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 KELLERIf you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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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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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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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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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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