The Search for God

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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It’s acceptable now to say, “I am spiritually searching.” But it’s not really acceptable to say you’ve found anything. But the Bible says you can find God. Not just search for God, but find God. And the famous passage about the burning bush, where Moses finds God, is very important—it gives you all of the basic principles for truly finding God. And until the same three things that happened to Moses happen to you, you can’t find God. Looking at this passage, we can see three stages: 1) the burning bush is a disrupting event, 2) when Moses gets closer he sees it’s an unmanageable power, and 3) in the midst of the burning bush, there’s an angel. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 4, 1998. Series: When All You’ve Ever Wanted Isn’t Enough. Scripture: Exodus 3:1-14. 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.
0:06.0	Have you ever found yourself asking,
0:08.2	What if nothing I do really lasts?
0:10.3	Is this all there is?
0:12.0	In today's podcast, Tim Keller looks at how Ecclesiastes helps us face our doubts, fears, and uncertainties,
0:18.6	and points us to the lasting hope and significance we have in Christ.
0:29.0	You can read from that with me. I'm going to read in Exodus chapter 1. You have verses 1 to 11.
0:35.2	I'm going to read all the way down to 14. So when you get to the bottom
0:39.4	of the page, just wait another eight seconds and it'll be over. Exodus chapter 3
0:49.8	verses 1 to 14.
0:59.7	Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian,
1:05.5	and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horib, the mountain of God.
1:09.9	There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that through the bush,
1:13.3	that though the bush was on fire, it did not burn up. So Moses thought, I will go over and see this
1:18.4	strange sight, why the bush does not burn up. When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look,
1:24.7	God called to him from within the bush. Moses, Moses, and Moses said,
1:31.1	here I am. What else do you say? Anyway, I've always wondered, do not come any closer, God said.
1:39.3	Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. Then he said, I am the God
1:46.3	of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. At this, Moses hit his
1:52.4	face because he was afraid to look at God. The Lord said, I have indeed seen the misery of my people
1:58.8	in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their
2:04.6	suffering.
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