God With Us: In the City

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Abraham is a lot like many of us, who are not from where we now live. We’ve been brought somewhere from elsewhere. Abraham is the same. Abraham left his home community and became an exile. The Bible tells us repeatedly in the New Testament that each of us should see ourselves as exiles. We should live where we’re called to live as exiles. What does that mean? What did Abraham actually do in his exile? Let’s look at what the Bible says about how Christians are supposed to relate to the cities to which they’ve been called. We learn three things from this passage: 1) God builds cities, 2) God sends people to cities, and yet at the same time, 3) God frees us from cities. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on December 11, 1994. Series: The Nature of Faith. Scripture: Hebrews 11:8-16. 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 the Gospel in Life podcast.
0:06.1	We all strive to live with stability and balance in the face of the challenges life brings.
0:11.9	It's natural to want poise and strength when we deal with adversity or uncertainty.
0:16.7	Today on Gospel in Life, Tim Keller shows us how a life of faith in Christ is the key to
0:22.0	facing the challenges and adversity in life.
0:25.4	After you listen to today's teaching, we invite you to go online to gospelandlife.com and
0:30.4	sign up for our email updates.
0:32.5	When you sign up, you'll receive our quarterly journal and other valuable gospel-centered resources.
0:40.3	Subscribe today at gospelandlife.com.
0:50.1	The passage on which our teaching is based is printed in your bulletin.
0:51.6	Again, it's from Hebrews.
0:53.8	Again is from Hebrews chapter 11.
0:56.4	Let me read verses 8 to 16.
1:02.7	Hebrews chapter 11, verses 8 through 16.
1:17.5	By faith, Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
1:21.9	By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country.
1:28.7	He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise, for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. By faith, Abraham, even though he was
1:34.8	past age, and Sarah herself was barren, was enabled to become a father because he considered
1:41.0	him faithful who had made the promise. And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,
1:47.7	came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky,
1:51.2	and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
1:54.3	All these people were still living by faith when they died.
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