Noah and the Nature of Faith

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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What is faith? What is it made of? How do you know if you have it? How do you lose it? How do you get it back? Hebrews 11 deals with all of these things through specific personal case studies of men and women who wrestled with issues of faith. I would suggest that it’s the easiest to understand the parts of faith as three layers, one of which comes first, then the others resting upon it. But the reality is it’s more complex than that. If you look hard enough at any one of these aspects, the other two are contained in the one. Yet all three are absolutely critical if we’re going to understand faith. Faith 1) begins with understanding, 2) which leads to conviction, but 3) completes itself always in commitment. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 11, 1994. Series: The Nature of Faith. Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3, 6, 7. 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.
0:05.6	What makes the Christian lifestyle truly distinct?
0:09.7	Many belief systems emphasize moral behavior, but Christianity offers something deeper, a radical
0:15.5	transformation from the inside out.
0:18.1	This month, Tim Keller is teaching on how the gospel doesn't just modify our behavior,
0:22.6	but completely reshapes our hearts.
0:31.1	In your bulletin is printed the passage on which our teaching is based, and the chapter on which the teaching will be based at all the
0:40.4	morning worship services all fall. Hebrews 11. I'm going to read verses 1 through 7.
0:53.3	Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
1:01.7	This is what the ancients were commended for.
1:05.6	By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command
1:09.2	so that what is seen was not made out of what was
1:13.0	visible. By faith, Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith, he was commended
1:20.0	as a righteous man when God spoke well of his offerings, and by faith he still speaks even though he is
1:26.1	dead.
1:31.7	By faith, Enoch was taken from this life so that he did not experience death.
1:35.4	He could not be found because God had taken him away.
1:40.2	For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
1:49.6	And without faith, it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
1:58.6	By faith, Noah, when warned about those things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family.
2:03.9	By his faith, he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. This is God's word. Now, we are going to spend all of the fall in this service, in the teaching of this service,
2:23.8	examining this particular chapter of this particular book of this Bible.
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