Praying Our Anger

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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What are you going to do with the anger that comes when you face serious mistreatment, serious injustice? Modern readers expect the Psalms to give inspiration, so when they read the searing pain and anger in Psalm 137, they say, “What’s this doing in the Bible?” But this passage, in spite of how disturbing it is, tells us some important things about how to handle our anger over mistreatment. Let’s look at 1) the context of this psalm within the message of the Bible, 2) the three things the psalmist does with his anger, and 3) the three more things we can do with our anger on this side of the cross. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 28, 2002. Series: Psalms: Disciples of Grace. Scripture: Psalm 137:1-9. 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	If you're a Christian, what does it look like for you to grow into the person God designed
0:08.2	you to be?
0:09.5	Over the centuries, Christians have looked to the Psalms to learn how to grow as believers.
0:14.3	Join us today as Tim Keller preaches from the Book of Psalms.
0:31.5	The scripture reading for today is Psalm 137, verses 1 through 9.
0:43.3	By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our liars.
0:47.3	For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors mirth saying sing us one of the songs of zion how shall we sing the lord's song in a foreign land
1:02.8	if i forget you o jerusalem let my right hand forget its skill let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you.
1:14.6	If I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.
1:19.6	Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem,
1:25.6	how they said,
1:32.5	Lay it bare, lay it bare down to its foundations.
1:37.4	O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed,
1:41.5	Blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us.
1:45.1	Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock.
1:49.3	This is the word of the Lord.
1:54.4	I heard some gasps, says the psalm ended.
1:58.6	You see, we're in a series in which we're looking at spiritual disciplines that the
2:03.8	Psalms teach us, disciplines by which we grow into the people God wants us to be. And we said
2:10.1	some of the disciplines are negative in that they help us face forces that would spiritually derail us.
2:19.6	In other words, one of the ways to grow into the person God wants you to be is to learn how
2:23.6	to face certain forces that would spiritually derail us.
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