Sermon
Why Does God Do Nothing?
By Tim Keller
Sermon
The Law and the Promise
Tim Keller | January 11, 1998
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The non-English versions of this sermon were professionally translated by Gospel in Life and then recreated in Doctor Keller’s voice using advanced technology, with exclusive permission from his family.
Overview
Today’s passage is not an easy one. When you look through it, there’s a lot of obscurity. Nothing leaps up and grabs you, but if we do some mining, we’ll find all sorts of gems in here. This passage helps unlock one of the keys for understanding all of the Bible. Paul shows us how the Bible fits together with beautiful coherence.
Paul is writing to a series of churches in Galatia that he founded. They had come under the influence of a group of wayward teachers, and Paul is at great pains to correct them.
The teachers said to first believe and obey and then you’ll be saved. But Paul taught to believe and be saved, and then you’ll obey. The teachers said faith and obedience go together and result in salvation, but Paul said faith and salvation go together and result in obedience. This change in order makes all the difference for how we live.
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