Grace and Money

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

If we’ve experienced God as a God of grace, how does that change our attitude toward money? The early church was an economic subculture that was radically different from the culture around it. In fact wherever the early church is described, we see the Christians’ drastic generosity—so drastic that it seemed unreasonable to those outside the church. Why were they so different? The answer is an experience of God’s grace. Grace revolutionizes 1) our attitude toward money, 2) our procedure, and 3) the benefits of giving. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 8, 1992. Series: The Attributes of God. Scripture: Acts 4:32-37. 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 make a gift to Gospel in Life this Giving Tuesday, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/tuesday.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gospel and Life.
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0:29.8	The book of Acts chapter 4, and I'm going to read from verses 32 to 37,
0:35.8	all the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions
0:43.2	was his own, but they shared everything they had. With great power, the apostles continued to
0:49.8	testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.
0:55.1	There were no needy persons among them, for from time to time those who owned lands or
0:59.6	houses sold them, brought the money from the sales, and put it at the Apostle's feet,
1:05.3	and it was distributed to anyone who had need.
1:09.1	Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas, which means
1:13.0	son of encouragement, sold a field he owned, and brought the money and put it at the apostles'
1:19.6	feet. This is God's word. All fall, we've been looking at the different attributes or characteristics of God.
1:31.3	We've looked at his faithfulness and his mercy and his holiness and his wrath and his judgment and his supremacy and so forth.
1:40.9	Today, I'd like to talk about his grace, but I'd like to do it in a way that I
1:44.9	really ought to do it all the time, but there's not enough time. And that is to take a look
1:50.1	at how one of God's characteristics makes a huge impact on a very practical area of our lives.
1:57.9	I could really do this every week, but ordinarily I'm more interested in giving
2:01.9	you the broad understanding of who God is. Today, I'd like to depart a bit from that and take a look
2:08.2	not so much at the attribute of God's grace, that we're going to talk about it, as much as to look
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