A Christian’s Happiness

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Jesus tells his disciples that no one will take away their joy. Now that’s pretty amazing. He knows to whom he is talking. He is speaking to men who are going to be persecuted. They’re going to be robbed of everything they own. They’re going to be tortured. They’re going to be put to death. The Bible says there is a joy that is not subject to circumstances, that the deepest troubles can’t put out, that can coexist and overwhelm the greatest grief. And these three verses in Romans 8 have the heart of it. In these three verses, you have three principles. This is the basis for joy. Your joy will be strong to the degree you understand and grasp these three things: 1) our bad things turn out for good, 2) our good things can never be lost, and 3) the best things are yet to come. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on July 6, 1997. Series: Happiness and Weeping. Scripture: Romans 8:28-30. 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	Thanks for joining us on the Gospel and Life podcast.
0:07.3	Do you long for unshakable joy in every circumstance?
0:11.0	The Bible says that in this world you will weep, but there is a joy that even the deepest grief can't put out.
0:18.1	Listen now as Tim Keller teaches on happiness and weeping. After you listen,
0:22.8	we invite you to go online to gospelandlife.com and sign up for our email updates. Now here's
0:28.5	today's teaching from Dr. Keller.
0:37.0	Please turn in the bulletin. It should be right there to the passage of the Bible that we're going to be basing our teaching this morning.
0:44.4	It's Romans 8. It's a brief passage. Romans 8, 28 to 30.
0:54.1	Romans 8, 28 to 30.
0:58.5	And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
1:07.6	For those God forenew, he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his son
1:12.2	that he might be the first born among many brothers
1:15.7	and those he predestined he also called
1:19.0	and those he called he also justified and those he justified
1:22.6	he also glorified
1:24.9	this is God's word.
1:30.7	Now, let me give you the reason for our subject this morning that the topic is happiness.
1:39.6	And the reason it occurs to me to discuss is because I always feel very good around Fourth of July
1:46.2	because of the circumstances of my life.
1:48.9	There's warm breezes.
1:51.1	There's fewer deadlines.
1:53.5	There's lots of time off.
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