The Meaning of the City

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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When the Jewish exiles got to Babylon, they found a huge city—hostile, big, brutal—and it was filled with other exiles, with different people groups and radically different views. Our culture is not so different. Liberals feel our country is so conservative that they’re pulling their hair out, and conservatives feel our country is so liberal that they’re pulling their hair out. Both groups feel like exiles. Millions of ethnic minorities feel like exiles. So how do you respond to a city that’s hostile to your views? How do you live in a fragmented society? God’s answer to the Jewish exiles is astounding. In it, we see three things: 1) wrong ways to relate to the city, 2) God’s way to relate to the city, and 3) how to get the power to do it. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 5, 2003. Series: The Necessity of Belief. Scripture: Jeremiah 29:4-14. 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 on Life.
0:05.0	We live in a culture today where there are competing world views about what the purpose of life is, what truth is, and how we can determine what's right and what's wrong.
0:16.0	In such an environment, it can be challenging to decide what and whom to believe.
0:20.9	Join us today, as Tim Keller teaches, on how the Bible can help us navigate the
0:25.0	complexities of our cultural moment. Thank you for joining us.
0:31.0	The scripture tonight is This is what the Lord Almighty, is from Jeremiah, Chapter 29,
0:37.0	First is 4 through 14.
0:40.0	This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile
0:48.6	from Jerusalem to Babylon, build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.
0:56.0	Marry and have sons and daughters.
0:59.0	Find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage,
1:02.0	so that they too may have sons and daughters.
1:06.2	Increase in number there.
1:07.8	Do not decrease.
1:09.9	Also seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile.
1:15.0	Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.
1:20.0	Yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says.
1:24.0	Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you.
1:28.0	Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have.
1:31.0	They are prophesying lies to you in my name. I have not
1:35.4	sent them, declares the Lord. This is what the Lord says. When 70 years are
1:41.2	completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place.
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