Wonderful Counselor

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The book of Hebrews is telling us we’ll never make it through life without counseling—daily counseling. A main theme of Hebrews is that life in this world is a journey, spiritually speaking, through a wilderness. In verse 13, it says the only way we’re going to get through it is with this little word: the Greek word, parakaleō. It’s often translated as encouragement, but it comes closest to what we today would call counseling. Let’s ask the text these questions: 1) why do we need counseling? 2) what kind of counseling do we need? 3) who can give it to us? and 4) how do we receive it? This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on February 27, 2005. Series: Christ: Our Treasury (The Book of Hebrews). Scripture: Hebrews 3:12-13; 4:14-5:7. 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 and Life.
0:05.0	This month on the podcast, Tim Keller is preaching through the book of Hebrews to answer this essential question.
0:11.0	If God loves us so much, why is life so hard?
0:20.0	Today's scripture reading comes from Hebrews chapter 3 verses 1213, chapter 4 verses 14 through
0:29.2	chapter 5 verse 7. See to it brothers that none of you has a sinful unbelieving heart
0:37.3	that turns away from the living God.
0:40.4	But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sins deceitfulness.
0:49.8	Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus, the
0:55.9	son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
1:00.9	For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we
1:06.4	have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are, yet was without sin. Let us then approach
1:14.6	the throne of grace with confidence so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our
1:21.3	time of need. Every high priest is selected from among men and is appointed to represent them in matters related to God to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray since he himself is subject to weakness. This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins
1:46.7	as well as for the sins of the people. No one takes this honor upon himself. He must be called
1:53.0	by God, just as Aaron was. So Christ also did not take upon himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,
2:03.9	You are my son. Today I have become your father. And he says another place, you are a priest
2:11.2	forever in the order of Melchizedek. During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud
2:21.3	cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his
2:27.3	reverent submission. This is God's word.
2:33.1	Each week, we've been saying how the book of Hebrews is written to first century
2:37.7	urban people who are experiencing so much in the way of troubles and difficulties that they're
2:44.0	really in danger of just giving up. In this passage, we see one of the main themes of the book of Hebrews, and that
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