How to Change - Timothy Keller [Sermon]

Tim Keller sermons via Gospel in Life: Christian growth is described through the metaphor of the fruit of the spirit, which is a gradual process that begins with the seed of the Holy Spirit. As we are changed from the inside out, organically and radically, we will find deep joy and lasting change.
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This sermon was preached by Rev. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 19, 1998.

[@user-cm8gu1ip5k]

A sermon worth listening to over and over again

[@sokhnafall6941]

I agree 💯%

[@jillcostanzo7128]

This is worth listening to everyday for the rest of my life .. Amazing sermon. Best message I’ve ever heard .

[@dexterplameras3249]

A lot Timothy Keller sermons are like this, I've listened to many. I think that he practices what he preaches and the fruit of the spirit has grown in him like a mustard tree.

[@HopeVenetta]

Tim is laying down all kinds of truth here. Truth bombs all over the place!

[@celenecranenburgh9566]

Brilliant, yes!

[@blackbaron205]

Funny, how I was born 11 days after this sermon. Beautiful sermon. So much God given wisdom in this man.

[@pyrsartur3675]

Amen. God bless you.

[@daniellim5781]

This is one of those sermons that hit deep and hopefully touches everyone because I doubt anyone is so perfectly producing the fruits of the spirit that this sermon doesn't touch them in some way.

[@celenecranenburgh9566]

I hear you. I agree. I'm grateful to our God that He bothers at all...beautiful numpties that we are. And worse. Yeah. Lord, praise You. Right here in my room in England. Right there where all your people are. You're so kind. (Yeah. The RIGHT kind!)

[@SandyKH]

What a challenge to my normal way of thinking. God bless you, Tim Keller!

[@ErsteNachname]

I really want to change... I’m so grateful that I’ve gotten a chance to listen to this sermon...feel so blessed! Probably need to keep listening for many more years...

[@Carmen_Mar]

The last time I listened to this was in 2017. Speaks to me all the more powerfully today. I needed this. Thank you for this lesson. Praise Jesus, Amen.

[@MapleMeHoney]

Dear Tim Keller, I hope this msg finds you: this msg was a much needed life-saving msg!! Thank you so so much!! I can’t explain how much this msg has helped and edified me!! I am keeping you in my prayers regarding your fight with cancer. Xx

[@Trickdaddyphil]

One of the greatest messages I’ve ever heard.

[@jillcostanzo7128]

Me too!!!

[@PeaceFan1]

I SOOO Needed to HEAR this and GET It!!! THANK YOU, Pastor Keller!!!!

[@michellebiland5163]

Thanks so much. God bless Tim. What you have planted for Christ will live on. 🌻🌷❤

[@drinnerd8532]

I honestly don't always like to listen to Timothy Keller... because then I hear very REAL truth that convicts the poop out of me, dealing with my struggles (or just unwillingness) to submit to God's will. We all want to change, including me, but I find myself only wanting to change certain things on my own terms, while other things I refuse to surrender to God, at all. He really got me bad at the 20:26 mark when he talked about how all the gifts go together and how we can have have counterfeit peace, humility, humbleness... fake gifts, basically. I'm definitely the one with a counterfeit gentleness, peace and self control. I also struggle with being a person of integrity, Being the same person in public that I am in private and having real self control.

[@chrisahearn1735]

im tracking

[@darcandelaria]

😂 atleast your honest about it that's the first step you're on the right track. I used to be like that with pastor Raul Ries but that was a long time ago. Tim Keller helps me wake up and face myself. I just discovered this pastor but I'm sure if I heard this years ago I would feel like you.

[@jackieramsbottom7458]

Drinner D My friend , the best thing I can do for you is to tell you to check yourself with God. You may not be born again. In Matthew 24 Jesus spoke of false Christ’s. But it’s not just Muslims who have a different Jesus, so do Mormons , Jw’s even catholic’s and others who truly believe they know Jesus . Even Baptist’s. , penticostals. It’s them who have truly surrendered their all who know Jesus. Get on your knees and cry out to God for the gift of repentance . Ask him to reveal the truth to you . If it’s from the heart he will answer. God bless you and your family.

[@TheQueenmellie]

You're not alone. Ouch! I have been deceiving myself. I'm grateful to have truth clearly spoken. I pray that I be willing to fully submit to God.

[@drinnerd8532]

@@jackieramsbottom7458 thanks for your consideration, I guess... but in all honesty, there's a difference between sharing about things you regularly struggle with, in your pursuit of Christ ... and actually not knowing Him. I struggle because I do know Him. He compels me to submit to Himself and since my desire is to love Him and be intimate with Him and not try to score "spiritual points," in order to feel okay enough for Him to just leave me alone, I find it to actually be a difficult process sometimes and also falter on occasion. The Lord thankfully is gracious. Maybe you are someone who never struggles, and if you are like the rest of us who genuinely do, would it really be helpful to hear someone who doesn't know you at all tell you it's probably because your salvation is false? All I can do is submit my life to Him, he does the rest as far as my salvation goes... but as He's been changing my heart and other stuff it hasn't at all been a walk in the park. It's actually made things more difficult in some ways as that refining process takes hold of you, as I assume you know. So, I will live in fear of His power, in reverence to Him. I will not, however, live in fear of other people's words or be "tossed back and forth by the waves" every time I confess my struggles because there's always someone on the other end who doesn't know you at all or understand your struggles who's waiting to convince you that you're still lost. Thankfully, it's a rare encounter but it's unhelpful none the less. Pardon my frustration. Perhaps this wasn't your intention, but it simply can't always be the issue. Repentance is always a necessity, though, so in that, I thank you for the reminder... but we need to stop assuming that everyone but ourselves is lost.

