Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life Splitness
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Dec 5, 2025 Explore how real change happens through faith in Christ, as Dr. Timothy Keller delves into Romans 7's gripping portrayal of the human heart. He highlights our internal struggle between good intentions and hidden selfishness, illustrating this with the Jekyll and Hyde analogy. Keller discusses the failures of moral law to create genuine transformation and the paradox of forbidden desires. Ultimately, he presents Christ as the new source of identity, offering unconditional love that reorients our motivations toward gratitude.
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Deep Splitness Of The Heart
- Paul identifies the core problem as a deep splitness in the human heart where sin 'dwells' within us.
- This internal division makes people able to desire good but powerless to carry it out.
Jekyll And Hyde As Human Portrait
- Timothy Keller uses Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to illustrate how good people hide a malignant, hidden self.
- Stress or temptation can act like a 'potion' that reveals a far worse hidden nature than expected.
Law Can Aggravate Sin
- Paul argues the moral law often aggravates sinful passions rather than curing them.
- The law can function like a greenhouse that grows what it intends to suppress.
