Jesus Our King

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The context of Psalm 2 is that the king has been installed in Jerusalem, but all the foreign kings are hostile and conspiring against this king. If you read it carefully, you’ll see that no earthly king can completely justify the fury of the threats, and no earthly king can completely justify the glory of the promises given. The language of the psalm, you might say, spills out over its banks. Psalm 2 is one of the messianic psalms. In verse 2, it says, “The kings of the earth take their stand […] against the Lord and against his Anointed One.” Do you know what the word Anointed One is in Hebrew? It means Messiah. This psalm is talking about the greater King. And it actually tells us three things: 1) we have a true King, 2) human beings hate the King, and 3) we need the King. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on December 12, 1993. Series: Understanding Jesus. Scripture: Psalm 2. 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.
0:06.3	Christianity isn't just a spiritual practice or set of moral teachings.
0:10.7	At its heart, it's the person of Jesus actively pursuing us.
0:14.9	In today's teaching, Tim Keller unpacks how Jesus actively seeks us, reveals truth to us, and calls us to himself.
0:28.3	I'm going to read to you from Psalm 2. Our teaching this afternoon is taken from Psalm 2.
0:34.4	It's all printed in your bulletin. It's a shorter psalm than we have been, it seems like,
0:39.8	looking at recently. We've been looking at very long psalms. This is only 12 verses, and
0:46.1	I'll read it first. Why do the nations conspire and the people's plot in vain? The kings of the earth
1:00.4	take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his anointed one.
1:06.2	Let us break their chains, they say, and throw off their fetters. The one enthroned in heaven laughs.
1:12.8	The Lord scoffs at them.
1:14.7	Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, I have installed
1:20.7	my king on Zion, my holy hill.
1:25.0	I will proclaim the decree of the Lord.
1:26.7	He said to me, you are my son. Today I will proclaim the decree of the Lord. He said to me,
1:33.1	You are my son. Today I have become your father. Ask of me and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth, your possession. He will rule them with an iron scepter.
1:38.0	He will dash them to pieces like pottery. Therefore, you kings, be wise. Be warned,
1:43.9	you rulers of the earth.
1:45.7	Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.
1:49.1	Kiss the sun, lest he be angry, and you be destroyed in your way,
1:53.4	for his wrath can flare up in a moment.
1:56.1	Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
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