[@stephenhall7493]

Please, Lord... help me change...

[@kramsdrawde8159]

Wasn't really sure presbrwterians spoke the word and truth like this guy....Rock on tim....God uses this guy!!!

[@anthonyetemadi7975]

Very insightful and helpful. Always enjoy how he breaks the Word of God down and applies it to everyday life..

[@cryptic1741]

Wow. As usual, Tim Keller has delivered a message that I will think on and pray about for days. I have never heard anyone explain the fruit of the spirit in such an effective and profound way. The contrast he made between true and "counterfeit" fruit stunned me. I am overcome! I forwarded this to a few friends. I hope they are also blessed by it. Tim is my favorite preacher. His ability to go deep into the word and relate it to listeners on a personal level is truly remarkable.

[@lilacDaisy111]

Note to self: watch and re-watch and re-watch from 20:00!!!!!!!!!!!! Take notes and pin on fridge every time!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sorenminoush145]

Wow.. my gentleness and being so accepting is because I lack self control / self discipline!

[@lucindawilson5510]

thank you

[@jesusandme8875]

Beautifully preached 😊 thanks for sharing this .Glory and praises and thanks to God forever and ever😊

[@elijahcandage]

7:40 I love how he says it like a threat.

[@aureliencollin4394]

loving it truth and real

[@AlanMWheeler]

this hit the nail on the head.

[@keziatampi]

i understand n feel encourage to keep my faith n grow in the fruit of the Spirit. thank u so much

[@Patricia-xz1vz]

I needed to hear this again.

[@rubenrumblefish]

INSIGHT FULL. SPEAKS CONSISTENTLY. A CERTAIN WAY DAT HITS ME BETWEEN THE EYES. DEEP RECESSES OF MY MIND AND MOST OF ALL MY HEART. EVEN MENTIONS. MARCH 1st. IN A STORY. WHICH COINCIDENTALLY IS MY BIRTHDAY. JUST A LITTLE CONFIRMATION FROM THE LORD. THAT THIS SERMON IS UP MY ALLEY. P.S. GIVES ME A HEAVEN A LOT OF HOPE. LORD JESUS. BLESS HIS MINISTRY

[@Virginia.Espinosa]

Thank you 🙏

[@loganpeck5084]

Wow this is encouraging....

[@itsjkforreal]

"real peace is from humility." Why worry, what do I know?

[@danguerriero3094]

This guy is the best

[@tjclark5900]

Indeed

[@SuperPalomino123]

Excellent. The truth is always hard to hear but needs to be heard if we really want to put Christ first as He calls us to. The rest will flow naturally (alas slowly as Tim says) when we first love God genuinely but mostly when we are truly assured of His immense love for us regardless of our performance. Once He has deposited in seed form a new heart and new nature in us, that is how He sees us, transformed and beautiful (inside.) He is ever so patient with us and knows that some have more issues to deal with than others. Once we see ourselves as He does and KNOW without a doubt how much He loves us we don't need other peoples love or praise any longer, we no longer need to defend ourselves or prove ourselves. We are free to genuinely love others even when they test us (disrespect or rejection). Walking in the Spirit is a choice but it also comes more naturally when we abide in Christ's love for us and it is ENOUGH. When we know that walking in the Spirit and not giving in to our fleshy impulses is a life filled with peace. God knows best ☺

[@tigistshawel7793]

Amaing

[@fittguy]

one of my top 3 keller sermons. love when he's on fire. have listened to this a few dozen times over the years.

[@colehooper8125]

This was dead lit man

[@rubenrumblefish]

COUPLE THIS WITH HOW TO CHANGE DEEPLY. 34 MINUIT ONE AND YOU HAVE A BOMB (A GODLY ONE )

[@nietzsche1991]

This sermon is changing my life. ❤

[@thomasrogers3008]

The final 5 mins. Wow.

[@bellarose8511]

wow

[@colehooper8125]

👌

[@CompiChao]

Great Sermon​! But too bad he didn't have enough time to finish it.

[@2080bop]

What about that guy who struggled with homosexuality? He left. And when u saw him again he said he overcame the temptation. That he was empowered by the Spirit? I proabably got it all wrong but I would love to hear more about that story. I'm so caught up with temptation. Not homosexual but still just as bad.

[@merriferrell2818]

David White the church, not Keller, has made homosexually a target..like the mote in the eye vs the beam it has led to an avalanche of judgementalism, hypocrisy, self righteousness, cruelty. It has helped others eclipse resigning their own sins while they throw rocks at others.

[@angelaf1305]

The reason you get addicted to things is because you don't have any joy!

[@steadfastinthefaith.]

When he brought up "Meyers Briggs" by saying "it's your Meyers Briggs-ness..." I had to stop it. The Meyers Briggs was founded through "channeling". It is not founded through science, but through spiritual channeling, same as the Enneagram. Please do not be involved with these things! Look further into where they came from and what is truly behind them. I can appreciate his overall message otherwise. I do usually enjoy some of his sermons.

[@harrisonclark4382]

I enjoy most of your sermons but not all of them.

[@bethrossiter1857]

ouch. ouch. ouch!

[@harrisonclark4382]

Why not just believe what Jesus said “he who believes in me has life”? It does no good to look at your works for assurance of salvation. Look took what Jesus said Instead.

[@angelaf1305]

The secret for christian growth: lust for Jesus

[@Ann_0103]

This blew my mind.