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Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Jesus debated. Jesus fought. Jesus argued with the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Herodians, the teachers of the law, people we would call religious and civil elites today. But Jesus never picked a fight unnecessarily. In Mark 7 Jesus argues about the clean and unclean laws, the ceremonial washings, the ablutions the Jews observed. We might think it’s an antiquated point, but Jesus never debated something that wasn’t a universal, profound principle. We see three basic things here: 1) that we all have a problem with a sense of spiritual uncleanness, 2) that we all find a particular way to try to clean ourselves, and 3) why our ways of cleaning ourselves will never work, and what will. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on February 16, 1997. Series: The Real Jesus Part 2: His Life. Scripture: Mark 7:1-23. 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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0:24.0	Now here's today's teaching from Tim Keller.
0:27.0	The rather long passage on which the teaching is based this morning is printed in your bulletin.
0:39.0	It's Mark Chapter 7. I'll read verses 1 to 23. The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come
0:48.8	from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were unclean, that is unwashed.
0:57.0	The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing holding to the tradition of the elders.
1:04.9	When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash, and they observe many
1:10.1	other traditions such as the washing of cups, pitchers, and kettles. So the Pharisees
1:15.6	and teachers of the law ask Jesus, why don't your disciples live according to the tradition
1:20.4	of the elders instead of eating their food with unclean hands.
1:24.4	He replied,
1:25.4	Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites.
1:29.8	As it is written, these people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
1:34.9	They worship me in vain, their teachings are but rules taught by men.
1:38.9	You have let go of the commandments of God and are holding on to the traditions of men.
1:43.7	And he said to them, you have a fine way of setting aside the commandments of God in order to
1:47.8	observe your own traditions.
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