Forgiving Others, Freeing the Soul (Part 1) - Dr. Timothy Keller

[@angelawalker9793]

Now that Tim is enjoying Jesus face to face, I’m so glad we have a library of written and video teaching that will last(me anyway) a lifetime.

[@nesespinosa]

Rest in Peace Keller. Thank you for your contribution to this world.

[@davidverettemboob1652]

Has Tim Keller already passed away?😮

[@RachelRidley-Smith]

The gentle, selfless compassion of this man (Tim Keller) is even more profound and impactful than his words. But his words! His wise and disarming words continue to channel the life of the gospel all the way to people like me. Thank you Heavenly Father for the life and ongoing work of Tim and Kathy.

[@allynoelani]

RIP Pastor Tim, thank you for everything you have done for our world and community. ❤️

[@lucydy7985]

Missing Pastor Tim Keller, your profound teachings of God's Word has inspired me a lot to grow deeper. Thank you for your precious teachings!

[@jwillisbarrie]

Thanks for adding actual captions for the Deaf

[@edermarianne3137]

What a gift he was.

[@sarahychang7002]

Praise praise our Lord!!! Soooooooo happy to see Reverend Tim Keller again!!!!!!

[@andrewsiyomunji8260]

RIP Timothy you impacted most of us even here in Africa,Your books on my bookshelf are quite a treasure and one does sense that they were really intentional.

[@DK-ss1vu]

The man had such an impact on me.

[@adniloropmaco4341]

Thank You Lord for the forgiveness 🙏🙏. Thank u for Ptr. Tim Keller

[@krispykr33m2]

Unforgiveness is definatly the flavor of the day

[@fayyei4022]

Rest in Peace Dr. Keller.

[@leanagonzalez467]

Suffering is not God’s will, but it’s part of His plan. That’s a statement! ❤

[@r.1021]

Thank you Jesus for healing!!! I am so happy to see Pastor Tim Keller! Your gospel message changed my life! I love you in Christ and Keep on praying for you and your family!

[@mariezacharias302]

I say Tim Keller, go praise, dance for joy in the Lord Jesus' presence upon entrance into your eternal home. Your home and now your real purpose for all eternal begins. Hallelujah.❤

[@hangryturtle9006]

Dr Keller is with Christ now, but he is still speaking to me and I really needed to hear this

[@JodyTartt]

Such a blessing to this world! He's there with his Lord Jesus and C. S. Lewis!

[@myfavoritethings8093]

He's there with all the faith patriarchs. The Hall of Faith believers in Hebrews 11.

[@SettleinJAX]

Standing firm in the truth while holding forgiveness to others as we have been forgiven is all we need not only today, but also in the entire history of the humankind.

[@Trenance-forever]

Amazing leaders of Focus...they sound so compassionate and authentic.

[@theycallmeglen]

So much truth shared here. Important that they call out both sides of extremism in the church - left and right - for self-serving motives.

[@dailylifeexperiences560]

This is an excellent topic and conversation.

[@maytelanerocaja9282]

Just grieving. "We were not created to die" he said 😢

[@aarifaamos]

What about the need to forgive yourself. Its never talked about but needed so much!

[@VipMike]

🙏💞🕊Amen Prayer for this.

[@realliving7340]

So true!

[@HUMMINGBIRDANA1]

Look up the book Forgiving Forward. That may help you. It’s an amazing book as well.

[@HUMMINGBIRDANA1]

By Bruce Hebel

[@SETGL2010]

Where does it talk about self forgiveness in scripture?

[@bds8350]

His words have changed me

[@melissasheffer3340]

It’s a beautiful gift that we have this to look back on. Thank you to Focus for making it available.

[@jessyjonas4988]

"The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." Psalm 90:10✝️

[@sallytan3088]

, thank you for this interview. I needed to hear it, forgiveness is simple yet complex and emotional when one tries to apply it, I can listen to this subject repeatedly because it is the center of our faith.

[@focusonthefamily]

It’s encouraging to hear that our broadcast ministered to you, Sally. May you continue to sense God’s grace and peace in the days ahead!

[@michaelbrickley2443]

@@focusonthefamily amen

[@kathleenwharton2139]

We are All Sinners Saved by Gods Grace! There is Nothing left To Do! But Forgive Others..as Yourself!

