Sermon
The War Between Your Selves (Part 1)
By Tim Keller
Sermon
Runaway Believer
Tim Keller | July 22, 1990
Overview
We all run away from God. It’s in our nature. And the book of Jonah is all about Jonah running and God pursuing.
Most of us are familiar with the words sin and grace, but what they mean is another thing. And here it is: essentially sin is running away from God, and grace is God’s effort to pursue and intercept self-destructive behavior. That’s it. Running and chasing. And the first step in any relationship with God is to admit you’ve run and that even now, to some degree, you’re running.
So let’s look now at how 1) Jonah is called to do something, 2) Jonah runs away from it, and 3) God pursues him.
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