The Bridegroom

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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If you want an idea of who Jesus is, he says he’s more like the bridegroom than anything else. If you want an idea of what it means to be a Christian, he says it’s more like going to a wedding feast than anything else. When Jesus says he’s the bridegroom, he’s telling us something about himself, he’s telling us what it means to be a Christian, and he’s telling us about our relationship to him. When Jesus says he’s the bridegroom, he tells us that Christianity is 1) a bond that consists both of duty and love, 2) a bond of completing love, 3) a bond of absolutely permanent love, 4) a bond of utter exclusiveness, and 5) a bond of ravishing love. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 24, 1995. Series: Matthew 9. Scripture: Matthew 9:9-17. 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 and life.
0:05.0	One of the biggest obstacles for people to believe in Christianity is that they think they already know all about it.
0:11.0	But when a person looks carefully at how Jesus interacted with people, they find
0:15.7	their assumptions challenged. We see Jesus meeting people where they had their deepest needs
0:20.8	in most confounding questions and changing their lives forever in the process.
0:26.5	Join us today as Tim Keller teaches through a story from the life of Jesus.
0:30.9	After you listen, we'd appreciate it if you would take a few moments to rate and review the podcast.
0:35.0	When you do, you'll be encouraging others to listen so they can discover the real Jesus,
0:40.0	because the Gospel changes everything. Now here's today's teaching from Dr. Keller.
0:50.0	Let me just read you the section, verse 14 and 15, because that's all we're going to look at tonight.
0:57.0	Verse 14 and 15.
1:00.0	Then John's disciples came to him to Jesus and asked him,
1:05.0	How is it that we and the Pharisees fast,
1:09.0	but your disciples do not fast?
1:12.0	And Jesus answered, how can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is
1:20.0	with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them and then they will fast.
1:27.9	This is God's word.
1:30.5	Now what is Jesus saying about the Christian life and about who we are and who he is so much
1:36.5	The disciples of John come and say we notice that most religious disciples we as true of us and it's true the Pharisees we fast a lot
1:45.3	how comes it your disciples don't fast now we know that it's an exaggeration because we know that Jesus didn't forbid fasting of his disciples.
1:57.0	As a matter of fact, you notice he doesn't really say here, oh I don't let them fast, I'm against it, Christians don't fast.
2:04.4	No, because if you take a look at Matthew 16,
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