A Christian’s Weeping

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Psalm 126 has always helped me. It has never filled my soul with glory. It has always made me quiet and reflective. Because it’s a perfect overview of the emotional life that the life of faith brings. You’re going to weep. In this world, you will weep. But how are you weeping? What are you doing with your sorrows? They need to be sown. They need to be invested. They need to be planted, in a sense, or they need to water. Psalm 126 tells us 3 things about how we’re supposed to address our sorrows: 1) it tells us to expect weeping, 2) it tells us to expect new kinds of tears, and 3) it tells us to sow our tears. But let me say there are three principles: 1) the life of faith is a life of both rejoicing and weeping, 2) the life of faith is a life of greater rejoicing and greater weeping, and 3) the life of faith is a life of interdependent rejoicing and weeping. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on July 13, 1997. Series: Happiness and Weeping. Scripture: Psalm 126. 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. I have a very short but complete psalm that we're going to be looking at tonight.
0:41.2	The teachings are going to be based on it.
0:44.3	It's Psalm 126.
0:46.0	That's the whole thing.
0:47.7	Doesn't look like much, but it is.
0:56.5	Psalm 126.
1:07.1	When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed.
1:14.0	Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, the Lord has done great things for them. The Lord has done great things for us,
1:21.7	and we are filled with joy. Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negev, those who sow in tears will reap with
1:30.8	songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy,
1:39.4	carrying the sheaves with him. This is God's word. Now, by the way, this little Psalm has never, it's always
1:52.3	helped me. It's never filled my soul with glory. It's always made me quiet and reflective and
1:59.1	peaceful.
2:07.0	And I think probably the sermon that this produces will not be a high and glorious sermon,
2:10.2	but a quiet and reflective and peaceful one.
2:12.3	And I hope the same thing will happen in you.
2:16.9	What this is so good at, what this has helped me with so much,
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