The Grace of Jesus

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Matthew chapter 11 begins with John the Baptist sending a message that reveals John is struggling with who Jesus is. All of Matthew 11 is a response to John the Baptist’s question. Jesus doesn’t say something like, “John, you’ve misunderstood me.” No, instead, he says “John, the things I claim and the things I am are much more outrageous than you have even heard. Let me show you just how outrageous and how offensive I really can be.” Jesus makes some of the most outrageous and the most offensive statements that have ever been made in verse 27. He says that he is the only way. This claim that made the people of Jesus’ day struggle is also the thing that makes us struggle. Let’s look at what this deeper claim is, why you should believe it, and how you should use it. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 6, 1996. Series: The Real Jesus, Part 1: His Teaching. Scripture: Matthew 11:25-27. 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 Jesus is who he says he is in the Bible, why is life full of so many bad things?
0:07.0	Today on Gospel and Life, Tim Keller continues to look at the gospels to discover who the
0:12.0	real Jesus is and how we can know him.
0:15.0	Here's today's message.
0:17.0	Would you turn in your bullet into the spot where the passage is printed on which the teaching this morning's based?
0:23.0	We're getting ready to go to the table.
0:26.0	If you listen carefully to the music, if you've been reading the words here,
0:31.0	if you see the words of the music and the songs that we're going to be singing during the Lord's table,
0:38.0	we see that the gospel is that the Lord invites us to eat with him.
0:44.0	It's hard for us to know this quite in the same way.
0:51.0	But to eat with someone in ancient times was very much to let someone into your life.
0:56.0	And Jesus is saying, I want to come into your life.
0:59.0	I want you to come into my life.
1:02.0	Let's eat together.
1:03.0	And therefore it's an invitation to fellowship.
1:05.0	So what we're about to look at here is very, very important.
1:08.0	Because on the basis of this text, we can actually meet Jesus.
1:11.0	We can know him.
1:13.0	Let me read you the passage that we're looking at, Matthew 11, verses 23 to 27.
1:18.0	We're continuing to look through the chapter of Matthew 11.
1:22.0	And Jesus says, for you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the skies?
1:27.0	No.
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