Kindness – Overcoming Self-Pity

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Bible says one of the marks of a real Christian is that your love finds expression in deeds of kindness—especially toward those with material, physical, and economic problems. Kindness is loving deeds, doing something for someone out of love. And in a number of places, the Bible says a real Christian will care for the poor. It’s the Christian’s social concern, social responsibility. Let’s look at 1) the definition of kindness 2) the opposite of kindness 3) the counterfeit of kindness, and 4) how we cultivate kindness in our lives. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on March 11, 1990. Series: Fruit of the Spirit. Scripture: 1 John 3:16-20. 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. If you're a Christian, you know that the journey to become more like Jesus is both a gradual process and an inevitable fact, just like the acorn growing up into an oak tree.
0:17.0	Today Tim Keller is teaching on the fruit of the spirit, or what it looks like to grow to be more like Jesus.
0:23.3	1st John chapter 3
0:31.2	verses 11 to 20. This is the message you heard from the beginning. We
0:38.0	should love one another. Do not be like Cain who belonged to the evil one and
0:42.4	murdered his brother and why did he
0:44.7	murder him because his own actions were evil and his brothers were righteous. Do not
0:49.8	be surprised my brothers if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life
0:54.8	because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates
0:59.5	his brother is a murderer and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him. This is how we know
1:05.8	what love is. Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we also lay down our lives for our
1:11.1	brothers. If anyone has material possession and sees his brother in need
1:16.0	but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love
1:21.8	with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.
1:25.6	This then is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in
1:30.0	his presence.
1:31.4	Whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts and
1:36.0	he knows everything.
1:40.2	Let's end the reading of God's word right there.
1:43.8	In the list of the spiritual fruit, we get now finally to kindness.
1:50.3	The spiritual fruit are love and joy and peace and patience kindness and the word kindness in that list which is not what we read here that list is in Galatians chapter 5. In that list the word kindness
2:05.9	actually mean loving deeds. What's the difference between love and kindness?
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