Biblical exposition
Keller explains why worship changes the heart. Christian transformation happens when we grasp how much Jesus Christ loves us and what He sacrificed for us.
He compares Christ’s sacrifice to an artist’s love for his work.
Illustration – The artist and the bulldozer
> If you saw an artist who’d done a beautiful sculpture…and he threw himself into the path of a bulldozer to die rather than to have the sculpture destroyed, you’d say, “oh my gosh, obviously, if he’s willing to die for a sculpture, then the sculpture must have been his life.”Jesus Christ died for us. We were His life. And when that moves you, when you see him doing that for you, when you see yourself as part of that story, as it is…it changes your heart. You can actually look at anything…things that cow you…things that make you afraid, and say: “You are not my life!”
Tim Keller in CHRIST, OUR LIFE
The illustration’s point
The willingness of someone to sacrifice their life reveals the extraordinary value of what they love. Christ’s death demonstrates how precious we are to Him. Understanding this love changes what controls our hearts.
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