The Unseen Foundation

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Hebrews is written to help us have what it takes to face the difficulties of life. And in chapter 11, we’re told one of the keys is to be people of faith. But what is faith? In our cultural moment, conservatives see faith as a moral virtue, while liberals see skepticism as a mark of intellectual maturity. As usual, the Bible’s understanding of faith is much more nuanced, much more sophisticated and complex, than either of those views. Life-transforming faith, according to this text, has four aspects: 1) it’s rational, 2) it’s personal, 3) it’s foundational, and 4) it’s graceful. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 3, 2005. Series: Christ: Our Treasury (The Book of Hebrews). Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-10, 13. 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	This is Gospel in Life.
0:05.0	The book of Hebrews was written to a group of people who were so exhausted by the sufferings of life that they were shaken to the core and were about to give up.
0:13.0	In today's message, learn what the writer of Hebrews teaches to help keep them going.
0:18.0	After you listen, we invite you to go online to gospelonlife.com and sign up for our email updates.
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0:29.0	as well as other valuable gospel-centered resources.
0:32.5	Subscribe today at gospelandlife.com.
0:40.8	This is more important. at gospelinlife.com. This morning's scripture reading is taken from the book of Hebrews,
0:45.6	chapter 11, verses 1 through 10, then verse 13.
0:51.9	Now, faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
0:59.0	This is what the ancients were commended for.
1:02.4	By faith, we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
1:14.4	By faith, Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith, he was commended as a righteous man when God spoke well of his
1:21.8	offerings, and by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead. By faith, Enoch was taken from this life so that he
1:31.4	did not experience death. He could not be found because God had taken him away. For before he was
1:38.8	taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. And without faith, it is impossible to please God, because
1:46.4	anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly
1:53.2	seek him. By faith, Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family.
2:04.5	By his faith, he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
2:12.2	By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went,
2:20.4	even though he did not know where he was going. By faith, he made his home in the promised
2:26.3	land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise,
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