Walking in the Spirit

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In a single acorn is not only the entire tree, but all the acorns on that tree and all the acorns on that tree and so on and so forth. It’s all already in that one acorn. In the same way, a Christian already has the divine nature in them. When we talk about love, joy, peace, and patience, we’re not talking about how to import these into our hearts. No. The Bible says we must grow up into our salvation. So instead of saying, “Oh, I’ll never get there,” the question is: “When are you going to grow up?” We’re looking at this passage on the fruit of the Spirit as a whole. Galatians 5 shows us 1) there are two natures in every Christian, 2) what it means to live in the Spirit, and 3) how we can walk in the Spirit. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on January 7, 1990. Series: Fruit of the Spirit. Scripture: Galatians 5:16-25. 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	Welcome to Gospel in life. If you're a Christian, you know that the journey to become more like Jesus is both a gradual process and an inevitable fact, just like the acorn growing up into an oak tree.
0:17.0	Today Tim Keller is teaching on the fruit of the spirit, or what it looks like to grow to be more like Jesus.
0:23.3	Galatians 5 verses
0:29.3	Galatians 5 verses 16 through 25. So I say, live by the spirit and you will not gratify the
0:40.7	desires of the sinful nature.
0:43.5	For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the spirit, and the spirit what is contrary
0:48.8	to the sinful nature.
0:50.7	They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.
0:55.0	But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under law.
1:00.0	The acts of the sinful nature are obvious. Sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery,
1:07.0	idolatry and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, and envy.
1:17.0	Drunkenness, orgies, and the like.
1:18.9	I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
1:25.0	But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
1:30.0	and self-control against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus
1:36.0	have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the
1:39.8	spirit, let us keep in step with the spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking, and envying
1:48.5	one another. This ends the reading of God's word.
2:04.0	Now, to me, this is one of the most clear and important and crucial passages in the Bible to understand the Christian life. You can't understand the Christian life if you don't understand this.
2:10.0	We have here, we've been talking in the evening service about growth and grace how to grow in
2:17.4	supernatural character and maturity and the last few weeks we've talked about the tools of growth.
2:25.0	We've talked about the fact that you, we talked about
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