Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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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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…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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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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