The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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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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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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 Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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