The Inside Out Kingdom

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Christianity is utterly different from religion. At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says there are two paths—one that leads to life and one that leads to destruction. And here’s what the scary thing is: both ways have people praying, giving to the poor, obeying God’s law. You can do all that and still be poison, on your way to destruction. Don’t mistake Christianity for religion. Jesus says if you want to be in the kingdom of heaven, there’s a gospel goodness that vastly surpasses religious righteousness. How does it surpass? Gospel goodness 1) brighter, 2) deeper, 3) sweeter, and 4) higher. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on March 28, 1999. Series: The Mount; Life in the Kingdom. Scripture: Matthew 5:11-20. 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 in Life.
0:04.9	What does it really mean to live in a way that reflects God's kingdom?
0:08.9	For many of us, the kingdom can feel like an abstract idea.
0:12.9	But in today's teaching from the Sermon on the Mount,
0:15.5	Tim Keller shows how Christ offers us practical guidance
0:18.6	for living out a compelling vision of a new kind of community
0:21.9	shaped by grace.
0:22.9	Blessed are you, when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil
0:35.4	against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted
0:42.6	the prophets who are before you.
0:45.6	You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made
0:50.2	salty again?
0:51.4	It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
0:56.8	You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp
1:02.0	and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand and give it light to everyone in the
1:08.7	house. In the same way, let your light shine before men
1:12.8	that they may see your good deeds and praise your father in heaven. Do not think that I have come
1:19.7	to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. I tell you
1:26.6	the truth, until heaven and earth
1:28.8	disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will be by any means disappear
1:35.0	from the law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments
1:41.0	and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the
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