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.
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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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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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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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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