The Good Samaritan: On Love

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus teaches that love is what God built us to do, that love is the essence of what it means to be human. In this story, we see that real love doesn't begin until you see that you can't really love—it doesn't begin until you see you're a sinner saved by grace alone. We also see that real love begins when you're stunned into silence by the love of Christ for paying your debt. Once you've experienced and been humbled by that kind of love, then you're capable of concrete and costly love toward others. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on August 2, 2008. Series: The Parables of Jesus (1992). Scripture: Luke 10:25-37. 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	Today on Gospel In Life, Tim Keller walks us through the parables of Jesus, and we'll
0:06.8	see both the masterful nature of his teaching and the masterful nature of his message.
0:12.0	You'll learn that it's not just about what Jesus is getting across, but also how he
0:16.2	does it.
0:17.2	After you listen, we invite you to go online to GospelInlife.com and sign up for our
0:22.1	email updates for more Gospel-centered resources.
0:25.3	When you sign up, you'll start receiving our quarterly newsletter, which includes articles
0:29.4	from Dr. Keller and helpful stories of Gospel transformation.
0:33.3	You can subscribe today at GospelInLife.com.
0:40.4	There's five Sundays in August, and for those, age of those five Sunday mornings, I'm
0:50.5	going to be looking with you at various parables that Jesus used to teach people.
0:58.6	He was a master teacher and he used stories, used parables, as well as of getting across
1:03.2	truth.
1:06.4	Every other religion believes that his founder was a master teacher.
1:13.4	You have Buddha or Muhammad or the various teachers, Confucius, who founded these great
1:21.8	religions.
1:22.8	Christianity, along amongst the world's great religions, insists that its founder was
1:30.3	not only a teacher, but he was a God himself and savior.
1:35.4	Of course, that's a tremendous claim.
1:37.7	It's what sets Christianity apart from other religions and what really makes it troublesome
1:42.8	to people.
1:44.2	It's what keeps Christianity from fitting in with the other religions and it never has.
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