It is hard to believe this sermon is coming up on 20 years old yet it is just as relevant today as it was it in 2004, and it will be just as relevant into the future.
I just found out about Tim Keller not 2 months ago and now he's gone. I wanted to hear a message from him as he passed away yesterday. This one is so close to what I'm going through right now. And the message Your Plan/God's Plan. Blessings to his family and to all who hear his sermons.
Jesus healed from my chronic depression! I know my broken spirit came from my immorality. But before that I tried to check my thyroid levels, testosterone levels, read tons of philosophy and psychology books. Got to see people who were truly suffering from mental and physical imbalances. I knew that wasn’t me. So I don’t disregard when physical things are the cause. But Christ healed me and I give testimony to that!
Wow. God brought me to this message while I have a crushed spirit. I have listened to it 4 times so far and will continue to listen to it until it sinks into the depths of me. I have read the Bible for yeas and had no idea that it addresses these topics. Thank you, Tim Keller for opening the WORD in front of me.
For me as well. My neighbor enlighten me to Timothy Keller months back. I was looking for a different topic, but this is what I found and need. I hope your heart and spirit are lighter. Mine is crushed as well. xx
Pr 12:25 - An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up. Pr 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Pr 14:10 - Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy. Pr 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief. Pr 14:30 - A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot. Pr 15:4 - The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit. Pr 15:13 - A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. Pr 15:14 - The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly. Pr 16:2 - All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD. Pr 18:14 - A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear? Pr 28:1 - The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Read this to your children...it will change yor life...life is an inside job...children are open vessels start this about 7 yrs.then about10 yrs.have them read them out loud...as you listen, you learn...
This is a great message. I believe Tim Keller’s preaching has done more good for my spiritual life that any other resource outside of the Bible itself. I really appreciate how he looks at the nuances and complexities of life, a biblical passage, etc. Before I build up the man TOO MUCH, I’ll say I’m thankful to God for the way He’s gifted Tim.
Can't believe there are no comments! This is truly one the most profound, albeit sobering, messages by Mr. Keller to date. However, if you haven't listened all the way to the end you are missing out on some of the most comforting and healing words I've personally ever heard.
31:45 … “in all of the music that you go to, to kind of give yourself a high. You’re actually looking for a song that you remember, but you never heard.” The whole passage on the tree of life resonates so much for me. With these words… As a music collector/for most of my adult life, with well over 10 thousand records that have passed through my hands (and still have or have traded on), this touches on the spiritual side of why I track music…. I’ve known that music will never fill that void in my life but I’ve sometimes almost feel cursed to keep on looking. May I find the joy beyond the walls of the world.. in Him. Such an amazing sermon, I too have been afflicted with a wounded spirit and continue seeking a new life. Thank you, TK..
Exactly what I need, crushed spirit💔💔🥵🥵😭😭🙏🙏🙏thank you, Jesus has been showing me His suffering on the cross, I don’t think we can ever fully wrap our mind around HIS love for us. May we experience this joy and love😭🙏🥰🥰💔
This message has radically changed the way I look at God’s Word and how He made us. We Christians need to take a wholistic look at people (and ourselves) when they (or we) need help and have a crushed spirit. We (me included) have to stop turning everything into a moral (sin) problem! Listen & love first...then think before speaking.
Wow! This is one of the best sermons I've ever heard. I've been learning to rest under God's grace and *filter thoughts and reactions through the eyes of this Grace* . That's the phrase I hold on to for my personal healing and my limited understanding of the world. 🙏📖.
Actually, interestingly enough, it was preached 17 years ago. It was uploaded 5 years ago, but preached almost 2 decades ago. Pretty crazy still how relevant it is. Saw the date in the thumbnail.
This is why good Christian Counseling and Medical care are important that combines Spiritual Formation as well. The body, mind, soul, and spirit are intertwined so closely they must be seen as a whole.
Yes, he is. I've never heard these texts so opened up and given so much dead on target explanation and application as Tim Keller does. And he's done a staggering amount of reading in a variety of fields.
Abba Father, in complete agreement with this message I bind every wounded spirit to exist in my life and those surrounding me in order to complete heal or end needless suffering, likewise binding every spirit of ingratitude in my life and those surrounding me, also binding every neurotic fantasy in my life and those surrounding me, 1 corinthians 15, matthew 5, isaiah 61, leviticus 26, ephesians 3, psalm 91, leviticus 23:40, genesis 2:6, genesis 3:22-24, psalms 22, revelation 2:7, in the name and by the blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah!
I learned my best and closest friend died yesterday morning, it's been crushing my soul, but I got this and Trusting God In Difficult Times both in my suggestions, I dint think it was a coincidence
Never have I heard anything so incredibly moving, deep, yet almost simple in its explanation. The way he wraps it all up is almost poetic... moved me to tears. Finally..! A truth that soaks deep into the spirit and answers so many questions in times of despair. Praise God!