[@rosacuevas6688]

Hi I am a Cristian (PT),and had grow up with some family that live in Roosevelt Island ( Episcopelian ), that is a beathyfull place for living longer, I am at Puerto Rico Island as well. May family is Presbitirian ,Episcopalian, Evangelic. Amén 🙌 Aleluya

[@irenechavez3455]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING TRUTH ON FORGIVENESS, MANY UNFORGIVERS IN MY SURROUNDINGS.

[@jessyjonas4988]

Amen brother We get past the three score and ten no complaints

[@bonnieketterman6542]

I really need to hear this this really helped me alot this segment was a real blessing in my life I'm a faithful listener

[@kathymatula7163]

I have a very hard time forgiving myself !

[@lsob_ers1405]

See part 2 of this talk

[@lynette4412]

This is awesomeness! 🙌❤️🙏

[@rainyjazz9849]

This is so much wisdom

[@farmingwithLizah]

What a timely message

[@rcz2023]

Thank you

[@dontfollowthecrowd5195]

This is great. Thank you

[@irenechavez3455]

"IT'S NOT AN OPTION, IT'S A COMMAND!!!!!!!

[@srilankan59]

What is the command?

[@carmentavarez4019]

Traduzcanlo por favor, !El pastor Keller tenia muchos seguidores de habla HISPANA. DIOS LES BENDIGA

[@gsusfan1]

Great interview! Love Tim Keller. Also, I have to chuckle....FOCUS is really into the "Dr." titles aren't they? I don't think I've ever heard Keller even use the "Dr." title himself. LOL. Humble guy.

[@EdiQ1985]

Thanks for sharing this message. Hello from Ecuador :)

[@focusonthefamily]

Thank you for your interest in our broadcasts, friend! God bless you!

[@annbrucepineda8093]

I have heard a program on boundaries. I can forgive my husband’s relatives who were horrible to me, one even telling him to “put me in my place”. I cannot accept her asking me to trust her. I owe her nothing. I have done many things for her and can’t remember one time she did something for me. I no longer have much hope for my marriage if she comes back into our lives.

[@nancydrew1102]

Dr Henry cloud has a brilliant book on Boundaries in marriage. You both also should get marriage counselling , it will give you both tools to work together. Possibly you hubby loves you but isn’t sure how to deal with the conflict , where it come to family. I found it help , my out laws are narcissists , both are separated. It can be very exhausting & difficult to keep the peace. Also the therapist see things from both your perspective , & the professional capacity to lay barebones the situation in a real way . GL 💜

[@mikeracka4111]

She may have told him to put you in your place because youre a domineering feminist. She may have told him that because shes presumptuous and petty. But we always want to be ready to examine ourselves and respond to truth even when given by tactless people.

[@annbrucepineda8093]

@@nancydrew1102 I loved Nancy Drew books as a child. One of my friends had a huge collection. Thank you. We tried counseling years ago, when he first left at the turn of the century. I understand, from Bible study, that, if your spouse is not a believer but wants to stay in a relationship with you, you should not be the one to end the relationship. My husband has PD and I have tried to be supportive even though he still lives in his bachelor’s apartment his sisters helped him set up. They no longer live here. One lives in Spain and the other in New Orleans. One has retired and visits often, staying with him. The other is about to retire and I am afraid she is planning to return. That would be my red line. Both spoil him rotten and neither is a Christian. I’m the one trying to keep him fighting the PD. There is news of amazing developments now and hope for a cure. They seem to want him in a home or cared for by nurses who know nothing about PD, who will see him as an invalid.

[@judymcearl8545]

Forgiveness is a choice... praying for hurtful people is a choice. We do it out of love for Jesus and respect for His extraordinary forgiveness of us. I find nothing in Scripture that says we are to trust those who have shown a pattern of harmful behavior.

[@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780]

I was born a Jew but iam very close to the Christian charitable heart

[@jessyjonas4988]

Truth

[@rebeccajames588]

Forgiving one’s self. How?

[@focusonthefamily]

Thanks for your question, Rebecca. Here's a link to a Q&A on our website that we hope will offer some insight - bddy.me/3YiGrW8. Also, we have counselors available to offer reassurance, answer questions, and pray with you. If you think it would be helpful, we’d like to invite you to speak with one of them at your convenience. The contact information is at the bottom of the Q&A. May God protect you and guide you in the days ahead, friend.

