A Con Artist’s Struggle

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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How do we find God? We’re looking now to, I think, probably the strangest of all narrative accounts in the Bible of a human being encountering God. It’s a long story. All of Jacob’s life, he’s been wrestling with his twin brother, Esau. He’s been away, but he decides to come back and finally have it out. He sends a bunch of gifts ahead of him, he divides his own family up, and he gets ready to meet Esau alone. And there in the dark when Jacob is alone, a mysterious man—not Esau—attacks him, and he wrestles him all night. Finally, as the day is about to break, Jacob realizes this is the Lord himself—that he’s wrestling with God. Jacob meets God, and the encounter tells us how we can meet God and how we can check our own hearts to find out if we’ve met God. Four things: 1) an encounter with God is personal, 2) an encounter with God is personal wrestling, 3) an encounter with God is always losing, but 4) an encounter with God is winning through losing. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 21, 1997. Series: Pointers to Christ – Directional Signs in History. Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Did you know that the Bible is all about Jesus from beginning to end?
0:07.2	But sometimes you need signposts to point you to Christ.
0:10.3	Today Tim Keller is looking at how we can see Christ and his mission in glory.
0:14.9	After you listen, we invite you to go online to gospelunlife.com and sign up for email updates.
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0:27.8	Subscribe today at gospelunlife.com.
0:31.6	Let me re-emphasize because if you're too different voices, say it, it'll stick.
0:37.8	We have been saying for several years around here, if you're not in a small group, if you're
0:42.4	not in a group, you're not in the church.
0:45.4	Now that, like every vivid and helpful statement, is an exaggeration and oversimplification.
0:56.0	Because you can join this church, you can be part of this church and just not get to small
0:59.4	groups.
1:00.4	However, in general, what we try to say, of course, is that we're going to do our very best
1:05.2	to meet needs and to embrace everyone.
1:08.6	But there's a certain sense in which if you're not in a small group and something goes
1:11.2	wrong in your life, you need to be understanding.
1:15.4	You're not on a radar.
1:17.0	It's hard to find you.
1:18.0	It's hard to know that you're there.
1:20.4	You have to recognize the realities of urban life.
1:25.0	And therefore, if you're not in a group and you're not part of the system of listening
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