If we live without The Holy Spirit then we are the walking dead. To be born again is not just a personal relationship with The Holy Spirit but rather abiding by the Holy sacraments of baptism,communion and confession. You cannot fulfill communion in Christ by accepting him as your personal savior without abiding in the sacraments. “Take eat this is my body and drink of my blood “ . The modern church denies traditions but they are born from traditions. The creed and the Bible share a common birth and if it were not for the Holy Spirit and the martyrdom of Christians the all modern denominations would not have existed. Ultimately we got to walk the talk of truth by doing the will of God , abiding in the Holy sacraments and thereby forming a relationship with The Holy Spirit. This was one of the most powerful sermons I have ever heard- thank you.
You are obviously Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox. Here in El Salvador and again in Toledo on a trip, a friend was ecstatic repeating again and again, “El Santísimo”. To me the only physical Santísimo is God in human form, Jesus Christ. To her it was a chalice with wine in it and bread, possibly unleavened but I’m not sure. “Take, eat this in remembrance of Me,” said Jesus to the disciples. Hasn’t the bread and wine become an idol for you guys? I remember reading a Jared Diamond book about a Lutheran congregation that went to a very cold part of the world to settle but they didn’t have room on the ship for food because they had to have all the wine and bread, the silver chalice, the silver plates, the candelabras, the attire for the priests, etc. Their settlement failed completely. There is no trace of them to this day in that part of the world. They gave up. Compare them to the Pilgrims, the simplest of people for whom the “Santísimo”, was Jesus Christ. BTW, why a silver chalice? Didn’t Jesus and the disciples drink from cups, probably simple clay cups? I don’t mean to seem like I don’t appreciate what so many Roman Catholics have done for humanity. The poem which made me fall in love with Jesus is one which begins, “No me mueve, mi Dios, para quererte, ni el cielo que me habías prometido ni el infierno tan temido ...”. It is sometimes listed as anonymous but most authorities think it was written by the great mystic Santa Teresa de Avila, a woman who also served others.
🙏🏼 Absolutely TRUE facts Thank you LORD For Loving and teaching us Because the Glory belongs to you Thank you for brother Tim Thank you for Blessing him with wisdom and the simplicity he teaches US through your word 🙏🏼
I have had the most extraordinary richness and lived in four countries amongst brave love. Nonetheless and within a good faith I work within a strong anxiety. This sermon is developmental , tempering, guiding. Tim Keller has been on our dining table since before our wedding three years ago. We are both living lives beyond our birthplace. I recommend him and Kathy's thought on marriage fully and completely.
I appreciate your wisdom and knowledge pastor Timothy. Thank you for sharing these teachings on TH-cam. I always look forward to my alone time to lisen to the Lord speak to me through these sermons. All glory to God ❤🙏
This is something that I think I will hold on to my whole life as I am always easily depressed and suicidal, at times. I pray that I may be able to share it too.
Lauren the devil is a liar. Praise your way out of those dark moment sister. Meet God half way, he will never let you down. Cast down those thoughts in Jesus name.
Lauren It’s really hard to let the impact of the cross deep into our lives. We treat it like a topical ointment and don’t let it sink into our bones. I feel you, girl (as much as I can, as TK says in the sermon) but more importantly, God sees it, too. And His cure, when by His Grace we let it sink past our skin and muscle into our souls, is spirit-changing.
Lauren, I like you really have no joy in my life at all. I've been depressed, oppressed my entire life from early traumas. I think my problem is is that I can't truly believe that God loves me. I will more than likely run out of time if ever I do come to believe that.
Hey Lauren and LK, I feel for you and I want to grieve with you because these pains are very real and crushing. But I pray that you will be deeply comforted many times in this life by God, and for eternity in the life to come. @LK, there are no easy answers but I'm sure that God will bring comfort and let you glimpse the extent of his love for you in due time.
Lauren I’ve been there, Lauren, when I was in my late forties. People (Women) with diabetes may have an early menopause. Did you hear what Dr. Keller said about his thyroid? I needed hormone therapy. It doesn’t work for everybody but wow did it work for me. I also took and continue to take something else often prescribed, as I have learned recently, in public clinics for the symptoms bothering women during menopause. My doctor prescribed it for headaches and it also helps me sleep. I don’t know your age and you don’t need to tell me. Just remember what Dr. Keller said about his thyroid. It may not be spiritual.
