Discovering the Gospel in Every Book of the Bible with Tim Keller
Summary
TLDRThis introductory video launches a unique series on 'Discovering the Gospel in Every Book of the Bible.' It aims to be concise and accessible to both teachers and readers of the Bible. The presenter highlights the importance of understanding the gospel as both a principle of salvation by grace through Jesus Christ and as a narrative of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. The series will explore how each biblical story points to Jesus, emphasizing the transformative power of grace and the ultimate restoration of the world, fostering a deeper connection between scripture and worship.
Takeaways
- 🎥 The series aims to discover the gospel in every book of the Bible, offering a unique and useful approach to understanding scripture.
- 🕵️♂️ The content is designed to be concise, making it accessible for both teachers and readers of the Bible, not just for preaching or teaching purposes.
- 🔍 The series addresses a common issue where people tend to view the gospel either as a principle or a story, often neglecting one aspect over the other.
- 🛡️ The gospel as a principle emphasizes salvation by grace through Jesus Christ, not by good works or moral performance.
- 🌱 The principle also clarifies that saving faith is not alone but is accompanied by good works, illustrating a balance between faith and action.
- 📚 The gospel as a story encompasses the narrative of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration, providing a broader context for understanding scripture.
- 🌳 Recognizing the gospel's story helps to avoid overly simplistic views of life and the world, acknowledging both the goodness and the fallen state of creation.
- 👥 The storyline perspective also highlights the communal aspect of salvation, showing God's intent to create a community of believers, not just individual salvation.
- 🌟 The ultimate goal of the gospel story is the establishment of a new heaven and a new earth, a perfect world free from suffering, evil, and sin.
- 🔗 The key to understanding the gospel in every book of the Bible is through the person of Jesus Christ, who embodies both the principle and the story.
- 🕊️ The series encourages readers to see Jesus in every part of the Bible, as He is the fulfillment of all scripture and the central figure in both the principle and the story of the gospel.
Q & A
What is the main purpose of the series 'Discovering the Gospel in Every Book of the Bible'?
-The main purpose of the series is to provide a concise and comprehensive exploration of the gospel message in every book of the Bible, aiming to be useful for both teachers and readers of the Bible.
Why are the videos in this series intended to be short?
-The videos are kept short to make the content more accessible and digestible for viewers, ensuring that they can cover all the books of the Bible in a concise manner.
How does the speaker differentiate the approach of this series from other similar ones?
-The series is differentiated by its focus on both the principle and the story of the gospel, addressing the tendency of people to focus on one aspect over the other.
What is the principle of the gospel as described in the script?
-The principle of the gospel is that we are saved by the grace of God through Jesus Christ, not by our good works or moral performance, but by faith that produces good works.
What are the two categories people tend to fall into when discussing the gospel, according to the script?
-People tend to discuss the gospel either as a principle mainly or as a story mainly, often downplaying the other side.
What is the storyline of the gospel as presented in the script?
-The storyline of the gospel is the narrative of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration, showing God's plan from the beginning to the end of time.
What is the danger of focusing too much on the gospel as a story without considering the principle?
-Focusing too much on the gospel as a story without the principle can lead to a misunderstanding of salvation, potentially falling back into a works-based mindset or a sense of individualism in salvation.
How does understanding the gospel as both a principle and a story help in avoiding theological errors?
-Understanding the gospel as both a principle and a story helps to avoid extremes like legalism and antinomianism, and ensures a balanced view of salvation and the Christian life.
What is the significance of the David and Goliath story in the context of the gospel?
-The David and Goliath story is significant because it points to Jesus Christ, the ultimate representative and champion who defeated the real giants of sin and death for us.
How does the speaker suggest we should read the Bible to better understand the gospel?
-The speaker suggests that we should read the Bible with the understanding that everything points to Jesus Christ, as He explained to His disciples, to see the gospel in every part of Scripture.
What is the role of the person of Jesus Christ in connecting the principle and the story of the gospel?
-Jesus Christ is the central figure that brings the principle and the story of the gospel together, as He is the embodiment of the grace that saves and the narrative of redemption and restoration.
Outlines
📖 Introducing the Gospel Series
The video script introduces a new series titled 'Discovering the Gospel in Every Book of the Bible.' The speaker emphasizes the uniqueness of this series, highlighting its concise nature with short videos covering the entirety of the Bible. The series is designed for both teachers and readers of the Bible, aiming to be useful for those who preach and teach as well as for individuals seeking to understand and be transformed by the Bible. The speaker also addresses the common tendency to view the gospel either as a principle or a story, often neglecting one aspect for the other. The principle of salvation by grace through Jesus Christ is contrasted with the danger of legalism and antinomianism. The gospel as a story is described through the narrative of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration, emphasizing the importance of understanding both the principle and the story to grasp the full message of the gospel.
