Self-Control (Part 3)

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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When we think of temptation, we tend to almost immediately think of physical kinds of sins. But there are a lot of other temptations. There’s temptation to pride, to despair, to dishonesty. Anything, whether it’s good or not, can become addicting—it becomes your master. That’s what temptation is about. Temptation is about something which may be good or may be bad, but it becomes your master, and therefore, it’s bad. Let’s look at 1) temptation and the devil, 2) the way of attack, and 3) the way of defense. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 22, 1990. Series: Fruit of the Spirit. Scripture: Genesis 3:1-7; 39:6-12. 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. We want you to know about a new standalone
0:08.0	podcast series we're releasing soon titled Cultivating a Healthy Marriage
0:12.3	with Tim Keller. This short podcast titled, Presbyterian Church. Preached in 1991, this series was the basis for the best-selling book by Tim and Kathy Keller,
0:27.0	the meaning of marriage.
0:28.8	Whether you're single, married, widowed, or divorced, you'll learn how to apply God's wisdom about marriage to your life.
0:35.0	In this series, listeners will work through tough questions like,
0:38.0	how can I honestly address my self-centeredness?
0:41.0	How can we learn to serve each other out of love? What do we need to
0:44.9	reconcile when we hit rough patches in our relationship? Cultivating a healthy marriage
0:49.9	with Tim Keller is a great resource for anyone wanting to have more loving relationships,
0:54.8	someone considering marriage, or any couple who wants to make their marriage stronger.
0:59.2	We'd love for you to listen to and share this series with your friends. To listen to the
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1:09.6	healthy marriage with Tim Keller wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:15.0	Let me read to you two passages.
1:20.0	One really has a lot more to do with the attack of temptation.
1:29.2	The other has to do with the defense against temptation and so what I'm going to have to ask you to do I hate to do this to you but I'm going to ask you to stick a finger in one we're going to spend the first part in Genesis 3 verses 1 to 7 and the second part of the talk tonight on
1:46.4	Genesis 39 versus 6 to 12. Genesis 3 1 to 7. Now the Serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God
1:59.9	had made. He said to the woman, did God really say you must not eat from any tree in the garden?
2:08.6	The woman said to the serpent, we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say you must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden,
2:18.0	and you must not touch it or you will die.
2:21.0	You will not surely die, the serpent said to the woman, for God knows that when you eat of it,
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