Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
TIMOTHY KELLERThe key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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