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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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🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In Luke 7, we see a personal encounter Jesus has with two people. They’re both seeking him, but he responds very differently to each of them. We first see Simon, a member of the religious and cultural elite. He invites Jesus to dinner, which meant inviting someone into relationship. Then we see the women, who’s a sinner and prostitute. She approaches Jesus and anoints his feet with perfume and tears. They’re both serious seekers. But Jesus Christ rejects him and welcomes her. Why is there a difference? We can see the difference in 3 waves: 1) in the beginning, we see they respond to Jesus in two different ways, 2) in the middle, we see these two responses derive from two different understandings of Jesus, and 3) at the end, we see that these two different understandings of Jesus result in two different responses from Jesus. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on January 26, 1997. Series: The Real Jesus Part 2; His Life. Scripture: Luke 7:36-50. 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.
0:05.0	This month we're looking at stories from the life of Jesus.
0:10.0	Throughout the Gospels we see how the events of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection
0:14.8	confounded the expectations of the people he encountered.
0:18.5	Listen now to today's teaching from Tim Keller on the surprising life of Christ.
0:27.0	The passage on which the teaching is based this morning is printed in your bulletin and it's
0:36.3	Written there. It's out of the Gospel of Luke
0:40.9	Chapter 7
0:43.0	Versus 36 to 50.
0:47.0	Luke 7.
0:51.0	Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him.
0:55.0	So he went to the Pharise's house and reclined at the table.
0:59.0	When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharise's
1:06.2	house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping.
1:14.0	She began to wet his feet with her tears.
1:16.7	Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
1:21.1	When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, if this man were a prophet,
1:26.3	he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is, that she is a sinner.
1:32.2	And Jesus answered him, Simon, I have something to tell you.
1:37.0	Always watch out when this, he says that by the way.
1:40.0	Simon I have something to tell you.
1:42.0	And like an idiot he says tell me teacher.
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