As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
TIMOTHY KELLERNo one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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No, 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.
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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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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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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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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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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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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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