Trusting God in Difficult Times - Habakkuk 1 Meditation by Tim Keller
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- Today we continue this special series of meditations by Tim Keller - "Trusting God in Difficult Times." This series is meant to encourage you to trust God more deeply and to meditate on his word and what it promises, to give you strength and hope in difficult times. After the meditation, Tim will be joined by Kathy Keller for a short Q&A.
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How unbelievably blessed am I that God is a god of grace who allows me to doubt, question, and wrestle with him.
Yes i agree the privilege to have a melt down with our awesome Creator and still be loved and forgiven
May Tim Keller Rest in Peace with the Holy Father - infinite blessings and condolences to his family and community
In times of stress , I really find solace and peace in pastor Keller's teaching.
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In Jesus name I pray.
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Pastor Tim Keller always has a way of exegeting the Scriptures with faithfulness and precision, without compromising on the context. This message hits home, too. Trusting God with utmost faith is a must in our global ordeal today.
I thank God for the lives of the Kellers for their ministry. May Godʼs grace overflow all the more as they continue to be conduits of His faithfulness.
God bless everyone who will be hearing this message also. Soli Deo gloria!
I pray that Dr. Keller will use this format to teach thru the scriptures book by book. Churches all over the world are starving for sound teaching. Perhaps the Lord has determined to use this format for a time such as this? Blessings!
Tim Keller makes things easy to grasp. He makes the Bible come alive. There are others I would recommend along the same reformed vein. Alistair Begg with the Truth for Life app. Also RC Sproul, with the Ligonier app.
We are not to promote disrespectful stances toward God. When a prophet or any faithful person wrestles with God, it is a powerful moment to fearfully reflect upon. It is not a model to open a new expected behavior in order to be "genuine".
A point on why God want us to question HIM: God give us sound mind and He want us to "Know" Him cognitiveily, which brings closeness, strength and faith with Him, through Him and in Him. Amen. Grace, indeed.
You don’t have any idea of how this series are impacting me. God is speaking to me in such a powerful but so gentle way. Thank you both fir doing this. Thank you all at your ministry . God bless 💕😊
Hard time? Trust GOD. Rest in the truth that your NEVER ALONE, even when it feels like you are ❤😊🙏🏼🫶🏼
I adore that line from LOTR! Such a beautiful cross-correlation. Thank you Dr K.
Thanks for your meditation. It really helps to become a devout Christian.
With the incomprehensible inscrutability of what is going on, Dr. Keller provides the most sapient and reasonable explanations. While I have never found Habakkuk to satisfy my desire to understand the rationale behind pain and suffering, at least he (Dr. K.) provides additional perspectives to meditate on. Something I (we) need desperately as the world we thought we knew slips away. Thank you and God bless you all at Gospel in Life.
I hope you keep these meditations going, Dr. K. It is a fresh start to the morning, these precious minutes of guided meaningful reflection and insight.
Fighting God is not a sin , choosing to deny Christ is a sin.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I’m grateful that Abba is God of grace and thank you for Jesus Christ who reconciled me to Him and for the Holy Spirit constantly teaching me to love Him and helping in difficult times be like HIM. Thank Cathy and Tim for your ministry.
It’s all because of gods grace. It’s the single most important attribute god gives us in order to survive down on earth. It’s so heartwarming. When you have been saved and then get caught up in old patterns. You beat yourself up thinking god will never love you and that you lost being saved. But this is false. Because gods grace is always there once saved. Gods always there on the earth journey until you get back home. Gods grace is the key. It’s the truth and Habakkuk story is the answer god gives to the question of loosing faith and being saved. Thank god for gods grace. He always answers me
THANK YOU for taking the time. So uplifting to see not just good teaching but a wonderful relationship.
Thank you for sharing this video on Habakkuk chapter 1. Surely the message of Habakkuk applies to us today.
This was so encouraging!!! To also be ourselves when praying and in communication with eh relationship with God. To be "real" with him! Not be be "fake" Amen so good! Brought abundant peace. Thank you God bless you both!
All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given us.
Thank you Dr Keller. God bless you?
A God of Grace....yes we have.