🕊 The Gospel: Principle and Story Unified in Christ
This paragraph delves deeper into the necessity of understanding both the principle and the story of the gospel. It warns of the pitfalls of focusing too much on the gospel as a story, which might lead to a misunderstanding of salvation by works, or too much on the principle, which could result in missing the transformative narrative of God's redemption. The speaker illustrates how interpreting the story of David and Goliath through the lens of the gospel's storyline points to Jesus Christ as the ultimate representative and savior. The paragraph concludes by emphasizing that Jesus himself instructed his disciples to see all of scripture as pointing to him, as evidenced in Luke 24. The speaker's wife, Kathy, provides a personal testimony of how focusing on Jesus in sermons transforms the atmosphere from a lecture to a worship service, touching hearts and prompting a deeper spiritual connection. The series promises to guide viewers in understanding the Bible's message by highlighting Jesus Christ as the central figure in both the principle and the story of the gospel.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Gospel
💡Grace
💡Legalism
💡Antinomianism
💡Creation
💡Fall
💡Redemption
💡Restoration
💡David and Goliath
💡Imputed
💡Emmaus
Highlights
Starting a new series called 'Discovering the Gospel in Every Book of the Bible'.
The series aims to be concise with short videos covering all books of the Bible.
The content is designed for both teachers and readers of the Bible.
The approach to the gospel is unique, focusing on both principle and story.
The gospel as a principle emphasizes salvation by grace through Jesus Christ, not by works.
Saving faith is not alone but always results in good works.
The gospel as a story involves creation, fall, redemption, and restoration.
Understanding the gospel story prevents overly simplistic views of life.
The gospel story corrects individualistic views of salvation by showing God's community.
God's plan includes not just salvation but the creation of a new heaven and a new earth.
Missing the gospel as a story or principle leads to incomplete understanding.
The person of Jesus Christ unites the gospel's principle and story.
Reading David and Goliath as a metaphor for Jesus' victory over sin and death.
Jesus instructed his disciples to see all scriptures as pointing to him.
Focusing on Jesus in the scriptures transforms a lecture into worship.
The series aims to help viewers' hearts be touched by seeing Jesus in the Bible.
Transcripts
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life we're starting a new series that we
are calling discovering the gospel in
every book of the Bible
and you may have seen other books or
series that sound similar but I like to
make a case here in this introductory
um video that this is going to be
somewhat unique and we hope very very
useful
why number one because it's going to be
concise these are going to be very short
videos
and we are going to try to cover all the
books of the Bible God willing
number two though this is not just for
teachers of the Bible but readers of the
Bible and not just for readers of the
Bible but for teachers of the Bible so
we're not only going to be useful I
think for people who preach and teach
but we're also I believe going to be
giving you things that you who are just
simply reading the Bible and just
seeking to have understand it and have a
change your your life that you will be
able to be helped too but the third
reason why I think this will be somewhat
uniquely helpful is that when people
talk about the gospel today
they tend to fall into one of two
categories
they either talk about the gospel as a
principle mainly
or as a story mainly
they and they tend to downplay the other
side so for example
how is the gospel a principle well the
principle is that we are saved not by
our good works and by our moral
performance but by the grace
of God through Jesus Christ we're saved
by Christ's work not our work
but even though we're saved by faith
alone and not by our good works
we are not by saved by a faith that
remains alone that is to say that though
we're not saved by Good Works real
saving Faith always issues in and causes
good work so there's a sense in which if
you're talking about the principle of
the Gospel you can imagine it as a kind
of mountain at the top here we have the
belief that you're saved by grace alone
but a Grace that changes your life down
this side of the mountain is legalism
where they say uh you know you really
saved by your good works down this side
is antinomianism this is well God loves
you and it doesn't really change your
life you can live any way you want and
the gospel is we are saved by grace
alone but by a Grace that changes your
life and that's the principle
on the other hand the gospel is also a
story
and the story is
creation fall Redemption restoration now
you see when we talk about the story
we're reading along the you might say
the storyline of the Bible from Genesis
to revelation
and we see that the Bible says that the
world was created good and all things
were created
um to be enjoyed and they were they were
good God's good creation but because we
turned away from God human beings did
everything is Fallen everything is uh
that the harmony is gone everything is
to some degree corrupted
and yet God will judge sin and yet God
is in a process of redeeming us from sin
and Redeeming the entire world from sin
through Jesus Christ
and their fight for at the very end of
time he is going to re-establish the
world as a perfect world the way he
wanted it it's going to be a material
Universe a new Heaven's A New Earth and
we're into wealth righteousness there
