Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
TIMOTHY KELLERThe gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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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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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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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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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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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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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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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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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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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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