Father, Son and Holy Spirit - Timothy Keller [Sermon]

Tim Keller sermons via Gospel in Life: On the surface of it, the Christian teaching about the Trinity is very difficult. It overloads the mental circuits. The doctrine of the Trinity is that God is one God, eternally existent in three persons. That’s not tritheism, where there’s really three gods who stick together a lot and like each other. And it’s not unipersonalism, which is really one God who sometimes takes this form, and sometimes takes this form-different forms in different places.
Trinitarianism is that there’s one God in three persons who know one another and love one another. So God is not more fundamentally one than he is three, and he’s not more fundamentally three than he is one. It is cognitively difficult, but the doctrine of the Trinity is bristling and exploding with life-shaping, wonderful, glorious implications.
In Mark 1:9-13, Jesus makes his appearance. In these five little verses, we have the whole history of the world recapitulated. We learn in these five verses: there’s a dance, the greatest need of your life is to get into that dance, and Jesus is the one who can bring you in.
Scripture: Mark 1:9-13
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[@Cmartin621]

Tim Keller always snaps me back to reality when I’m getting to self centered and full of myself. I don’t know how a sermon that makes me see all the bad things about myself can also give me such hope and joy. That is the difference between Gods word and man’s words

[@janiceking6955]

You are SO right! It's like God is saying let me get that poison and infection out of your soul so you can be well 😊🙌🙌

[@nadinemahieu1999]

Amen

[@celenecranenburgh9566]

So let's move out on the battlefield FULL of Jesus right now...right there. Big love to you in Jesus... Xxx

[@celenecranenburgh9566]

Cmartin...on this July morning in 2023...BIG JESUS LOVE to you...from The Father...in The Spirit...hope you have a great day today... Xxx

[@julievega9484]

This is SO WELL SAID. I know EXACTLY what you mean. God’s words = Life ❤

[@Anna-mc3ll]

Thank you for sharing this profound, insightful and inspiring sermon!

[@theycallmeglen]

What a profound message! Once again, Tim Keller has helped me understand the connections between Old and New Testament, in a way that is inspirational and faith-building. So thankful for recordings like this, to let this good news ring on!

[@jessicadennington9558]

God speaks powerfully through Tim Keller’s study of His Word.

[@celenecranenburgh9566]

And now Tim is actually, literally, perfect in Heaven with Jesus. Thank you God our Father! Xxx

[@miriamtuazon8532]

Thank you God for being invited daily into the dance of life.

[@milmil337]

No one has ever explained the Trinity like that! And what a beautiful description!!! I get it!

[@johnny.musician]

One of, if not the, finest sermons I’ve heard. Seriously, these words spoke to me. Thank you Ps Tim.

[@celenecranenburgh9566]

Hey...I hope you have the chance to check out more of Tim Kellers sermons... Xxx

[@EstellaPannell]

i have, l pray, to enter “the Dance” , July 20, 2023! 34:43

[@johnny.musician]

@@celenecranenburgh9566 Absolutely, Celene. Working my way through the library.

[@ponypublications]

I think this is my favorite sermon I've heard on the Trinity. It encompasses everything--the universe, the gospel, the character of God, our purpose as human beings--and it's beautiful 🥺

[@Palmsthelight]

What a beautiful dance we will have with Our triune God, once we all come into union and make it completely about Him 🤍✨🤍✨🤍✨ I pray this happens! In JESUS MIGHTY NAME ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@LTankv]

No other sermon has lit me up the way this one does. The way you explain the dance between us and God is something I've been envisioning for a while. I've never heard it been expressed by a pastor. Thank you!!!! I'm so grateful 🙏💕✨

[@sandimnkandla6801]

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[@junjeong5233]

Thanks for graceful message. I pray 🙏 for Dr. Tim for being healthy.

[@lindaramos3011]

What a beautiful message and such a beautiful story of the God who loves us and wants us to join thee dance.

[@leim100]

I miss You Pastor Tim Keller!!

[@parkrow777]

Perichoresis and circuminsession is the dance. My God, my God...was Jesus separation from the dance. No wonder He sweat blood, no wonder the whole earth turned dark and shook violently, no wonder He fell down asking if the cup could pass. What an amazing price Jesus paid for our salvation! It makes me wonder what pain the Father and the Spirit went through during this most amazing event.

[@raquelcastro7241]

What a wonderful feeling to know that this God we know dances the dance of love. Pastor Keller how wonderful you put the trinity and what it means to be a part of it. Amen and Amen 🙏. God bless you always. Warm thoughts I send your way Raquel 🙋🏻‍♀️🙏⚱️📖🐑❤️🕊🌳🍁🍂🍃🍎

[@katm2814]

Anointed, poignant, and seamless.

