Welcome to Gospel in Life.

Why does the truth of the gospel make some people uneasy?

Most are comfortable talking about spiritual searching, but when Jesus claims that he is the only path to salvation, many people view that as oppressive.

Today, Tim Keller shows us how the gospel is not arrogant, but instead is

humble, gracious, and available to anyone. It is an exclusive truth, but it is the most

inclusive, exclusive truth in the world.

Get on your magnifying glasses and find the scripture text on which the teaching is based.

It's Matthew 13, verses 44 to 46, just three verses, but there's two whole parables in here, two of the shortest parables,

anywhere in here.

That's just two whole parables.

It's the parable of the great, the parable of the hidden treasure and the parable of the pearl of great price.

The kingdom of heaven, said Jesus, is like a treasure hidden in a field.

When a man found it, he hid it again.

And then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.

When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

This is God's word.

We're in a time of spiritual searching.

Every single week, I'm tempted to give you an example of the next new thing I see of it,

columns and secular

papers and, uh, uh, magazines on, on spiritual, spirituality, uh, books being sold everywhere

in all the major bookstores on searching for meaning and searching for God and searching for

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