Finally. This teacher Biblically explained what I was unable to relate to all the health professionals that I have seen over the last 40yrs I am sharing this teaching with my psychiatrist and therapist. I titled it," my complex realities,' for them ❤️ I thank God for you preaching this lesson, for sharing this wonderful knowledge
This is the most profound message that I have ever heard.... I return to this repeatedly. .....month after month when I revisit this message, the layer upon layer of understanding continues to drive truth deep into my soul. And then, ...in the end as the significance of the ‘Tree of Life’ is being extrapolated...it is such a completely compelling and comprehensive conclusion.
12:38 isn't it absolutely disgusting that when we need love, God refuses to give it. So much for a God of love! Rather, "He laugheth at the trial of the innocent."
Listening to an intellectual who thought she and her Harvard associate had the answers to all our problems but obviously without Trump and without any elimination of lobbyists, I remembered one of many platitudes I learned from a professor I didn’t even like. This one has stuck, however, because it’s so true. “They will never care how much we know until they know how much we care.” I learned it as a teacher and it helped me decide to let the students do most of the teaching, to empower them and let them choose their topics more often. It was easy for me to praise their work and let them know how amazing they are. Our graduate school teachers did it that way, too. Even on Coursera, the students check the work of their peers. We are encouraged not to concentrate on the grammar but rather to focus on the method and how they’ve learned the theory of language learning.
On 2nd listen, was struck by 17-21, then again at 30ish. At 37, i hear i have misunderstood the fall, it wasn't just a moral story, it was a story of loss.... the tree... the tree Jesus climbed. Also, Keller has reminded us (it's obvious in scripture) that we need each other to truly understand, live and trust the Good News. 'Take hold of the gospel... work it [each and for each other] in your inward lives...' All those declarations i thought merely self-sales... all were reminders.
Wonderfully inspiring and comforting in many ways. But could someone explain what he means at 35.55 when he says Jesus lost the father eternally on the cross?
you will be my kingdom of priests Exodus 19:6 . be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ 1 Peter 2:5 . you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood 1 Peter 2:9 . You have made them a kingdom and priests to our God Revelation 5:10 . I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever. 1 Samuel 2 . there is neither male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 . according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: Peter 1 . you have come to... the sprinkled blood Hebrews 12 . To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 Peter 1 . His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to His own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. 2 Peter 1 . Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 2 Corinthians 5:16 . Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession Hebrews 3 . Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 . a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 6:19 . hold fast to the hope set before us Hebrews 6:18 . anchor of the soul Hebrews 6:19
Tim Keller is a very intellectual pastor who ministers to other intellectuals with an intellectual analysis of life's problems in the light of scripture. However he does not offer simple practical application of biblical truth, as does Derek Prince, for example, another gifted intellectual. I am not responding just to this TK message, but an impression I have gained from hearing many messages and after a dispointed reading of his book about death... which is a perfect example of the point I am making.
This is really interesting because I have the exact opposite experience from listening to his messages. And I mean, I’m no intellectual. Proof that the same things can hit us very differently! Keller is refreshingly accessible and nuanced in ways I don’t hear in my daily life, and it’s been a spiritual lifeline for me lately. But I know no pastor is everyone’s cup of tea. 😂
I love this sermon. I have a question about the statement that Jesus lost the Father for eternity on the cross. How can this be true when we know Jesus is with the Father now? Thanks for any clarification.
Maybe because we would have lost the Father for eternity (without accepting Jesus' salvation) and He (Jesus) took our punishment? We have difficulties with anything related to time because we can't fathom not being bound by it. He could experience the "losing the Father for eternity" because He is outside of time, and is eternal Himself. Maybe, also, it's a memory (there's the time problem again) that is always with Him, but the joy that the sacrifice brought Him outweighs the horrible pain and anguish of the separation? I wondered about that phrase myself...
Jesus always prayed to his Father but when God rejected him on the cross in our stead, take note that on the cross he cried out, " My God (not my Father ) why have you forsaken me?" Of course that relationship was restored, when "it was finished".
Does this mean therapy should not be taken into consideration for somebody who struggles with depression? I know psychology is such a difficult topic to discuss within the church, but do we completely shut off from resources that are meant for our well being?
Destiny, I don't think so. I think there are serious benefits from therapy. But I think the secret is therapy + God. I tried therapy several times and was still struggling with my issues, but the only one that truly helped and freed me from the bondage was the Christian based therapy where Christ was front and center. We had a special guest speaker at church yesterday and she talked about healing from trauma. Therapy is important, but so is that special, gentle hug from a friend, a kind word, etc. Medication is important. I believe God put doctors and therapists on the earth for a reason. It isn't because we shouldn't trust His healing. He is the ultimate Healer. But He those people he uses and He works _through_ them.