[@ChristinaHills]

How humbling ❤

[@janiceking6955]

I wish Tim would write a book on this.. I bet he could show us even more about our great God that we've missed for years. Never even thought to compare the Trinity in creation to the Trinity at Jesus' baptism. As usual, Tim teaches it's all about God and He's completely in control. I just listened to it for the second time and will listen again. Tim, if you see this, write a book! In your spare time 😁 I pray for you brother, I pray God will heal you on your sickbed (Psalm 41:1) and restore you from your illness! 🙏🙏🙏

[@gregoryhall3557]

Janice, Tim Keller did write about the divine dance of the Trinity. See Chapter 14 in his book “the Reason for God“. It is a beautiful and amazing description of the self-giving relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Dr. Keller says “Each person of the Trinity loves, adores, defers to, and rejoices in the others. This creates a dynamic, pulsating dance of joy and love.“ This Chapter 14 entitled “The Dance of God” says much more and is the main reason I bought the book after having listened to an audio version with Tim Keller reading.

[@janiceking6955]

@@gregoryhall3557 thank you! I will definitely look for that. I get so much from Tim Keller

[@sojourner6699]

"God is unipersonal. It means the essence of God that is power and greatness." Amen. Amen. 🙏Hallelujah!

[@samuelamirtharaj2800]

That is not what he said.

[@samuelamirtharaj2800]

@Timothy keller don’t scam people.

[@pialakin6517]

Future is beautiful. Dr. Keller explained The Holy Trinity so well, it is easier to understand. Thank you Dr. Keller

[@lindawarner7496]

Love love love this sermon.

[@christopherjones2669]

Zero salvation and zero conversion without community, and no marriage works without the same, a place to reach out to and serve; Matthew 10: 40 humbling, no salvation unless we listen to God's servants.

[@courtneyoien619]

Best description of the Trinity, and what He means for the world, that I've ever heard

[@teresitalimpin7075]

Thank you again Rev. Tim Keller 💖

[@nickvoutsas5144]

It's the grace of God and actions which Leed to salvation. Having faith,hope and love are all actions of the soul and unless you activate these actions God can't save you. If someone acts in love ,hope and faith that person's physical actions will reflect love ,hope and faith. It's so obvious how can the new age churches be so blind?

[@wylemtien9367]

Trinity is not a word found in bible. Who is the the Prince of peace and everlasting father refer to in book of Isaiah???

[@loisagutierrez6901]

❤ ❤❤

[@saraclark7263]

The three Persons in the Trinity refers to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Here, the Father refers to God the Father. The Son refers to the beloved Son of God, God incarnate - Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit is formless and everywhere. They are the three Persons in the Trinity. Trinity is the unity of essence, form, and function. Essence is the Holy Spirit. Function is the function of essence - that is, creating all things. Function refers to the Father. Form is the manifestation of the function of essence, and refers to all things in the world. Among the manifestations of the function of essence, the most special and sinless manifestation is God incarnate - the Son. --Light of Wisdom Church《The Trinity ｜God from God, Light from Light｜Reincarnation | I Am the way, the truth and the life 08》

[@rourywilliams7014]

How does he square Calvinism with this description of God?

[@jeffcato713]

Both Calvin and Keller are in the same boat we all are - "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known".

[@thotsaboutGod]

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[@tabasco7915]

I am just too self centered.

[@redskittlez12]

Hey that was exactly what I thought when I heard this too. God is and will continue to work in us to shape us to be loving and selfless people through his grace and love. Seek him and he will give us a new heart ❤

[@tabasco7915]

@Timothy keller I'm just thankful for the opportunity to comment.

[@7seal553]

There is NO trinity; God is NOT 3 different or distinct persons but is CLEARLY 3 manifestations of the SAME being, or unipersonal as stated in this sermon. At 25:20 he asks, "Why would a unipersonal God create the world?" The answer given in Scripture is simply for his own good pleasure. And that's enough, no need to be a committee of gods involved in a group chat, or dance, to make sense of Scripture or creation. The reason the trinity is cognitively difficult is because it's nonsense. God is one, not one group. God IS Spirit. - John 4:24 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him. - John 14:7

[@katm2814]

Divine diversity within the Godhead is actually very necessary beyond the emotive, interpersonal relationships that Pastor Keller refers to.

[@christopherjones2669]

Lord baptized; Bible does not say why; in order to enter church and heaven, zero justification without baptism, which baptism is for good people, even for nearly perfect people, in Lord's case, even for perfect people. All Paul's writings in first verses tells plainly Father and Son are 2 different people, Greek philosophy corrupted faith now for thousands of years, Greek philosophy is anti- body, anti- family within trinity, anti --resurrection and against Paul teachings. Mr. Keller correct, Bible is mystery, not clear and confusing. Gospel is traditional family. Which is offensive to many.