Superb series
So many thanks Pr Tim, greetings from Brazil
Thankyou, stay safe and well both of you 💜✝️
Thanks. I learned a lot
This was so encouraging!
Well said Gandalf, well said.
This is how I see my country. Sweden.😭
John 3:16-17 KJV For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the World to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
Why do you cherry-pick the "good" verses while ignoring the hundreds of backwards ones like:
Ephesians 6:5 “Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ.”
Leviticus 25: 44-46 “You may purchase male and female slaves from among the nations around you […] You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance.”
Exodus 21:20 “If a man beats his male or female slave with a club and the slave dies as a result, the owner must be punished. If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken for he (the slave) is his property”
Exodus 21:2 “If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years, but on the seventh shall go out as a free man without payment”
Exodus 21:7 “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are”
1 Peter 2:18 “Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.”
Psalm 137:9 “Happy/Blessed is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.”
1 Timothy 2:12 “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent”
Deut. 25:11-12 “If two Israelite men get into a fight and the wife of one tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the testicles of the other man, you must cut off her hand. Show her no pity.”
Deut. 22:28-29 “If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her.
1 Cor 14:35 “It is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.
Lev 21:9 “If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she also defiles her father’s holiness, and she must be burned to death.”
Deut 21:10-11 “When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman you may take her as your wife.”
Numbers 31:17-18 “So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man. Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.”
Thanks for the sharing word of God in the book of Habakkuk. Amen
Thanks!
Thanks Tim
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Thanks Guys!
Thank you, Dr Keller. Greetings from India.
Jeremiah 15:18 “Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?”
King James Version (KJV)
Thank you two for sharing your contemplation!
Kathy, what passages are you referring to, when saying that there are many places in the biblr when people are encourage to wrestle and even doubt God? I am aware of the passages where this is narrated, but not of any passage where God explicitly encourages it. Hence so far my understanding is, that those passage reflect the human (in parts sinful, selfish) heart, narrating honestly how we humans tick. But I am not aware how God encourages that. Thank you for taking time to answer!
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thank you so much. Would it be possible to talk closer to the mic, mr Keller's voice is hard to hear. Thank you!
Can someone help me out? The scripture in my NIV doesn't read this way: I have "How long, Lord, must I call for help,
but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?
Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me, there is strife, and conflict abounds." my NKJV reads similarly, with nothing about "my holy one you will never die"
Same here
It is later in the chapter, verse 12
Funny fact: It's not the first Tim Keller's meditation that I watch that he mentions The Lord of the Rings hahaha
'And he went up from thence unto Bethel. And as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him and said unto him, “Go up, thou bald head! Go up, thou bald head!”'
- 2 Kings 2:23
What happens next?
Question. The scripture says "My God, my Holy One, you will never die." but Tim says twice "WE will never die" I looked up some commentary and it might be "WE" I know Tim has gone home to be with the Lord. Can anyone clarify? Thanks
He says “You will not die” not “We will not die”. ??
Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we
Your NIV version shown doesn't match the ESV text he's explaining. Verse 12 in ESV says (like Tim Keller explains) that *we* will not die. The NIV version shown says ' *you* will not die'. Please correct.
My NIV says, "...we will not die." (v.12 b)
As I watch the video again, the written text says NIV, "...you..." but Pastor read it as "...we..." So I check the Hebrew text and it says "we..." It's actually a verb in 1st person, plural... You can verify this in your Hebrew Interlinear Bible apps.
I came here just to know hows my name pronnounced in english
I want to learn the Bible in English, in which interpretation do you suggest me to learn it? I read in Wikipedia that there are more than 10 variants of Bible in English Language. What kind of Bible do you use in your sermons?
ESV is the closest to original text
For an English learner, The New Living Translation (NLT) would be the easiest English. But I read the New International Version (NIV). You can check out different versions on biblegateway.com
I have a question, you say, we will never die, but the scripture says YOU will never die, is this a misquote?
Remember only way to repent and be saved by Christ act 11:14-18 just follow only the original gospel tradition teaching not churches but Jesus will guide you personally to the end John 10:1-6, zeph 3:9!
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