What if Adam and Eve obeyed God and all was well in the garden of Eden. Would Adam or Eve truly worship God in true humility by their own free will. Tim is correct in saying we are made in the image of God because God breathed into our soul. But God did not want to create a robot but rather God needed to create a person in his image which would recognize the Holy Spirit that God instilled within it by his breath. The Holy Trinity is God whereby the individual parts are greater than the whole. If my son were to be crucified then my pain would be greater than if I were to be crucified. God bore the greatest pain not because his son was of greater significance than himself. Salvation is not a thing but rather a journey of sin, repentance, forgiveness accepting the body and blood of Christ and ultimately the resurrection. Adam was not truly alive because he did not experience the journey of salvation. Without fire there is no salvation because fire tests our will. God always allows evil to test us so that we may willingly choose God’s truth. God been God created something out of nothing and that something is our will to humble ourselves to the truth. There is nothing we can explain about the origin of God except that God did not need to be created but rather that God is Creation. The tree is simply the journey towards everlasting life. Tim keeps on emphasizing sacrifice and the the suffering of Christ but the ultimate aim is been born again in the resurrection of Christ. The original sin and the crucifixion are part of the journey to resurrection. Modern churches and the Catholic Church which is ultimately the root of all modern fragmented denomination have lost the essence of the resurrection and have rather emphasized the cross.
Tim Keller said "Happiness is not determined by external circumstances, but by the way, we view, process and address them."...really? Mr. Keller, please give the readers in your sermon the practical ways to execute this statement in many human beings conditions. Sometimes it is just so easy for the Christian preachers to preach but never give a practical way to execute.
He did actually, but also the focus of this sermon wasn’t to look specifically at that. I’ve heard many other sermons of his where he does delve into that. The Questioning Christianity podcast of his is an excellent resource for example! Maybe that’ll help?
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Ten times deeper than any TED talk on depression. By far the best talk on depression I've ever heard!!!
Totally agreeed
Tim keller is such a great mind for the Christian world 🌎
Agreed. Because it is by the Spirit. Not by flesh.
Thank You
It is hard to believe this sermon is coming up on 20 years old yet it is just as relevant today as it was it in 2004, and it will be just as relevant into the future.
I'm listening to it now...
I'm listening to it now
I heard this 10 times already, God touched me deeply...
This was so beautiful! I love the tree so much and how Tim warms the gospel so I can be healed by it. Thank you Jesus!
I just found out about Tim Keller not 2 months ago and now he's gone. I wanted to hear a message from him as he passed away yesterday. This one is so close to what I'm going through right now. And the message Your Plan/God's Plan. Blessings to his family and to all who hear his sermons.
Yes, Your Plan-God’s Plan is stunning. I’ve listened to it a few times.
The same thing happened to me. I started to listen to him around July. Couldn't be more grateful for his sermons. It has changed my life
Jesus healed from my chronic depression! I know my broken spirit came from my immorality. But before that I tried to check my thyroid levels, testosterone levels, read tons of philosophy and psychology books. Got to see people who were truly suffering from mental and physical imbalances. I knew that wasn’t me. So I don’t disregard when physical things are the cause. But Christ healed me and I give testimony to that!
Wow. God brought me to this message while I have a crushed spirit. I have listened to it 4 times so far and will continue to listen to it until it sinks into the depths of me. I have read the Bible for yeas and had no idea that it addresses these topics. Thank you, Tim Keller for opening the WORD in front of me.
For me as well. My neighbor enlighten me to Timothy Keller months back. I was looking for a different topic, but this is what I found and need. I hope your heart and spirit are lighter. Mine is crushed as well. xx
This sermon has helped me so many times. Sending to another friend today who needs to hear this ❤
Pr 12:25 - An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.
Pr 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Pr 14:10 - Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.
Pr 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.
Pr 14:30 - A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.
Pr 15:4 - The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
Pr 15:13 - A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.
Pr 15:14 - The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Pr 16:2 - All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD.
Pr 18:14 - A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
Pr 28:1 - The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
hahah those links look like you're quoting verses
Thanks
Read this to your children...it will change yor life...life is an inside job...children are open vessels start this about 7 yrs.then about10 yrs.have them read them out loud...as you listen, you learn...
Thanks for the list of references. I did not have access to them and this really was a benefit. Tremendous teaching!!
thank you for supplying the verses, most helpful I appreciate your extra work, Steven
Every human being needs to hear this message, it makes so much sense, what a blessing to have heard this
This is a great message. I believe Tim Keller’s preaching has done more good for my spiritual life that any other resource outside of the Bible itself.
I really appreciate how he looks at the nuances and complexities of life, a biblical passage, etc.
Before I build up the man TOO MUCH, I’ll say I’m thankful to God for the way He’s gifted Tim.
Very nice!
