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 KELLERThe cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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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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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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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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