Thank you God for Timothy Keller. It will be wonderful to meet him when I go to be with Jesus too. I have found his preaching and his books to be very unique. He shows me God’s love in scripture with new and powerful insights; scripture that I’ve read and heard many times before. But I am returning to it with fresh faith and love in my heart, because of how Tim presents the Gospel.
If you are grieving and your heart is broken, then pray in tears and sob your heart out in prayer to our Lord, keep doing this and Lord Jesus will accept your tears and your grieving will turn to Joy. I have done this on my knees weeping in prayer, my tears turned to tears of Joy and praise. Lord Jesus always hears the cry of the heart, He will heal you. God bless you all with love my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus .
My husband died a few months ago after illness when I cared for him. I am elderly and this lockdown has not helped I am so sick of crying My few friends can’t seem to cope with me I just want to stop crying
pauline stacey you will get better! This must be really hard and I can’t say that I understand what you’re going through but God can relate to the grief you are feeling from the death of Jesus, God is with you, just keep asking for strength and focus your time And energy on the Lord sister, God will make you smile again just trust in his sovereignty take care of yourself
@@polnan1 , it's in the nature of life in a fallen world that we will be hurt, sometimes terribly, and we will grieve. I'm not making light of your sufferings, dear Pauline. I have mine, and they've been multifold and crushing. But Jesus Christ gives me the steadfastness to continue, day to day, one day after another, because of Him. I hope you are feeling better. The pain won't quit. There is no such thing as "closure." But there is peace which passes all understanding.
I disagree- Jesus dying on the cross was a victory, and God absolutely did NOT forsake Him. It's a shame that Keller had been referencing the Psalms and didn't make the connection that when Jesus said, "My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" that was Him quoting from scripture and not lamenting. Look at Psalm 22, which starts with the exact words. Then David goes on to lament about his pierced hands and feet. When did that happen to David? It didn't. Jesus' words on the cross were to show that He was there in the Old Testament with David, and is why David wrote those very words. It's my view that it's dangerous for pastors to say that God forsake Jesus, if they are serious about bringing unbelievers the Truth. Because not Christ, but death died on the cross for those who are saved by the blood of Jesus. And that is THE greatest victory and THE greatest gift humans could ever possibly imagine. And that is why no matter what grief or suffering might happen to us, there's always the underlying peace and joy that only a real relationship with the Lord can bring and that nothing can take away.
Jesus was not just quoting Psalm 22 when he said, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" He fulfilled the Scriptures. It is why He went through such agony in the Garden of Gethsemane as He looked into the cup that His Father was giving Him to drink. It was full of the wrath of God against sin that was about to be poured on Him. The Bible says He was made sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Corinthians 5:21) God did forsake His Son when He was on the cross, because a holy God cannot look upon sin, which is what His Son had become on the cross when the Father judged Him in our place. For period of time as the Savior of the world paid the sin debt that we all owed by the blood of his cross, God turned His face away and judged His Son for our salvation. Now His Son has been glorified with power and honor and a kingdom to come. And all those who receive the work of His Son, will never come into judgment but has passed from eternal wrath to eternal life.
You say there is an underlying peace and joy that nothing can take - yet Jesus had all of that, and STILL sweated blood in the garden. He had all the peace and joy of His Loving Father, and STILL he cried out in anguish, God why have you forsaken me. You may speak of Keller's mistake and peace, but in Christ's own life and words I hear things you are not touching, not acknowledging. There may be a joy that you and I don't (yet) understand, a joy that gives you the courage to sweat blood and Still walk forward. A love that can experience the parting of death and cry out Why did you Leave and still love.
Jesus was forsaken by God on the cross as part of God’s plan because jesus was bearing our sins and our separation from God so that we would never have to be separated from God through what Jesus did on the cross. To deny that Jesus was forsaken on the cross is like denying the very essence of why jesus had to go to the cross in the first place.
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What a tremendous preaching. Make my heart happy enough to sew my tears in your cross, Jesus.
Thank you God for Timothy Keller. It will be wonderful to meet him when I go to be with Jesus too. I have found his preaching and his books to be very unique. He shows me God’s love in scripture with new and powerful insights; scripture that I’ve read and heard many times before. But I am returning to it with fresh faith and love in my heart, because of how Tim presents the Gospel.
