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.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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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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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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 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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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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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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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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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: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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