An Everlasting Name

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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For some, when they hear that salvation is absolutely free, their first response is to say, “If I really believed that, then I wouldn’t have any incentive to live a good life.” To that, I would say, “If, when you lose all fear of being smacked by God, you lose all incentive to live a good life, then the only incentive you ever had was fear. You need a better incentive.” See, if you realize the implications of the costly love of Jesus, it’s going to change your whole life. Isaiah 56 shows that when we receive salvation 1) it creates a new concern for living justly in the world, 2) it creates a new kind of community of believers who are absolutely equal before God and radically accepting of differences, and 3) we get an everlasting name that will never be cut off. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on March 14, 2010. Series: The Songs of the Servant (from Isaiah). Scripture: Isaiah 56:1-8. 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	Welcome to Gospel in Life.
0:05.0	If someone asked you what Jesus' mission on Earth was, what would you say?
0:09.0	Today Tim Keller is preaching from the Book of Isaiah to help us understand the mission and
0:14.0	purpose of Christ while he was on earth and how it can transform our lives today.
0:19.3	Thank you for joining us.
0:25.0	Tonight's scripture reading comes from the book of Isaiah, chapter 56 verses 1 through 8.
0:31.0	This is what the Lord says, maintain justice and do what is right for
0:36.4	my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
0:41.2	Blessed is the man who does this, the man who holds it fast,
0:46.3	who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
0:49.6	and keeps his hand from doing any evil. Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the Lord say,
0:57.0	the Lord will surely exclude me from his people. And let not any unit complain, I am only a dry tree, for this is what the Lord says.
1:07.0	To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbath's, who choose what pleases me, and hold fast to my covenant.
1:14.0	To them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than
1:20.8	sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
1:27.0	And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord to serve Him, to love the name of the Lord, and to worship him.
1:35.0	All who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and hold fast to my covenant.
1:41.0	These I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my
1:45.9	house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my
1:51.5	altar, for my house will be called
1:54.0	called a house of prayer for all nations.
1:57.0	The sovereign lord declares,
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