If you are grieving and your heart is broken, then pray in tears and sob your heart out in prayer to our Lord, keep doing this and Lord Jesus will accept your tears and your grieving will turn to Joy. I have done this on my knees weeping in prayer, my tears turned to tears of Joy and praise. Lord Jesus always hears the cry of the heart, He will heal you. God bless you all with love my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus .
My husband died a few months ago after illness when I cared for him. I am elderly and this lockdown has not helped
I am so sick of crying
My few friends can’t seem to cope with me
I just want to stop crying
pauline stacey you will get better! This must be really hard and I can’t say that I understand what you’re going through but God can relate to the grief you are feeling from the death of Jesus, God is with you, just keep asking for strength and focus your time And energy on the Lord sister, God will make you smile again just trust in his sovereignty take care of yourself
@@polnan1 , it's in the nature of life in a fallen world that we will be hurt, sometimes terribly, and we will grieve. I'm not making light of your sufferings, dear Pauline. I have mine, and they've been multifold and crushing. But Jesus Christ gives me the steadfastness to continue, day to day, one day after another, because of Him. I hope you are feeling better. The pain won't quit. There is no such thing as "closure." But there is peace which passes all understanding.
@@nasssings4christ159, thank you for speaking such kind words.
@@bobtaylor170 amen!
4:00 Expect tears 10:45
14:20 Invest tears
17:00 Pray tears
Someone really special to me sent this to me. It's timely.
This is one way our Lord works, He is so amazing bro.
Beautiful message ❤
What a fire sermon
Amazing as always!
Psalms allows us to relate to different suffering experiences which life brings forth!
So powerful: invest your tears wisely so you can bear the fruits of Joy.
This came to me at just the right time. 3rd time listening to it, hoping to understand more. Be rid of self-pity, be happy enough to weep w others.
Thank you for this message I am humbled .....
New birth
I disagree- Jesus dying on the cross was a victory, and God absolutely did NOT forsake Him. It's a shame that Keller had been referencing the Psalms and didn't make the connection that when Jesus said, "My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" that was Him quoting from scripture and not lamenting. Look at Psalm 22, which starts with the exact words. Then David goes on to lament about his pierced hands and feet. When did that happen to David? It didn't. Jesus' words on the cross were to show that He was there in the Old Testament with David, and is why David wrote those very words. It's my view that it's dangerous for pastors to say that God forsake Jesus, if they are serious about bringing unbelievers the Truth. Because not Christ, but death died on the cross for those who are saved by the blood of Jesus. And that is THE greatest victory and THE greatest gift humans could ever possibly imagine. And that is why no matter what grief or suffering might happen to us, there's always the underlying peace and joy that only a real relationship with the Lord can bring and that nothing can take away.
Jesus was not just quoting Psalm 22 when he said, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" He fulfilled the Scriptures. It is why He went through such agony in the Garden of Gethsemane as He looked into the cup that His Father was giving Him to drink. It was full of the wrath of God against sin that was about to be poured on Him. The Bible says He was made sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Corinthians 5:21) God did forsake His Son when He was on the cross, because a holy God cannot look upon sin, which is what His Son had become on the cross when the Father judged Him in our place. For period of time as the Savior of the world paid the sin debt that we all owed by the blood of his cross, God turned His face away and judged His Son for our salvation. Now His Son has been glorified with power and honor and a kingdom to come. And all those who receive the work of His Son, will never come into judgment but has passed from eternal wrath to eternal life.
And the main point is that Jesus felt forsaken whether he was or not. He can relate bc of this.
You say there is an underlying peace and joy that nothing can take - yet Jesus had all of that, and STILL sweated blood in the garden. He had all the peace and joy of His Loving Father, and STILL he cried out in anguish, God why have you forsaken me.
You may speak of Keller's mistake and peace, but in Christ's own life and words I hear things you are not touching, not acknowledging. There may be a joy that you and I don't (yet) understand, a joy that gives you the courage to sweat blood and Still walk forward. A love that can experience the parting of death and cry out Why did you Leave and still love.
Jesus was forsaken by God on the cross as part of God’s plan because jesus was bearing our sins and our separation from God so that we would never have to be separated from God through what Jesus did on the cross. To deny that Jesus was forsaken on the cross is like denying the very essence of why jesus had to go to the cross in the first place.
@@soulaesthete8563 what a perfect reply.