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Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Love Beneath the Waves

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.815K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

We’re looking at the Book of Jonah, and we’ve seen that one subject in the book is sin and grace. Even though there are many places in the Bible that talk about those topics very theologically, the great thing about the book of Jonah is it presents these concretely. Sin is running away from God, and grace is God chasing us down, hunting us down in love, and intercepting our self-destructive behavior. We’ve learned that Jonah ran from God – he literally decided to get as far away from God as he possibly could. Then God sent a storm, and so the plot thickens. This chapter is about the storm God sent and about Jonah’s response to the storm. Until you see you are not competent to run your life, you are not competent to run your life. This is an intervention of God. Let’s look to see how God intervenes and uses the storm as a way of teaching Jonah about himself and about sin and grace. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on July 29, 1990. Series: Jonah. Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17. 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. The book of Jonah can appear at first glance like a simple

0:07.0

fable with an implausible high point, a great fish swells a rebellious profit. But the

0:12.5

story is about so much more. It touches on racial prejudice, toxic nationalism, and the

0:18.2

struggles believers have when it comes to obeying and trusting God. Today on Gospel in Life,

0:23.5

Tim Keller continues exploring the fascinating story of Jonah, the prodigal prophet. Now

0:28.6

here's today's message.

0:58.6

He went aboard and sailed for Tarsish to flee from the Lord. Then the Lord sent a great

1:04.9

wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. All

1:11.7

the sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own God. And they threw the cargo

1:16.8

into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and

1:22.1

fell into a deep sleep. The captain went to him and said, how can you sleep? Get up

1:28.4

and call on your God.

1:30.1

Maybe he will take notice of us

1:32.1

and we will not perish."

1:34.8

Then the sailors said to each other,

1:37.5

come, let us cast lots to find out

1:39.4

who is responsible for this calamity.

1:42.2

They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.

1:45.6

So they asked him,

1:46.5

tell us who is responsible

1:48.2

for making all this trouble for us.

1:50.5

What do you do?

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