Love, Lust and Liberation

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On the surface, one of the most unattractive things about Christianity to our culture today is its view of sex; but if you look underneath the surface and get a better grasp on what is really taught, the Christian view of sex is one of the most attractive things about it. In other words, a lot of people see the Christian understanding of sex as undermining its credibility to them, but when you look down deeper, I think you’re actually going to see the Christian view of sex is one of the evidences for its truth. Because Christianity accounts for how sex operates in our lives, in our relationships, and in our society. Let’s draw out four things Jesus is saying about this in the Sermon on the Mount: 1) there is such a thing as lust, 2) what it’s not, 3) what it is, and 4) how it can be healed. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 25, 1999. Series: The Mount; Life in the Kingdom. Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30. 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 the Gospel and Life podcast. Today, Tim Keller is teaching on perhaps the most well-known
0:08.6	sermon ever preached, the sermon on the Mount. In it, we'll find Jesus's invitation to a radical
0:14.7	new kind of life that is far beyond a guide to morality. After you listen to today's teaching,
0:20.6	we invite you to go online
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0:28.5	journal and other valuable gospel-centered resources. You can subscribe today at gospelandlife.com.
0:45.3	Turn in your bulletins to the passage in which the teaching is based.
0:46.7	We're going through the Sermon on the Mount.
0:51.4	And today we come to Jesus' teaching about sex and sexuality.
0:53.7	Matthew 5.
0:57.1	Read verses 27 to 30.
1:04.2	You've heard that it was said, do not commit adultery.
1:09.9	I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
1:11.8	If your right hand causes you to sin, gouge it out, and throw it away. It's better for you to
1:16.4	lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right
1:20.5	hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It's better for you to lose one part of your
1:25.4	body than for your whole body to go into hell.
1:29.3	It's God's word.
1:31.1	Now, if you're a first-time visitor, what a wonderful text that you've chosen to come and learn about Redeemer on them.
1:42.2	And actually, this is a, and seriously, if you read this text, and that's all
1:50.3	you know about what the Bible says about sex, what Jesus says, if you don't look at it in the
1:54.4	context, and we will, and think about its meaning in the light of everything else, you might look at that and you say,
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