Yes sir , me too. Giving thanks to God
for this privileged of hearing his sermons/preachings until now
December 2022 🙏💖
Listening to this sermon again ...
Rev. Keller is now in His presence
Can't believe there are no comments! This is truly one the most profound, albeit sobering, messages by Mr. Keller to date. However, if you haven't listened all the way to the end you are missing out on some of the most comforting and healing words I've personally ever heard.
I know right, God really has blessed Timothy Keller with such wisdom.
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I like this very much. I'm sharing on Facebook.
31:45 … “in all of the music that you go to, to kind of give yourself a high. You’re actually looking for a song that you remember, but you never heard.” The whole passage on the tree of life resonates so much for me. With these words… As a music collector/for most of my adult life, with well over 10 thousand records that have passed through my hands (and still have or have traded on), this touches on the spiritual side of why I track music…. I’ve known that music will never fill that void in my life but I’ve sometimes almost feel cursed to keep on looking. May I find the joy beyond the walls of the world.. in Him. Such an amazing sermon, I too have been afflicted with a wounded spirit and continue seeking a new life. Thank you, TK..
Exactly what I need, crushed spirit💔💔🥵🥵😭😭🙏🙏🙏thank you, Jesus has been showing me His suffering on the cross, I don’t think we can ever fully wrap our mind around HIS love for us.
May we experience this joy and love😭🙏🥰🥰💔
This message has radically changed the way I look at God’s Word and how He made us. We Christians need to take a wholistic look at people (and ourselves) when they (or we) need help and have a crushed spirit. We (me included) have to stop turning everything into a moral (sin) problem! Listen & love first...then think before speaking.
Well said Nathan!
Beautiful !
Amen Nathan!
Wow! This is one of the best sermons I've ever heard. I've been learning to rest under God's grace and *filter thoughts and reactions through the eyes of this Grace* . That's the phrase I hold on to for my personal healing and my limited understanding of the world. 🙏📖.
This message is as relevant today as it was when preached 5 years ago. The Word of God is always relevant to every generation.
Actually, interestingly enough, it was preached 17 years ago. It was uploaded 5 years ago, but preached almost 2 decades ago. Pretty crazy still how relevant it is. Saw the date in the thumbnail.
Listening to this after a break up, I’m hoping it will help me as much as it’s helped you
"Paul never prays for the churches regarding persecution, he prays that their spirit would be strengthened." TK
Chuck B I like that. Like it or not The Lord's well be done. We need strength in the Lord to see us through.
jacqueline landa Amen!
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Yhuh ☝️
This is why good Christian Counseling and Medical care are important that combines Spiritual Formation as well. The body, mind, soul, and spirit are intertwined so closely they must be seen as a whole.
C.S. Lewis speaks on this topic in The Weight of Glory. It's a beautiful and heart wrenching sermon.
do you remmber the chapter?
Always come to this marvellous message
So helpful as I bring this sermon to inmates in a jail. Thank you Dr. Keller for helping me minister to others.
Thank you Lord for this very timely message 😪. Amazing grace.
Tim Keller is brilliant. These sermons are so helpful to me. Praise God!
I agree. And praise our dear Lord forever and ever amen!
Me too 😍😍😍😍
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Yes, he is. I've never heard these texts so opened up and given so much dead on target explanation and application as Tim Keller does. And he's done a staggering amount of reading in a variety of fields.
Yhuh ☝️
Abba Father, in complete agreement with this message I bind every wounded spirit to exist in my life and those surrounding me in order to complete heal or end needless suffering, likewise binding every spirit of ingratitude in my life and those surrounding me, also binding every neurotic fantasy in my life and those surrounding me, 1 corinthians 15, matthew 5, isaiah 61, leviticus 26, ephesians 3, psalm 91, leviticus 23:40, genesis 2:6, genesis 3:22-24, psalms 22, revelation 2:7, in the name and by the blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah!
I learned my best and closest friend died yesterday morning, it's been crushing my soul, but I got this and Trusting God In Difficult Times both in my suggestions, I dint think it was a coincidence
Great Lesson Miss u Tim Keller !😢❤
This is incredible and very deep! I have never heard anyone to talk like this!
I’ve never wept because of a sermon this much
Never have I heard anything so incredibly moving, deep, yet almost simple in its explanation. The way he wraps it all up is almost poetic... moved me to tears. Finally..! A truth that soaks deep into the spirit and answers so many questions in times of despair. Praise God!
If we live without The Holy Spirit then we are the walking dead. To be born again is not just a personal relationship with The Holy Spirit but rather abiding by the Holy sacraments of baptism,communion and confession. You cannot fulfill communion in Christ by accepting him as your personal savior without abiding in the sacraments. “Take eat this is my body and drink of my blood “ . The modern church denies traditions but they are born from traditions. The creed and the Bible share a common birth and if it were not for the Holy Spirit and the martyrdom of Christians the all modern denominations would not have existed. Ultimately we got to walk the talk of truth by doing the will of God , abiding in the Holy sacraments and thereby forming a relationship with The Holy Spirit. This was one of the most powerful sermons I have ever heard- thank you.
