Reality: Forgive Us Our Debts

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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What if I told you there was a process and no matter how much you blew up your life, if you used this process, there would be a way to come out the other side whole? Well, here it is. It’s what the Bible calls repentance. You say, “You mean just saying I’m sorry?” But that reveals you don’t understand the power of this kind of prayer. This kind of prayer, if you do it in an ongoing way, will finally enable you to change deeply from the inside out. Looking at Psalm 51, we’ll see 1) what one thing must you stop doing, 2) what two things must you start doing, and 3) where you get the power to do those two things. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 2, 2014. Series: The Prayer of Prayers. Scripture: Psalm 51:1-19. 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. What we love shapes who we are. So if we want to change, we have to start
0:10.4	by changing what we love, what we're passionate about, what delights us. One of the primary ways we can
0:16.6	rearrange the things we love most comes through consistent and faithful prayer.
0:21.6	Join us today as Dr. Keller looks at how authentic prayer connects us with God and reshapes
0:26.9	what we love.
0:35.0	Tonight's scripture comes from Psalm 51, verses 1 through 19.
0:43.3	Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love.
0:49.1	According to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions.
0:53.9	Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
0:58.4	For I know my transgressions and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only have I sinned
1:06.1	and done what is evil in your sight so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
1:14.3	Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
1:20.1	Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
1:27.8	Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean.
1:31.0	Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
1:34.5	Let me hear joy and gladness.
1:37.4	Let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
1:41.3	Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities create in me a clean heart
1:47.7	oh god and renew a right spirit within me cast me not away from your presence and take not your
1:55.2	holy spirit from me restore to me the joy of your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit then i will teach transgressors
2:06.0	your ways and sinners will return to you deliver me from blood guiltiness o god oh god of my salvation
2:14.3	and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
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