Knowing Yourself

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The point of Galatians is that Christians need the gospel, continually. So let’s bring the gospel to a subject that’s very relevant for us: self-image and self-esteem. Christianity brings you a way of understanding yourself that is so different than what anything else brings you. And it’s a paradox. In Galatians 6, Paul says we’re nothing, and then, in the next verse, he says we should take pride in ourselves. What’s going on here? Let’s take a look at the two sides: 1) we’re nothing, and 2) we should have pride. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 10, 1998. Series: Galatians: New Freedom, New Family. Scripture: Galatians 5:26-6:5. 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 and Life. Is being a Christian just about moral transformation or a pathway to the good life?
0:10.0	Tim Keller looks at the Book of Galatians to demonstrate how the Christian life is so much more than that.
0:15.2	It's about how Christ transforms us in a radical and life-changing way.
0:19.6	Throughout this month, Tim Keller will be teaching from the Book of Galatians and how the Gospel transforms us.
0:31.6	Today's scripture reading comes from Galatians 526 through 6-5. Let us not become
0:37.7	conceited, provoking and envying each other. Brothers, if someone is caught in a
0:42.0	sin, you who are spiritual should restore him greatly.
0:45.7	But watch yourself or you also may be tempted.
0:48.8	Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
0:53.0	If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
0:58.0	Each one should test his own actions.
1:00.0	Then he can take pride in himself without comparing himself to somebody else for each one should carry his own load.
1:07.0	This is the word of the Lord.
1:10.0	What is Galatians about?
1:12.0	First of all, we know Galatians is an exposition of the gospel
1:15.4	it's a it's a forceful thorough expounding of and delineation of the essential, the core of the core, the heart of the
1:25.7	heart of the Christian message, the gospel.
1:28.3	The second thing we know about Galatians is it written to a group of Christians and a group of three or four
1:34.2	some churches in or more perhaps in in the land of Galatia. But see when you put
1:40.8	those two together you realize what that is this is the maybe quintessential
1:45.0	expedition of the gospel in the whole Bible and it's for Christians.
1:50.0	You see the point of the Galatians is that Christians need the gospel. Christians don't get the gospel.
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