We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
TIMOTHY KELLERNo, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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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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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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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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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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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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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