Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
TIMOTHY KELLERThere is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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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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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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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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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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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).
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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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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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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