You are obviously Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox. Here in El Salvador and again in Toledo on a trip, a friend was ecstatic repeating again and again, “El Santísimo”. To me the only physical Santísimo is God in human form, Jesus Christ. To her it was a chalice with wine in it and bread, possibly unleavened but I’m not sure. “Take, eat this in remembrance of Me,” said Jesus to the disciples. Hasn’t the bread and wine become an idol for you guys? I remember reading a Jared Diamond book about a Lutheran congregation that went to a very cold part of the world to settle but they didn’t have room on the ship for food because they had to have all the wine and bread, the silver chalice, the silver plates, the candelabras, the attire for the priests, etc. Their settlement failed completely. There is no trace of them to this day in that part of the world. They gave up. Compare them to the Pilgrims, the simplest of people for whom the “Santísimo”, was Jesus Christ. BTW, why a silver chalice? Didn’t Jesus and the disciples drink from cups, probably simple clay cups? I don’t mean to seem like I don’t appreciate what so many Roman Catholics have done for humanity. The poem which made me fall in love with Jesus is one which begins, “No me mueve, mi Dios, para quererte, ni el cielo que me habías prometido ni el infierno tan temido ...”. It is sometimes listed as anonymous but most authorities think it was written by the great mystic Santa Teresa de Avila, a woman who also served others.
🙏🏼 Absolutely TRUE facts Thank you LORD
For Loving and teaching us Because the Glory belongs to you Thank you for brother Tim Thank you for Blessing him with wisdom and the simplicity he teaches
US through your word 🙏🏼
Sad will truly miss your insights in life shared in you tube but glad you already join the Maker, Rest in peace Tim Keller
I have had the most extraordinary richness and lived in four countries amongst brave love.
Nonetheless and within a good faith I work within a strong anxiety.
This sermon is developmental , tempering, guiding.
Tim Keller has been on our dining table since before our wedding three years ago. We are both living lives beyond our birthplace.
I recommend him and Kathy's thought on marriage fully and completely.
I appreciate your wisdom and knowledge pastor Timothy. Thank you for sharing these teachings on TH-cam. I always look forward to my alone time to lisen to the Lord speak to me through these sermons. All glory to God ❤🙏
This is something that I think I will hold on to my whole life as I am always easily depressed and suicidal, at times. I pray that I may be able to share it too.
Lauren the devil is a liar. Praise your way out of those dark moment sister. Meet God half way, he will never let you down. Cast down those thoughts in Jesus name.
Lauren It’s really hard to let the impact of the cross deep into our lives. We treat it like a topical ointment and don’t let it sink into our bones. I feel you, girl (as much as I can, as TK says in the sermon) but more importantly, God sees it, too. And His cure, when by His Grace we let it sink past our skin and muscle into our souls, is spirit-changing.
Lauren, I like you really have no joy in my life at all. I've been depressed, oppressed my entire life from early traumas. I think my problem is is that I can't truly believe that God loves me. I will more than likely run out of time if ever I do come to believe that.
Hey Lauren and LK, I feel for you and I want to grieve with you because these pains are very real and crushing. But I pray that you will be deeply comforted many times in this life by God, and for eternity in the life to come. @LK, there are no easy answers but I'm sure that God will bring comfort and let you glimpse the extent of his love for you in due time.
Lauren I’ve been there, Lauren, when I was in my late forties. People (Women) with diabetes may have an early menopause. Did you hear what Dr. Keller said about his thyroid? I needed hormone therapy. It doesn’t work for everybody but wow did it work for me. I also took and continue to take something else often prescribed, as I have learned recently, in public clinics for the symptoms bothering women during menopause. My doctor prescribed it for headaches and it also helps me sleep. I don’t know your age and you don’t need to tell me. Just remember what Dr. Keller said about his thyroid. It may not be spiritual.
Finally. This teacher Biblically explained what I was unable to relate to all the health professionals that I have seen over the last 40yrs
I am sharing this teaching with my psychiatrist and therapist.
I titled it," my complex realities,' for them ❤️
I thank God for you preaching this lesson, for sharing this wonderful knowledge
The truth will set us free, is what I take from the last part. Excellent message.
Amen. Tim gets it.. so many in the world today don’t. ❤️ Praise the Lord.. so grateful for this sermon. Needed to hear this today.
Great message for the heart. Brings out the need for man to give the needed priority to the inner man…
Jesus is Lord!
Praise God!
