The Problem of Injustice (Part 1)

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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A lot of people are mad at God. People who believe. People who don’t believe. And people who don’t know what they believe. And in Psalm 73, we see Asaph get mad at the way God seems to be mishandling the world. Asaph has been living a self-controlled, compassionate life, but everything is going wrong. On top of that, he sees all sorts of people who live abusive, immoral lives, and they’re having a great life. Yet we’re told that Asaph finally comes to the conclusion that God, in spite of it all, is good. How does he get there? We’re going to look at this psalm over two weeks. This week I want to show you 1) the situation he was in, 2) how he escaped it, and 3) how he finally came to say, “God is good, no matter what happens to me.” This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 21, 1993. Series: Modern Problems; Ancient Solutions. Scripture: Psalm 73. 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. Our culture places so much faith in
0:07.8	empirical reason, technology, and personal experience that it's easy to
0:12.1	wonder to something as old as Christianity and personal experience that it's easy to wonder,
0:13.0	does something as old as Christianity
0:15.0	have any relevance to the problems of modern life?
0:18.2	This month, Tim Keller invites us
0:20.1	to consider how Christianity is more relevant than ever in offering answers to the deepest
0:25.5	longings of our hearts. So we're going to spend two weeks on the Psalm and two weeks on the theme because I think as you will see it's tremendously relevant,
0:40.0	tremendously practical, and especially, by the way, as we go into the holidays you're
0:45.1	going to find as you many of us will have a particular need to grasp the
0:49.2	teaching of this
0:55.0	the passage. Psalm 73 reads and it's printed in your bulletin. Surely God is good to Israel to those who are pure in heart,
0:59.0	but as for me my feet had almost slipped,
1:02.0	I had nearly lost foothold, for I envied the
1:04.8	arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They have no struggles, their
1:09.8	bodies are healthy and strong, they are free from the burdens common demand, they are not plagued
1:14.0	by human ills.
1:16.0	Therefore, pride is their necklace.
1:18.0	They clothe themselves with violence.
1:20.0	From their callous hearts come magniquity.
1:22.0	The evil conceits of their minds know no limits.
1:24.4	They scoff and speak with malice.
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