Does God Control Everything?

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Paul gives us an assurance at the end of Romans 8. It is magnificent and yet very simple. In these verses, he’s saying, “Here’s the thing that will absolutely change your life through Christ.” Paul tells us this assurance, and he says this is the thing that you can use every day that will change your life. Let’s look at it under three headings: 1) that we can be assured, 2) why we can be assured, and 3) how we can be assured. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on January 7, 2007. Series: In Christ Jesus: How the Spirit Transforms Us. Scripture: Romans 8:28, 38-39. 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.
0:05.8	Are you longing to see real change in your life, in your habits, your relationships, your heart?
0:11.8	Today, Tim Keller explores how lasting change actually happens in the life of a Christian
0:16.6	and why the gospel offers a radically different process of transformation than anything else.
0:29.3	Tonight's scripture reading is found in Romans chapter 8 verse 28 and then verses 38 and 39 and we know that for those who love God all things
0:43.0	work together for good for those who are called according to his purpose for I am convinced
0:48.9	that neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
0:58.6	neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us
1:04.8	from the love of God that is in Christ, Jesus, our Lord. This is God's word.
1:12.6	We've been looking for a few weeks at Romans 6, 7, and 8, and we said that this is
1:17.0	especially about how Jesus concretely changes your life when he comes into it.
1:23.2	And what I wanted to do was just one last time. I wanted to look at this ending of Romans chapter 8.
1:30.7	It's a magnificent ending.
1:33.0	And yet, its point is very simple.
1:36.4	And these last several verses, in these last several verses, Paul says,
1:40.7	here's the thing I'm giving you that will absolutely change your life through Christ.
1:46.7	And the thing that he's giving us is an assurance. He says, this is the thing you can get out
1:52.1	every day and use. This is the thing that'll change your life. But as he expresses the assurance,
1:58.3	for us in our modern Western culture, a question comes up. So it's very, for us in our modern Western culture, a question comes up.
2:03.4	So it's very hard for us in our modern Western culture just to receive this thing and to enjoy it and to use it unimpeded.
2:09.6	So what we're going to do tonight is look at this assurance.
2:13.9	Actually, first, let me read it to you.
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