True Spirituality

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The trouble with the Sermon on the Mount is it’s so familiar that almost nobody listens to it, almost nobody knows what it’s saying. How do we know that? At the very end of the sermon, it says the crowds were amazed at Jesus’s teaching. And that word, “amazed,” in Greek meant thunderstruck, shocked, astounded. That’s the prevailing way people responded. Have you been thunderstruck? Are you shocked by it? If you’re not astounded, you haven’t listened to it. So let’s listen to it. There are basically three great things Jesus says that are utterly astounding: 1) that there are two ways, two options spiritually, 2) that at the end of those two ways, there’s a judge, and 3) that at the end of that judgment, there’s a sentence. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 23, 1999. Series: The Mount; Life in the Kingdom. Scripture: Matthew 7:15-29. 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.
0:04.5	This month on the podcast, we're featuring a series on the Sermon on the Mount,
0:08.8	a collection of teachings where Jesus outlines what it really means to live the Christian life.
0:13.9	In the series, Tim Keller explores a striking idea that Christianity is not just different
0:19.3	from the world, it's also radically different from religion.
0:26.6	Now, we've been going through the Sermon on the Mount all spring, and we come to the end of the Sermon on the Mount.
0:35.6	This is a summarizing passage. It's this summary. It's the end of the sermon on the Mount. This is a summarizing passage.
0:38.4	It's this summary.
0:39.3	It's the end of the sermon.
0:41.8	And therefore, Jesus is pulling together everything he's been saying.
0:45.1	And because it's a summarizing passage for the whole sermon,
0:48.6	it therefore is also a summarizing sermon for the whole series,
0:52.4	in fact the whole year.
1:11.5	But we're going to be able to pull together everything we've been saying about the sermon on the mount all this year. And therefore, I want to congratulate those of you who are just visiting today, if this is your first time, a Redeemer, if it's the only time you've been at Redeemer in a long time, I just want to congratulate you for being very clever because it's the best possible.
1:15.5	You see, all these other poor people have been spending hours and weeks trying to figure out the sermon on the Mount,
1:17.2	and you're going to get it in a nutshell.
1:19.4	It was very, very smart of you.
1:26.3	Let me read you, Matthew 7, verse 15 into 29, the end of the sermon.
1:31.4	Watch out. Jesus said, watch out for false prophets.
1:36.8	They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
1:39.4	By their fruit, you will recognize them.
1:42.6	Do people pick grapes from the thorn bushes or figs from the thistles?
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