The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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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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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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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 you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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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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