A Woman, a Slave and a Gentile

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Christianity was born into a culture that was every bit as resistant and unsympathetic to its claims as ours is. So how did its message come into the lives of people and actually change them? In Acts, we have more case studies of conversion than anywhere else in the Bible. And in this passage, Luke chooses three to show us both how incredibly different and yet how incredibly similar Christian conversions can be. What does it mean to be a Christian, and how do you become a Christian? 1) Lydia is a case of the gospel for the religious, 2) the slave girl is a case of the gospel for the oppressed, and 3) the jailer is a case of the gospel for the secular. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 9, 2003. Series: The Necessity of Belief. Scripture: Acts 16:13-34. 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. We live in an increasingly fragmented culture, one in which
0:09.4	it's more and more difficult to come to a consensus about what's true and what's right.
0:14.8	As Christians, how do we navigate the challenges of living among competing world views in
0:19.1	systems of thought?
0:20.8	Join us as Tim Keller teaches on how we can live faithfully and wisely in this
0:24.9	cultural moment.
0:31.7	Good morning. The scripture reading for today is taken from the book of
0:37.0	Acts chapter 16 verses 13 through 34. On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river where we
0:47.6	expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.
0:55.0	One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thayatira, who was a worshipper of God. The Lord opened her heart to
1:06.9	respond to Paul's message. When she and the members of her household were
1:11.9	baptized, she invited us to her home.
1:15.0	If you consider me a believer in the Lord, she said, come and stay at my house, and she persuaded us. Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were
1:27.2	met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future.
1:32.6	She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune telling.
1:37.3	This girl followed Paul and the rest of a shouting.
1:40.5	These men are servants of the most high God who are telling you the way to be saved.
1:46.3	She kept this up for many days.
1:48.8	Finally, Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit,
1:53.8	in the name of Jesus Christ,
1:55.8	I command you to come out of her.
1:58.3	At that moment, the spirit left her.
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