Sermon

The Principle of Spiritual Power

Tim Keller |  November 30, 1997

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Topics:
  • The Holy Spirit
  • Understanding the Gospel
Duration:
33:57
Scripture:
Galatians 3:1-5
SKU:
RS 288-10

Overview

In our culture, many people go to church looking for spiritual power. They’re looking for spirituality, or prayer, or changes in consciousness. People don’t want to be told how to live decently, because that whole idea that there’s a certain way to live is gone. But they’re empty, and they want spirituality. This text from Galatians has everything to say about spirituality. Paul says, “If you want to understand spiritual power, spiritual reality… not just an ethical life, but a spiritually powerful life… here it is.”

How did the Galatian Christians get converted? How did they receive the Spirit? How did this inner transformation happen? There are two things we’ll discuss in this passage. One is the instrument of the Spirit, and the other is the secret of spiritual power.

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