How To Be Strong

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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We’re in the second of a two-part series on the devil and the conflict between supernatural forces of good and supernatural forces of evil. In Part 1, I made my case for why I think it’s immanently sensible to say there really is a devil. And we talked about Satan’s weapons and strategies. If you go through the Bible all the way back to Adam and Eve, what is Satan’s strategy? He’s not possessing them. He’s lying to them. On the basis of that understanding, we’re going to proceed and look at the Christian’s weapons and strategies. If you want to defeat the forces of evil and be successful in the battles of life, you must put on the full armor of God. What is that? In this passage, we can learn 1) when to put it on, 2) what it is, 3) how to put it on, and 4) whom to remember when you do. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on February 5, 2012. Series: A Study of Ephesians: Who is the Church? Scripture: Ephesians 6:14-24. 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. How hopeful are you about the future of the Christian church?
0:09.0	The Book of Ephesians gives us an incredibly inspiring vision for the church, showing how it has the capacity to be a new
0:15.5	humanity and a community of astonishing beauty.
0:19.4	Join us today as Tim Keller preaches from the Book of Ephesians chapter 6 verses 14 through 24.
0:39.0	Stand firm then with a belt of truth buckled around your waist, with a breast plate of
0:44.8	righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the
0:49.5	Gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all
0:56.7	the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit Spirit which is the Word of God and pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.
1:10.0	With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Saints.
1:15.8	Pray also for me that whenever I open my mouth words may be given me so that I will fearlessly
1:22.1	make known the mystery of the Gospel for which I am
1:25.3	an ambassador in chains.
1:27.6	Pray that I may declare it fearlessly as I should.
1:31.9	Tychikas, the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything,
1:36.0	so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing.
1:40.0	I am sending him to you for this very purpose that you may know how we are and that he may encourage you.
1:47.0	Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ
1:56.2	with an undying love. This is the word of the Lord.
2:02.3	So we've been looking at the Book of Ephesians for quite a long time and this week and last week we come to the last section of it and it's all about spiritual warfare. It's about the devil. It's about conflict between the
2:20.2	supernatural forces of good and the supernatural forces of evil.
2:23.3	Now one of the problems with a two-parter, and I feel the frustration of it today,
2:28.0	is that you can't do recapitulation. In other words, we don't have the time to lay some of the groundwork I did last week.
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