The War Between Your Selves (Part 2)

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The point of Robert Louis Stevenson’s book, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, surely is to make us look at ourselves and say, “Are we that bad? Is the evil in us that evil?” Therefore, another question immediately rises up. Since this story is inspired by the Bible, is this the biblical view of human nature? On the one hand, Stevenson is profoundly right about human nature, but in another way, he is profoundly wrong. The biblical view of human nature is more pessimistic and more optimistic than any other view I have ever heard of. Looking at Romans 7, we can see 1) how this pessimistic view is right, 2) how this pessimistic view is wrong, and 3) how to defeat evil and sin in your life. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on August 24, 1997. Series: The War Between Your Selves. Scripture: Romans 7:1-25. 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 you're a Christian, you know that your struggles with sin, selfishness, and
0:07.8	idolatry don't suddenly stop once you've started following Christ.
0:11.5	In fact, the battle between good and evil and
0:13.9	between our old self and new self continues to be challenging. Today Tim Keller
0:18.6	explores the war between ourselves that all followers of Christ must face and explains how we can have hope and peace in the midst of the fight.
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0:37.8	that feature how the gospel is changing hearts, lives, and communities, as well as highlighting other gospel-centered resources.
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0:48.0	Please look with me at the passage is printed in your bulletin on which the teaching
0:58.8	Will this morning be based? It's Roman 7 versus 14 to 25.
1:07.0	Roman 7 verses 14 through 25.
1:17.0	And we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
1:28.8	I do not understand what I do, for what I want to do I do not do, but what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I
1:39.1	agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
1:46.4	I know that nothing good lives in me, that is in my sinful nature, for I have the desire
1:51.5	to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
1:55.0	For what I do is not the good I want to do.
1:57.0	No, the evil I do not want to do.
2:00.0	This I keep on doing.
2:02.0	Now, if I do what I do not want to do it is no longer I who do it but it is sin
2:05.8	living in me that does it. So I find this law at work. When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
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