[@annbrucepineda8093]

I don’t think you have to have a close relationship of trust with somebody who has betrayed your trust time and again, do you? I don’t consider the person bad or evil, just a constant splinter in my finger, and a source of conflict with my husband again and again.

[@deborahchrist1097]

Well what if Jesus decided to stop allowing us to have a close relationship with him even though we sin against him every day?

[@britestart1]

Regarding mercy and justice: What about forgiving a proud unrepentant family member who was damaged in their childhood. Since you know they can't help being that way, you wait wait and forgive them even though they don't acknowledge their wrongs much less ask for forgiveness. To the point where it affects my marriage. I have truly forgiving my mother n law. To seek justice by asking my mother- in-law to move out would probably sever my 30 year marriage.

[@focusonthefamily]

Thank you for your question, friend. We encourage you to speak to one of our counselors to discuss this situation in detail, and they'll be able to offer personalized assistance. You may call 1-855-771-HELP (4357) weekdays between 6:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. (MT). Just give your number to the Family Help Center staff member who answers the phone. They will pass along your contact information to one of our staff counselors, who will return your call just as soon as they’re able. In the meantime, know that we'll be praying for you. God be with you.

[@shirleywong9428]

Jesus told me don't expect me to forgive u if u can't forgive other's

[@nancydrew1102]

Jesus’s says forgive them , like I forgive you. How does Jesus forgive us , completely . He doesn’t bring it back up or hold it for furtherance. Most of us forget this .

[@srilankan59]

But does He forgive the unrepentant? Was His call and command to repent just something He said that can be ignored?

[@Shirley-nt9sz]

The interviewer is too intrusive . Please just let Pastor Keller speak.

[@RealTalk-mq2ug]

