Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
TIMOTHY KELLERNo, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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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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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.’
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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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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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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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