Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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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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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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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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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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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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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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