The Advocate

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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To be able to handle life, there’s nothing more practical than to know that Jesus is your advocate. This isn’t just an abstract doctrinal issue. Because this whole book of Hebrews is written not as a theological treatise, but as a piece of intense pastoral counseling. So let’s ask three questions: 1) why do we need an advocate? 2) how is Jesus Christ the advocate we need? and 3) what difference will it make in your life if you receive him as such? This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on March 6, 2005. Series: Christ: Our Treasury (The Book of Hebrews). Scripture: Hebrews 7:18-27. 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.
0:04.5	The book of Hebrews was written to a group of Christians who were weary of troubles, struggling with fear and discouragement.
0:12.0	Sound familiar? Today, Tim Keller is preaching from the book of Hebrews, showing us how fixing our eyes on Jesus is the only way to truly deal with the challenges we face in our lives.
0:28.2	The scripture reading this morning is from the book of Hebrews,
0:33.7	Chapter 7 verses 18 through 27.
0:46.2	The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless, for the law made nothing perfect.
0:50.8	And a better hope is introduced by which we draw near to God.
0:54.0	And it was not without an oath. Others became priests without any oath, but he became a
0:59.3	priest with an oath when God said to him, the Lord has sworn and will not change his mind. You are a
1:07.5	priest forever. Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
1:16.4	Now, there have been many of those priests since death prevented them from continuing in office.
1:22.6	But because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore, he is able to save completely
1:30.9	those who come to God through him because he always lives to intercede for them. Such a high
1:39.5	priest meets our need, one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the
1:49.1	heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day,
1:56.4	first for his own sins and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.
2:07.1	This is the word of the Lord.
2:11.9	We've been saying that the book of Hebrews is written to a group of people
2:16.3	who are so beset by troubles and difficulties
2:19.6	that they're about to give up, and that in a sense, in a very real sense, the book of Hebrews
2:24.3	is actually a piece of pastoral counseling, very intense pastoral counseling.
2:29.4	And this week, we come to a place where the counselor says there's nothing more practical for you to be
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