Grace to the Barren (Part 2)

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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What’s the purpose of writing a letter to somebody? The purpose is to get something across. So when we read the Bible, we need to have the intellectual integrity to treat it the way we’d want our own communications treated. Galatians 4 is a text that many find difficult to read and interpret. What is Paul saying? What does he mean? But if we understand the context, it really is very simple in the end. If we look at Galatians 4, we’ll see 1) he talks about two sons, 2) then he talks about two covenants, and 3) then he gives two applications. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on March 15, 1998. Series: Galatians: New Freedom, New Family. Scripture: Galatians 4:21-31. 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. The Book of Galatians isn't a very long book, just six chapters, but it holds some of the most transformative truths in scripture.
0:12.0	All month on the
0:13.4	podcast Tim Keller's teaching will be from the book of Galatians, a book that is all
0:17.5	about the power of the Gospel. Now would you please turn with me to the passage that several of you felt he felt a
0:32.1	burden from the Lord last week to come to me and say, I sure hope you're not moving into chapter 5 before you explain all that stuff at the end of chapter 4.
0:40.0	And so, yeah, here we are.
0:42.0	We're going through the Book of Galatians and tonight I will I'm going to try to get through this this last part of the book of Galatians chapter four
0:49.7	There's a lot of thorny issues here when you first read it actually there's some there's some things that just don't sound right and we're going to read it and I am tonight I'm going to take a moment to try to explain some of the some of the things that have created difficulties for
1:03.8	interpreters of this passage but what I really want to do is I want to show you
1:07.2	the basic message which is one of the most wonderful messages of grace and hope
1:11.6	anywhere in the Bible and therefore anywhere in the world.
1:15.0	Let me read it for you.
1:18.0	So Paul says, tell me you who would want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? For it is written that
1:25.9	Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave
1:32.2	woman was born in the ordinary way, but his son by the
1:35.0	free woman was born as a result of promise. These things may be taken figuratively.
1:41.1	For the woman represents two covenants. For the women represent two covenants.
1:43.0	For the women represent two covenants.
1:45.0	One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves.
1:50.0	This is Hagar.
1:51.0	Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia in corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem
1:55.8	because she is in slavery with her children.
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