Sent to Bear Witness

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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We’re looking at the last sermon that Jesus Christ preached publicly to the world at large. And when you know this is the end, that you’re never going to speak to people again before you die, you usually say the things that are most important to you. There are three ideas that Jesus gets across in this passage. They are not easy messages for the world to hear, but they’re brilliant. Jesus is saying three things: 1) you need my power to believe, 2) you need my light for your darkness, and 3) the only hope you have is the judgment of God. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 25, 2016. Series: Jesus, Mission, and Glory: New Purpose. Scripture: John 12:37-50. 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.
0:05.0	What does it mean to represent Christ in the world?
0:08.0	Today on Gospel and Life, Tim Keller is teaching on how Jesus trained his disciples to go out into the world.
0:14.0	And what that means for Christian believers today.
0:17.0	Tonight's scripture reading is from John, chapter 12, verses 37 to 50.
0:23.0	Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him.
0:29.0	This was to fill the word of Isaiah the prophet.
0:32.0	Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
0:37.0	For this reason, they could not believe because as Isaiah says elsewhere, he has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,
0:43.0	so they can neither see with their eyes nor understand with their hearts nor turn, and I would heal them.
0:49.0	Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him.
0:54.0	Yet at the same time, many even among the leaders believed in him, but because of the Pharisees, they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue.
1:03.0	For they loved human praise more than praise from God.
1:08.0	Then Jesus cried out, whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.
1:15.0	The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. I have come into the world as a light so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
1:24.0	If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
1:32.0	There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words. The very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.
1:40.0	For I did not speak on my own but for the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.
1:47.0	I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say. The word of the Lord.
1:57.0	Now this, what you just heard read, is the last sermon that Jesus Christ preached on earth. The last time he speaks to the world at large.
2:08.0	Right after this he goes up into the upper room and he spends time training his disciples in John chapter 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, getting them ready to send me sent out.
2:17.0	We are going to be looking at that this year. But this is the last time he speaks publicly.
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