Brilliant! Word for this generation.
I loved this sermon... simple, comprehensive, powerful! Thank you Lord!
Proof that you can have a great sermon without raising and lowering your voice like a lunatic
Tism Train Amen!!!
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I'Il 2nd that .... Amen indeed. No screaming maniac just good solid teaching of the Word.
I love Tim Keller’s word and delivery. Obviously your style. Some people want a more dynamic approach to preaching, and that’s ok.
Amazing. Articulates so many perceptions and feelings that are so difficult to understand, yet we experience them on a daily basis..
This is the most profound message that I have ever heard....
I return to this repeatedly.
.....month after month when I revisit this message, the layer upon layer of understanding continues to drive truth deep into my soul.
And then, ...in the end as the significance of the ‘Tree of Life’ is being extrapolated...it is such a completely compelling and comprehensive conclusion.
One of the best and most important sermons I have ever heard
So thankful for his sermons!
12:38 isn't it absolutely disgusting that when we need love, God refuses to give it.
So much for a God of love!
Rather, "He laugheth at the trial of the innocent."
Praise the Lord❤
This was absolutely amazing! God bless Tim Keller, who brings his word to life
And that’s how you preach the gospel
This was so comforting. So grateful for the hope we have because of Christ. Wow !!!
I plan on dealing with my procrastination maybe tomorrow!
Outstanding insight. NOTHING compares to His Word.
Whoa, I know you! A fellow Keller consumer. Hope you're well.
Listening to an intellectual who thought she and her Harvard associate had the answers to all our problems but obviously without Trump and without any elimination of lobbyists, I remembered one of many platitudes I learned from a professor I didn’t even like. This one has stuck, however, because it’s so true. “They will never care how much we know until they know how much we care.” I learned it as a teacher and it helped me decide to let the students do most of the teaching, to empower them and let them choose their topics more often. It was easy for me to praise their work and let them know how amazing they are. Our graduate school teachers did it that way, too. Even on Coursera, the students check the work of their peers. We are encouraged not to concentrate on the grammar but rather to focus on the method and how they’ve learned the theory of language learning.
God's perfect timing!
This sermon is so good I’m going to listen ti it back to back. Finally a message that is relatable to what I’m going through!. TK truly is amazing.
On 2nd listen, was struck by 17-21, then again at 30ish. At 37, i hear i have misunderstood the fall, it wasn't just a moral story, it was a story of loss.... the tree... the tree Jesus climbed. Also, Keller has reminded us (it's obvious in scripture) that we need each other to truly understand, live and trust the Good News. 'Take hold of the gospel... work it [each and for each other] in your inward lives...' All those declarations i thought merely self-sales... all were reminders.
This sermón changed me
So good. I was discouraged. This message gave me hope. Thank you Pastor.
Profoundly simple message on the Cross.
The Word gets to the heart of a matter !
An all-time Keller fave of mine!!!
the second half especially is amazing
This is so very deep. I found this just so very wonderful. Thankyou Tim. Your talent and inspiration make for such helpful sermons.
Great sermon!
it speaks of the human spirit that is broken by the holy spirit
This sermon really help me... so profound.
Wow just wow. This word explains so much and in great detail. Wow
best sermon
Wow simply amazing. So in depth! Thank you
Thank you for hope ...
Ive listened to this like 5 times
Brilliant sermon 🙌🏾
A great series
Beautiful
Very nice Sermon.
A crush spirit who can bear
Excellent
Exactly!
So good
Wonderfully inspiring and comforting in many ways. But could someone explain what he means at 35.55 when he says Jesus lost the father eternally on the cross?
you will be my kingdom of priests
Exodus 19:6
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be a holy priesthood,
to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ
1 Peter 2:5
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you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood
1 Peter 2:9
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You have made them a kingdom and priests to our God
Revelation 5:10
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I will raise up for myself a faithful priest,
who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind.
And I will build him a sure house,
and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.
1 Samuel 2
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there is neither male and female;
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28
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according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
in the sanctification of the Spirit,
for obedience to Jesus Christ
and for sprinkling with his blood:
Peter 1
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you have come to...
the sprinkled blood
Hebrews 12
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To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours
by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
2 Peter 1
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His divine power has granted to us all things
that pertain to life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him
who called us to His own glory and excellence,
by which he has granted to us
his precious and very great promises,
so that through them
you may become partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped from the corruption that is in the world
because of sinful desire.
2 Peter 1
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Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh,
we regard him thus no longer.
