The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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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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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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