The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
-
-
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.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
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.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
TIMOTHY KELLER -
If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
TIMOTHY KELLER