The Wheat and the Weeds: On Reality

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In the parable of the weeds, we see Jesus depicting a cosmic truth about the kingdom of God in a very concrete way. Jesus shows us that to enter the kingdom of God, you must make Jesus your king—you must obey the one who saved you. The parable also shows us we must have patient diligence, and be careful to be neither too zealous nor too passive. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on August 9, 2008. Series: The Parables of Jesus (1992). Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30; 36-46. 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 is preaching on the parables of Jesus.
0:07.2	What's a parable?
0:08.2	It's a way of taking something as abstract and as multidimensional as the kingdom of
0:12.9	God and making it something very concrete, and you'll discover that these simple stories
0:17.6	show us incredibly deep things about the character of God.
0:22.0	After you listen, we invite you to go online to gospelinlife.com and sign up for our email
0:26.7	updates for more gospel-centered resources.
0:29.5	When you sign up, you'll start receiving our quarterly newsletter, which includes articles
0:33.4	from Dr. Keller and helpful stories of gospel transformation.
0:37.3	Subscribe today at gospelinlife.com.
0:40.9	This month, we're looking at parables of Jesus every week in August, every Sunday morning
0:49.6	in August.
0:56.6	You see, Jesus was an interesting teacher.
1:03.6	His teaching was dominated by pictures and illustrations.
1:08.7	The word parable comes from the Greek word parable, which really means to compare.
1:13.4	It's a metaphor.
1:14.6	This is like this.
1:17.2	A parable is a concrete depiction of a cosmic truth.
1:23.8	That's why Jesus is constantly saying, the kingdom of God is like.
1:27.9	A parable is an illustration.
1:30.4	It's a picture.
1:32.0	It's a way of taking something as abstract and as multidimensional as the kingdom of God
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