2 Corinthians 5:16
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Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession
Hebrews 3
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Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,
for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23
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a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,
where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf,
having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:19
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hold fast to the hope set before us
Hebrews 6:18
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anchor of the soul
Hebrews 6:19
Tim Keller is a very intellectual pastor who ministers to other intellectuals with an intellectual analysis of life's problems in the light of scripture. However he does not offer simple practical application of biblical truth, as does Derek Prince, for example, another gifted intellectual. I am not responding just to this TK message, but an impression I have gained from hearing many messages and after a dispointed reading of his book about death... which is a perfect example of the point I am making.
This is really interesting because I have the exact opposite experience from listening to his messages. And I mean, I’m no intellectual. Proof that the same things can hit us very differently! Keller is refreshingly accessible and nuanced in ways I don’t hear in my daily life, and it’s been a spiritual lifeline for me lately. But I know no pastor is everyone’s cup of tea. 😂
I just found out my spirit is wounded.
Me too. Praying for you Alex
I love this sermon. I have a question about the statement that Jesus lost the Father for eternity on the cross. How can this be true when we know Jesus is with the Father now? Thanks for any clarification.
Maybe because we would have lost the Father for eternity (without accepting Jesus' salvation) and He (Jesus) took our punishment? We have difficulties with anything related to time because we can't fathom not being bound by it. He could experience the "losing the Father for eternity" because He is outside of time, and is eternal Himself. Maybe, also, it's a memory (there's the time problem again) that is always with Him, but the joy that the sacrifice brought Him outweighs the horrible pain and anguish of the separation? I wondered about that phrase myself...
Jesus always prayed to his Father but when God rejected him on the cross in our stead, take note that on the cross he cried out, " My God (not my Father ) why have you forsaken me?" Of course that relationship was restored, when "it was finished".
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Does this mean therapy should not be taken into consideration for somebody who struggles with depression? I know psychology is such a difficult topic to discuss within the church, but do we completely shut off from resources that are meant for our well being?
Destiny, I don't think so. I think there are serious benefits from therapy. But I think the secret is therapy + God. I tried therapy several times and was still struggling with my issues, but the only one that truly helped and freed me from the bondage was the Christian based therapy where Christ was front and center. We had a special guest speaker at church yesterday and she talked about healing from trauma. Therapy is important, but so is that special, gentle hug from a friend, a kind word, etc. Medication is important. I believe God put doctors and therapists on the earth for a reason. It isn't because we shouldn't trust His healing. He is the ultimate Healer. But He those people he uses and He works _through_ them.
I wish the scripture references were available to look up later.
Proverbs 12:25; 13:12 are the starting point. I just heard Romans 6-8 in another of Dr. Keller’s sermons.
George Herbert
The Sacrifice
What if Adam and Eve obeyed God and all was well in the garden of Eden. Would Adam or Eve truly worship God in true humility by their own free will. Tim is correct in saying we are made in the image of God because God breathed into our soul. But God did not want to create a robot but rather God needed to create a person in his image which would recognize the Holy Spirit that God instilled within it by his breath. The Holy Trinity is God whereby the individual parts are greater than the whole. If my son were to be crucified then my pain would be greater than if I were to be crucified. God bore the greatest pain not because his son was of greater significance than himself. Salvation is not a thing but rather a journey of sin, repentance, forgiveness accepting the body and blood of Christ and ultimately the resurrection. Adam was not truly alive because he did not experience the journey of salvation. Without fire there is no salvation because fire tests our will. God always allows evil to test us so that we may willingly choose God’s truth. God been God created something out of nothing and that something is our will to humble ourselves to the truth. There is nothing we can explain about the origin of God except that God did not need to be created but rather that God is Creation. The tree is simply the journey towards everlasting life. Tim keeps on emphasizing sacrifice and the the suffering of Christ but the ultimate aim is been born again in the resurrection of Christ. The original sin and the crucifixion are part of the journey to resurrection. Modern churches and the Catholic Church which is ultimately the root of all modern fragmented denomination have lost the essence of the resurrection and have rather emphasized the cross.
Min 35, “he lost eternal life, he lost the father eternally” ???????????
Why is a woman reading scripture? Where is the sermon? ??
what scripture is he using?
Do you mean what translation? The scriptures are listed at the very beginning.
See Steven Yoon's comment, there's the list.
21:10
32:16
18:54
8:09
Poverty is the result of unjust social social structures.
Not always. In the US. No one is poor except by choice or ignorance
He’s my online Pastor :)
Tim Keller said "Happiness is not determined by external circumstances, but by the way, we view, process and address them."...really? Mr. Keller, please give the readers in your sermon the practical ways to execute this statement in many human beings conditions. Sometimes it is just so easy for the Christian preachers to preach but never give a practical way to execute.
He did actually, but also the focus of this sermon wasn’t to look specifically at that. I’ve heard many other sermons of his where he does delve into that. The Questioning Christianity podcast of his is an excellent resource for example! Maybe that’ll help?