Sermon
True Wisdom
By Tim Keller
Sermon
Jesus Our God
Tim Keller | December 19, 1993
Overview
In English, the word Immanuel has only eight letters. Yet I tell you it is heavier than the heavens and the earth.
In that one word, Immanuel, you have the most offensive and the most comforting, the most repulsive and the most attractive message the world has ever heard. It means “God with us.”
Let’s see how this message 1) is the most repulsive because it says Jesus Christ is God, and 2) is the most attractive because it says Jesus Christ is God with us.
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