Imagine how free I could be if each time the hurt they have caused me, arises within me and haunts me... I pray for them! Alas, I'm not there yet. MAY HE SUFFER FOR ALL ETERNITY FOR WHAT HE'S DONE TO ME. I WISH THE MOST HORRIFIC SUFFERING UPON THE BOTH OF THEM. I LOATH THEM. I WISH HELL UPON THEM. I am submerged in terror and panic and rage and grief and darkness. I die, daily, of the most horrific panic attacks. I wish the most intense and eternal suffering upon the both of them for what they've done to me. I want to die. The man whom I revered as my best friend ended up raping my soul. I want to die. The darkness is unbearable. Rage and grief consume me. HE REPLACED ME. HE SHATTERED MY HEART. Raped my soul. He raped my soul: brutally viciously violently maliciously. MAY HE SUFFER ETERNALLY. God, as I walk through this hell and heartache and grief, I pray you guide me and direct me and hold me and love me and heal me... It was never real, anyway. This "situationship" we had, it was all an illusion. I allowed it to continue, even after my empathy zeroed in on exactly who he is... A broken man. A child. Abused. Unhealed. An abuser. My work now is all about ME. On my own healing. Short of a miracle, he will never give me official closure, nor an apology. He's too scared. Too immature. Too childish. Too broken. Too abusive. So, I affirm... Each beam of sunlight that shines upon my face brings happiness and healing to me. I spent my entire life just wanting to be loved and searched and searched for the right man to do so... I am now finally finding the one man who loves me unconditionally: his name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. He is real! HALLELUJAH! 💖💓💜💞🙏 Because of Him, I always, in all ways: radiate love and joy and ease and gratitude and light and presence and wellbeing! HE IS RISEN!!! HALLELUJAH! 💖💓💜💞🙏 I'll end with a prayer: to restore and transform and upgrade and heal my DNA, to clear my mind, to purify my heart, to fully increase my vitality and bliss and awareness. To bring about: millions of little miracles... That I may be healed, on every level, in every way, and that I may in turn, through my life's work, bring that same healing to others... HALLELUJAH! 💖💓💜💞🙏 Also, I HAD A DIRECT ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS. I'D LIKE TO SHARE IT! IT WENT LIKE THIS: We met in a garden. He was showing me that everything needs to be ripped out of this garden even though it is beautiful. It all needs to be ripped out. I ask Jesus, "what's next?" We are flying off, not staying in the garden, anymore. We are off into the galaxies. And he’s taking me into him, I am becoming a part of him. He wants me to see other things. I’ve been stuck in the garden; NO MORE GARDEN! Even though there is magic and beauty in the garden, it's now time for other things! We are now off to different worlds, different galaxies, I am soaring with him. He’s showing me a bigger picture. I’m getting a birds-eye view and we are getting farther and farther away from the garden and farther away from the earth itself. This journey is important! Because I've been too stuck, and it's time! He is taking me to a room, a comfy room, with couches, with a fireplace - unfamiliar to me but Jesus knows it. It’s quite confusing. Simultaneously so many feelings, but then no feelings. Confusing, unfamiliar experience. Also a sense of anxiety, fear, and panic. But Jesus calms it all right away, as soon as it arises. And he’s showing me things - tons of books - they contain all the knowledge in/of the whole universe; this overwhelms me and panic arises, again, and Jesus calms me. He’s now taking my hand, we are going back out, we’re outside, walking through darkness, but there is a rectangle of light and we walk into that portal of light: together. We are through the portal and in the galaxies again, and I’m seeing moments of my past; as him & I are traversing through the galaxies, planets and moments of my life are swishing by, as we travel up and up and up in to the galaxies... These moments looks like tiny little stars, little blips, just swishing by, as we pass by there is a lot of emotions that arise - the moments are so tiny but the emotions are huge and overwhelming; and we are getting higher and higher and things are feeling more and more unfamiliar and further from the earth and further from my past... Then suddenly immediately the scene changes... We land hard inside a Tim Horton’s - my local Tim Horton’s. Jesus is holding me with his arm wrapped around my shoulder; I am crying, yelling, can’t breathe for the fear, grief, and pain I am experiencing. Jesus keeps saying: "it is time sweetheart - it's time. You don’t have to do this anymore." But I'm resisting because there is so much pain. I can’t stop crying and he is just holding me. I don’t want to be here: in a body, anymore. Jesus is flying with me in the blackness. Clouds now become cotton candy. Couches made of cotton candy; they can support us; I am lying on a cotton candy couch; Jesus is on another couch; I am just floating and giggling and confused. We are both eating cotton candy; he is laughing and he is loving that I'm loving it. But why, I keep asking him, why any of this, what is this? He just smiles and he can see me becoming happier and he is amused by my questions. We just keep floating away on these cotton candy clouds... Pain and panic are gone; just curiosity and amusement remain... What is happening? Jesus is having so much fun with this! A sense of freedom here; just cotton candy clouds... Now Jesus is bringing out a book and a pen... What is he going to show me? He’s writing: "you are it. This is love; you are it". My mind is trying to catch up - not confusion, just curiosity. I see my name on the book - he’s showing me books that I'm going to write. I keep hearing: "there’s nothing to do, it is done". Now we are on a couch in a mall; I feel really comfortable and really safe; and there is a feast now; a huge feast, coming out for us. It's festive and exciting! I am dumbfounded and awestruck. I am like a baby eating ice cream for the first time. There is a sense that I am taken care of: way more than I know. The message: that I am never alone, that I was never alone, that I am okay now! Jesus is smiling and is giddy with excitement about this new awareness that I am experiencing/receiving. Jesus is clapping with joy and laughter. I am coming to understand more. There is something being deeply planted in me. He is excited for me. I feel comfortable and safe. Thank you, Jesus. (We are divine gifts because we are made of divinity!)

[@MrsSimLuva]

Is that calvanism to say that if you cant forgive others, dont be sure that God's forgiven you?

[@MrsSimLuva]

Youre saved by faith not works is what I'm getting at. But faith without works is dead...so confusing if there's a line and where it is

[@annbrucepineda8093]

Be very careful when you choose your life partner. I admire many things about my husband but should not have married him. His culture is so different in subtle ways. I have tried to commit to Matthew 18:15. I was hurt so much by gossip in Bible study but I can only change me. I will not gossip about anybody in my church. They are my only family. My husband and his family, even my children, are not. I understand how insecure they are and have just sought protection but I do not trust them.

[@ydonnay3145]

I am so sorry that you are in this situation 💔

[@margrose5]

I stopped following Tim Keller a while ago. There were many issues with his teaching. I’m not judging his faith or his salvation, but he supported critical race theory, and some Marxist principles. He shed doubt on the literal creation story in Genesis. He was not a staunch pro-life advocate. He was willing to compromise the In too many areas of biblical teaching to draw in people.

[@SL-ud7tf]

Keller is a fraud and not a true believer. This post also reminds me to unsubscribe from the channel, which I've been meaning to do.