With a Politician

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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At the end of Jesus’ life, the religious leaders want him executed. But the Romans have all the political power. So they bring Jesus to the Roman politicians, saying he’s a threat, and the question is put directly to Jesus by Pilate: What are your politics, Jesus? I always found Jesus’ answer maddeningly ambiguous, but today I can say it is beautifully, profoundly, deliberately ambiguous. Jesus is not just playing hard to get; he is trying to bring us to the truth. So let’s look at 1) what this tremendously ambiguous answer is, 2) how Jesus is not political, and 3) how Jesus is political. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on February 23, 1997. Series: The Real Jesus Part 2: His Life. Scripture: Luke 23:1-25. 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	Welcome to Gospel and Life.
0:05.0	One of the biggest obstacles for people to believe in Christianity is that they think they already know all about it.
0:12.0	But when a person looks carefully at how Jesus
0:14.4	interacted with people, they find their assumptions challenged. We see Jesus
0:19.1	meeting people where they had their deepest needs in most confounding questions and changing their lives
0:24.9	forever in the process.
0:26.8	Join us today as Tim Keller teaches through a story from the life of Jesus.
0:31.6	After you listen, we'd appreciate it if you would take a few moments to rate and review
0:35.2	the podcast.
0:36.2	When you do, you'll be encouraging others to listen so they can discover the real Jesus,
0:41.2	because the gospel changes everything. Now here's today's teaching from Dr.
0:46.1	Keller. We're looking at the life of Jesus. We're of you know we're in a period of time quickly
1:07.0	it will quickly go by and it will suddenly be Easter only five weeks away.
1:13.0	Easter is the time in which we normally look at the death and resurrection of Christ, and
1:16.8	so these last few Sundays before that, we're going to be looking at incidents that had to do with
1:22.0	the end of Jesus' life.
1:23.8	And today we look at one of the most famous, of course, and this is Jesus' second trial.
1:29.1	I'll tell you what the first one is in a minute.
1:31.5	It's the trial before Pil Pilot and Herod. This is from Luke 23. Then the whole
1:38.3	assembly rose and led him off to Pilot and they began to accuse him saying we have found this man
1:45.3	subverting our nation he opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be
1:49.2	Christ a king so Pilot Jesus, are you the king of the Jews? Yes, it is as you say, Jesus replied.
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