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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.

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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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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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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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God 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.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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