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Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Entering His Rest

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.815K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

What is true rest? In Psalm 3, we see a man who goes to sleep the night before a battle knowing full well that he’s greatly outnumbered. And he sleeps. He rests.  Scientists will tell you the thing that restores the body is not the length of your sleep—it’s the depth. In the same way, the Bible shows that there are all kinds of shallow ways you can get rid of tension, but none of those are the deep rest that really restores the soul. Hebrews 4 says there remains a rest for the people of God. What is it? Let’s see how this passage 1) helps us understand the rest, and then 2) helps us understand how to enter the rest. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 5, 1989. Series: Ten Commandments 1989. Scripture: Hebrews 4:1-12. 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 and Life. During January, we're inviting our listeners to consider becoming a Gospel and Life monthly partner. If you'd like to learn more, keep listening at the end of today's podcast for details.

0:17.2

Do you ever wish life came with an owner's manual? A guide to follow when you're facing difficult decisions or just trying to live with integrity

0:24.6

in the small, everyday moments?

0:26.6

Today on Gospel in Life, Tim Keller shows us how the Ten Commandments help us align our lives

0:31.6

with God's will, not by restricting us with outdated rules, but by laying the foundation

0:36.6

from which we can live a life of true freedom and flourishing.

0:44.3

Hebrews chapter 4, verses 1 through 12.

0:54.3

Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands,

0:58.6

let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.

1:03.8

For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did.

1:08.1

But the message they heard was of no value to them because those who heard

1:12.9

did not combine it with faith. Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,

1:20.6

so I declared on oath and my anger, they shall never enter my rest. And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world.

1:31.4

For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words, and on the seventh day

1:37.1

God rested from all his work.

1:39.9

And again in the passage above, he says, they shall never enter my rest it still remains that

1:46.3

some will enter that rest and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go

1:52.1

in because of their disobedience therefore god again set a certain day calling it today when a

1:59.5

long time later he spoke through David as was said before

2:03.6

today if you hear his voice do not harden your hearts for if Joshua had given them rest

2:11.0

God would not have spoken later about another day there remains then a Sabbath rest for the

2:17.0

people of God.

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