Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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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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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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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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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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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.
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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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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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