will be no suffering there'll be no evil
or sin and so creation
fall Redemption restoration it's a it's
a story line now if you don't know that
storyline
that though all things are good
in because they're created by God and
yet all things are fallen so there's
some to some degree corrupted
and yet God is
actually redeeming us
and going to make the world a better
place a perfect place again if you don't
know that there's a lot of things you
miss one is you miss the fact that
everything is good and yet Fallen
and you can fall into a view that says
these things are demonic and these
things are wonderful and you can fall
into a kind of overly uh simplistic
understanding of Life secondly if you
don't look at the storyline you may be
very individualistic in the way you
think of Salvation like it's just me and
God and I go to heaven whereas you take
a look at the storyline you'll see God
is creating a people
first out of the children of Abraham
then out of the Believers in Jesus he's
creating a body a community and lastly
if you don't see the storyline you don't
recognize the fact that God is not just
going to take us to heaven but he's
really going to create a new Heaven A
New Earth and so if you've missed the
gospel as a story
or you miss the gospel as a principle
you're in trouble
because it's possible to so stress the
gospel as a story
that you miss the fact that you're
actually saved only by grace alone and
you can fall back into a kind of General
sense that I've got to save the world
and I've got to come to God and I have
to give myself to him and be part of his
saving program you miss the concept of
Grace but if you only have the principle
and you don't see the story you have you
miss all the things we just talked about
that come from the story so how can you
actually talk about the gospel in every
book of the Bible
and equally talk about the principle as
well as the story and the answer is the
what brings the principle and the story
together is the person
the gospel person Jesus Christ himself
so for example
you could read David and Goliath
and you could read David and Goliath
um like this
you could say okay David he stands forth
and he fights Goliath and he even though
Goliath is huge and David is small he
fights him and he defeats them and so
what's the moral of the story
tomorrow the story is the bigger they
come the harder they fall and that if
you really work very hard and trust God
you can defeat the Giants in your life
whether they whether it's suffering or
illness or whatever okay well that's a
very moralistic reading of
David and Goliath in fact what that
means is it's it's really you've missed
the principle completely but what if you
put David and Goliath into the storyline
of the whole Bible by asking yourself
who does David actually point us to
so for example David was not just
fighting Goliath he was fighting Goliath
as a substitute representative of his
army of the Israelites so that if he won
the Israelites one even though they
hadn't lifted a finger and if he lost
the Israelites lost
and so his victory or defeat was imputed
to them
who does that sound like see David
risked his life
to be the substitute champion
to save his people but Jesus Christ at
the cost of his life
was the substitute our substitute
Champion so that his his uh Victory is
imputed to us but here's the thing it's
not just that Jesus died but he fought
the real giants sin and death
because if I know that my savior Jesus
Christ has defeated the big giants in my
life evil in sin and death that I can
handle I can have the faith to Faith to
fight the the smaller Giants now what
have I just done
I put David and Goliath into the
storyline but also I pointed us toward
Jesus now should we do that yes because
Jesus says so at the very end of his
life after well like not the end of his
life right after his resurrection the
beginning of his new life he gets with
the disciples on the way to Emmaus and
he says how slow of heart to believe all
the prophets have spoken and beginning
with Moses and all the prophets he
explained to them what was said in all
the scriptures concerning himself
and then just a little later with his
disciples he said this is what I told
you while I was still with you that
everything that was written about me in
the law of Moses the prophets and the
Psalms must be fulfilled then he opened
their mind so they could understand the
scriptures this is Luke 24.
and what this means is this Jesus says
you should read everything in the Bible
as pointing to him
and that's the first reason we should do
and here's the last reason we should do
it not just what Jesus says but what
Kathy says now Kathy is my wife
what Kathy used to always say to me is
she said you know what's interesting in
your sermons
is the first part of your sermons were
good they're like a lecture you're very
good you're very professorial lots of
information and so we sit there taking
notes as if it's a lecture and it it it
it it felt great it felt like I was
learning things but she says when you
turn to Jesus
when you say this isn't just about David
this is about the ultimate David the
final David the true David Jesus Christ
she says suddenly everybody would put
their pens down
and it wasn't a classroom anymore it was
a worship service
suddenly we weren't talking at this
level but suddenly we sensed something
and this in other words their hearts
she's saying we're touched the only way
to have your heart changed is not just
to look at the principles
but to see Jesus not just look at the
story but to see Jesus and that's
exactly what we're going to be doing in
this series
so thank you for staying with us on this
series I'm looking forward to talking to
you again
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