Before the Beginning

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The Bible is not a compendium of varied stories like Aesop’s Fables, each with directions and examples on how to live. If that’s all it was, then basically the Bible would be about you and what you must do. Read rightly, the Bible is not about you—it’s about him and what he has done. A single storyline moves from creation to the fall to what he has done to rescue you and renew the world through grace. We start, obviously, at Genesis 1. This tells us the beginning of the story of the world. And if you look carefully at the first three verses, you actually get a glimpse of what was going on before the beginning. We see three things before the beginning: 1) there was God, 2) there was love, and 3) there was darkness. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 16, 2008. Series: Bible: The Whole Story - Creation and Fall. Scripture: Genesis 1:1-3. 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	The Bible presents us with a grand narrative of God's
0:05.4	predictive work in the world.
0:06.9	But for many of us, parts of the Bible can seem confusing,
0:10.0	disjointed, or even irrelevant.
0:12.3	Today, Tim Keller is teaching on the big story of the Bible,
0:15.4	examining how each part fits together to reveal the character of God
0:19.6	and his purposes for us.
0:21.6	After you listen, we invite you to go online to Gospel on Life.com
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0:29.9	with articles from Dr. Keller as well as other valuable
0:32.9	Gospel-centric resources.
0:34.5	Subscribe today at GospelOnLife.com.
0:38.1	The scripture this morning is taken from the Book of Genesis,
0:41.9	chapter 1, verses 1 through 3, and the Gospel of John,
0:45.9	chapter 1, verses 1 through 3, and 10 through 14.
0:50.8	In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
0:57.0	Now, the earth was formless and empty.
1:00.7	Darkness was over the surface of the deep,
1:03.8	and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
1:09.1	And God said, let there be light.
1:13.4	And there was light.
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