The Sword and All

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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If you thought when you became a Christian you were leaving the fight to get into peace and tranquility, Paul says you were wrong. The Christian life is a fight. But now you have divine resources. We come now to the last piece of the armor of God: “the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.” At the beginning and at the end of talking about how to live a victorious Christian life, Paul talks about the Bible. It shows that everything we do in putting on the armor is a matter of taking Scripture and digesting it, applying it, working it out. Let’s look at how 1) the truth is in the beginning of the armor, 2) the truth is at the end of the armor, and 3) how to take it up. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 12, 1992. Series: Spiritual Warfare – The Armor of God. Scripture: Ephesians 6:14-18. 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. When we become Christians, the Holy Spirit gives us all kinds of resources to face trouble and evil in our lives and in the world.
0:12.0	So why does it sometimes feel so hard to stand up against
0:15.3	it? Join us today as Tim Keller explores the metaphor of the armor of God and why understanding
0:21.4	this idea in applying it to our lives is crucial to the Christian life.
0:30.0	You're looking at the armor of God and tonight I really in some ways want to give you what my mother
0:36.8	used to call rejuvenated, rejuvenated supper which means leftovers.
0:43.2	I'd like to finish up our talks about and our
0:47.4	expositions of the full armor guide because I want to move on into some new
0:50.3	areas and what I want to do simply is read you for one last time,
0:54.7	Ephesion 6, 14 to 18, and look at the very last things that Paul says
0:59.6	about what it means to be fully equipped as a Christian to handle the battles of life.
1:04.8	So he says in Ephesion 614, he says, therefore, stand firm with the belt of truth
1:11.6	buckled around your waist with the breastplate of righteousness
1:14.8	in place with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the Gospel of Peace.
1:20.2	In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one,
1:26.0	take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, and pray in the spirit on all occasions with all kinds of
1:34.7	prayer and requests.
1:36.6	With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Saints. this is God's word. Now really, some of you know I've been pretty
1:46.7	sick this week and my throat feels like it's just about ready to stop working so I don't feel like I have a great deal of stamina. So I, in some ways I'd like to speak a little bit more off the cuff, a little bit more stream of consciousness tonight about the last ideas that Paul mentions.
2:04.6	We said that the reason Paul uses the whole idea of a, or the whole metaphor of a Christian in
2:11.4	armor is he is saying that the Christian life is a fight just like the non-Christian life.
2:18.0	If you thought when you became a Christian you were leaving the fight to get into peace and tranquility, Paul is trying to say you're wrong.
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