Those Who Cling...Forfeit the Grace

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Jonah’s spirituality was fine for his old world and his old situations. But when he’s faced with a new situation, it just collapses. Then, when he’s in the belly of the fish, Jonah begins to reflect and pray, and as the prayer moves along, we see he has a spiritual breakthrough. Now the new situation is something he can handle. How do we, too, move to the next level? By looking at Jonah’s prayer we learn about 1) the key to spiritual transformation, 2) the method of spiritual transformation, 3) the marks of spiritual transformation, and 4) 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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0:13.8	Thanks for listening to Gospel and life. Today Tim Keller is taking us through a series on the book of Jonah, a story which is about much more than the reluctant prophet being swallowed by a great fish. You may be surprised at how profoundly it speaks to the issues we face today.
0:18.7	After you listen, we invite you to go online to GospelonLife.com and sign up for our email updates.
0:24.0	Now here's today's teaching from Dr. Keller.
0:27.0	The scripture reading can be found on page 8 in the bulletin, reading from
0:36.6	Jonah chapters 1, I mean chapters 2 and 3. From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. He said, in my distress I called to the Lord and he answered me.
0:51.0	From the depths of the grave I called for help and you listen to my cry
0:55.9	you hurled me into the deep into the very heart of the seas and the current swirled about me
1:01.5	all your waves and breakers swept over me. I said I have been
1:05.6	banished from your sight. Yet I will look again toward your holy temple. The
1:11.0	engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me, seaweed was wrapped around my head.
1:16.0	To the roots of the mountains I sank down, the earth beneath barred me in forever.
1:27.6	But you brought my life up from the pit, oh Lord my God. When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you Lord, and my prayer rose to you to your holy temple. Those who cling to
1:35.8	worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs, but I with a song of
1:40.7	Thanksgiving will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation
1:47.6	comes from the Lord. And the Lord commanded the fish and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. Then the word of the
1:55.0	Lord came to Jonah a second time. Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the
2:01.2	message I give you.
2:03.4	Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh,
2:07.8	the word of the Lord.
2:11.8	We continue to see sort of the relevance of Jonah's situation in the story of
2:16.7	Jonah to our own. Think about this. Jonah was a profit and he was obviously he had a relationship with God.
2:27.0	He was a preacher.
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