Love, Patience and Suffering

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

When the Greeks and Romans met the early Christians, one of the first things that surprised them was how Christians handled suffering. Christianity brought into the world a view and a way of handling suffering that the world had never seen. It was one of the evidences of a supernaturally changed heart. And in Romans 8, a passage that looks at all the benefits of salvation, we learn a lot about suffering. Romans 8 shows us 1) the unique Christian view of suffering, 2) the unique resources we get to face suffering, and 3) how we can make those resources our own. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 15, 2016. Series: What We Are Becoming: Transforming Love. Scripture: Romans 8:16-28. 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 and Life.
0:05.6	What makes the Christian lifestyle truly distinct?
0:09.5	Many belief systems emphasize moral behavior, but Christianity offers something deeper, a radical
0:15.5	transformation from the inside out.
0:18.1	This month, Tim Keller is teaching on how the gospel doesn't just modify our behavior,
0:22.6	but completely reshapes our hearts. The scripture reading is taken from Romans, chapter 8,
0:36.0	verses 16 through 28.
0:41.5	The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit
0:44.6	that we are God's children.
0:46.8	Now if we are children, then we are heirs,
0:49.8	heirs of God and co-hears with Christ,
0:52.5	if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory.
0:58.0	I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
1:06.1	For the creation waits an eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
1:12.0	For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,
1:19.7	in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
1:29.1	We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to
1:36.1	the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the spirit
1:43.3	grown inwardly as we wait eagerly for our
1:46.8	adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved, but hope that
1:54.5	is seen is not hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have,
2:03.4	we wait for it patiently.
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