Jesus Our Gift

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Jesus Christ was not just born. He had an existence before he was born; and therefore, Jesus was not just born—he was given to us. Jesus is the one gift that, if you have it, you have all the other gifts. Jesus is the one gift that, if you reject it, you lose all other gifts. The apostle Paul says that Jesus is the inexpressible gift. By thinking about Jesus as a gift, I think we’ll come to understand more of who he is and how we should relate to him. So let’s look at three essential qualities of a gift: 1) gifts are surprises, 2) gifts can be insulting, and 3) gifts are immensely valuable. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on December 19, 1993. Series: Understanding Jesus. Scripture: Romans 8:32. 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.
0:06.1	Who is Jesus?
0:07.7	The Bible says he's fully God, the creator of the universe, and at the same time, fully human.
0:14.3	Lose one of those and you lose Christianity.
0:17.1	Join us for today's podcast where Tim Keller explores the person and promises of Jesus Christ.
0:28.9	One verse and a place in the scripture that you usually don't read from on Christmas,
0:36.6	but it's a great Christmas verse. It's Romans 832.
0:41.0	I'm just going to read one verse, and I'll read it twice. It's not printed in the bulletin.
0:46.1	Everything else in the Bible is printed in the bulletin, but not Romans 832.
0:54.4	And that's where Paul writes,
0:57.1	He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all.
1:02.9	How will he not also, along with him,
1:07.8	graciously give us all things?
1:11.9	He who did not spare his own son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also along
1:16.5	with him graciously give us all things?
1:20.7	That's God's word.
1:24.1	It's a Christmas time that we give gifts.
1:27.0	In fact, it's the only holiday in which we do all this gift giving.
1:31.3	It's the reason why retailers are so happy with Christmas,
1:36.3	in a way they're not happy with Fourth of July, for example, or Easter.
1:42.0	You see, at the other holidays, we don't give gifts.
1:44.9	In fact, even at birthdays and weddings and anniversaries, we all give gifts to one,
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