Welcome to Gospel in Life. Many of us try to change through sheer willpower, conquering bad habits or forcing better behavior, only to find ourselves snapping back to old patterns. In today's message, Tim Keller is exploring the fruit of the spirit, showing how real transformation isn't about moral restraint,

but a heart that through Christ is changed from the inside out.

Tonight's scripture reading comes from the book of Philippians chapter two verses one through eleven if you have any

encouragement from being united with christ if any comfort from his love if any fellowship with the spirit

if any tenderness and compassion then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit

and purpose.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility, consider others better

than yourselves.

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus, who being in very nature God

did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant,

being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself

and became obedient to death, even death on a cross. Therefore, God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above

every name, that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the

earth, and every tongue confessed that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. This is God's

word. This is a great passage on humility that you just had read. When we have talked in the last

few months about justice and the poor, I've always sensed that even

though it's important, it's what the Bible says, we have the cultural wind to our back.

Do you know what I mean?

The culture says, great, we're really glad that you Christians are thinking about that.

We're interested in that too.

So you have your window to the back.

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