations among different Jewish schools of thought. He speaks out against are beliefs of how morality can entitle people to Heaven rather arguing how no matter how moral someone is, the Kingdom of Heaven is a gift that He was never under any obligation to create. He speaks out against the notion of a Messiah coming as a human to bring world peace forever and reminds us how our true Messiah is God coming to Earth. Ultimately, Jesus builds upon Judaism but makes it clear that naby wrong interpretations of God have been presented.

[@stephengreater1689]

Jesus be like, "I'm coming for YOU!"

[@stephengreater1689]

@Tim Keller stop being a filthy fraud. Repent before God casts you into hell for all eternity with no escape.

[@frankf1095]

Advert placement wasn't well thought out.

[@nickvoutsas5144]

It's unfortunate that the term religion is misunderstood because of past negative connotation associated with it but the problem of over generalisation also leads to a complete misunderstanding. Religion to a Redeemer Presbyterian might mean that salvation through the grace of God is undermined by a traditional belief in God. Unfortunately religion is used to impose one's religious authority and Jesus Christ spoke against the formalised legalistic structures allowing the persistent of man's ego rather than the will of God. But and this is a big but , Jesus Christ respected many sacraments which were upheld in tradition within the Jewish faith and introduced further sacraments which would form the foundations for Christianity. These sacraments include baptism, chrismation, Communion, holy orders, penance, anointing of the sick, and marriage.Take away the sacraments and in effect you have taken away the traditions upon which Jesus Christ set the foundations of his church. The Presbyterian Church has two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper and probably these 2 remaining sacraments have not been tainted. Presbyterians believe that the presence of Jesus Christ is very real in Holy Communion, but that the bread and wine are just symbols of the spiritual ideas that communion represents whereas in the traditional church the bread and the win divinely when consumed became the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ and in baptism the holy unction (God's miraculous holy oil ) is poured upon the person been baptised allowing The Holy Spirit to bless the person been baptised.Presbyterian's believe that baptism is a sign and seal of God's divine claim upon our lives. In baptism, we are promised “deliverance from sin through Christ's blood” and “the Holy Spirit who produces faith”. I believe there are no half measures when it comes to our oneness with God,simply believing partially in the body and blood or deciding to choose some of the sacraments of the early church just does not make it whole. Rubbishing tradition under the umbrella of religion has become an excuse. Before the Bible was written Holy traditions kept the faith alive. Jesus is real and so is the body and blood of real , not just a representation. Tim Keller has opened my eyes and his understanding of scripture has given me a clearer understanding of God's grace.