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Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Those Who Cling… Forfeit the Grace

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.815K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

We continue to see the relevance of Jonah’s situation and the story of Jonah to our own. Jonah was a prophet and he had a relationship with God. He was a preacher. He had faith. He had an understanding of who God was and who he was. He was moving along in his world just fine. Then his world changed, because God came to him and said, “Now I call you into a new ministry, a new situation. I want you to go to Nineveh.” Ninevah was a violent, ruthless, imperialistic nation. It was, as it were, a clear and present danger to the very existence of Jonah’s country. He was filled with disdain, hatred, bias, and bigotry. To use the technical theological term, Jonah freaked out. What we see next is that Jonah has a spiritual breakthrough. He moves to a new level. Let’s look at four things we can learn from Jonah through this experience: the key to spiritual transformation, the method of spiritual transformation, the marks of spiritual transformation, and the continual need for it. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 30, 2001. Series: The Church in the City. Scripture: Jonah 2:1-3:3. 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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A lot of people wrestle with how God's justice and mercy work together.

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We rightly cry out for justice against the evil in the world, but we also long for mercy

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when confronted with our own struggles.

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Today on Gospel In Life, Tim Keller continues a series in the Book of Jonah, exploring

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how God's mercy and justice work perfectly together.

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The Scripture reading can be found on page 8 in the bulletin, reading from Jonah chapters

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1, I mean chapters 2 and 3.

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From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God.

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He said, in my distress, I called to the Lord and he answered me, from the depths of the

1:00.5

grave I called for help and you listened to my cry.

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You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas and the current swirled

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about me.

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All your waves and breakers swept over me.

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I said, I have been banished from your sight.

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Yet I will look again toward your holy temple.

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The engulfing waters threatened me.

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The deep surrounded me, seaweed was wrapped around my head.

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