Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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No, 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.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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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 gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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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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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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