Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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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.’
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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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.
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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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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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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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