The Necessity of Belief

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We live in a fragmented culture. There’s no consensus about the big questions of what’s right and wrong and true. Jeremiah is a prophet in this same situation—he lived and wrote in a fragmented culture. One of the challenges of a fragmented culture is living in the cafeteria of different worldviews, religions, and systems of thought. It’s typical to respond by saying, “I don’t think anybody has the answer.” But Jeremiah shows us that this very statement is ignorant of how the heart works. Jeremiah shows us that we need to see three things about the human heart: 1) the radical faith of every heart, 2) the radical flaw in every heart, and 3) the radical cure for every heart. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 7, 2003. Series: The Necessity of Belief. Scripture: Jeremiah 17:5-17. 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 live in an increasingly fragmented culture, one in which
0:09.4	it's more and more difficult to come to a consensus about what's true and what's right.
0:14.8	As Christians, how do we navigate the challenges of living among competing world views in
0:19.1	systems of thought?
0:20.8	Join us as Tim Keller teaches on how we can live faithfully and wisely in this
0:24.9	cultural moment.
0:31.7	The scripture is taken from Jeremiah 17 verses 5 through 17.
0:39.0	Thus says the Lord,
0:41.0	cursed is the man who trust in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.
0:48.5	He is like a shrub in the desert and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the
0:55.6	wilderness in an uninhabited salt land. Blessed is the man who trusts the
1:01.8	Lord, whose trust is the Lord.
1:04.4	He is like a tree planted by water
1:07.1	that sends out its roots by the stream,
1:09.9	and does not fear when heat comes,
1:12.4	for its leaves remain green, and it is not anxious in the year of drought,
1:17.4	for it does not cease to bear fruit. The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick.
1:25.0	Who can understand it?
1:27.0	I, the Lord, search the heart and test the mind to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
1:35.0	Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch,
1:39.0	so is he who gets riches but not by justice.
1:42.0	In the midst of his days they will leave him, and at
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