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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.’

Timothy Keller

The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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Behavior Challenge More Racially Salvation Understand
This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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Anyone Deed Humanity Less Myself Nothing Superior Swagger Think Undermine
Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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Created Desire Effort Everything Love Make Someone
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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Aband Agony Betray Do Down Father Greatest History Look Love Make
The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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Believe Christ Dare Flawed Gospel Jesus Ourselves Sinful
Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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Base Bases Fear Hate Joy Make Ourselves Repentance Sin
It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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Actually Faith Object Save Strength
When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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Absolute Good Hatred Love People People Become Political Racism Society Tendency Turn
The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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Infallible Integrity Jesus Life Prayer Private Spiritual Test
The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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Christian Die Flawed Glad Gospel Jesus Loved Me Value
We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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Design Dream Faithful Flourish Love Service Supremely
The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Cross Judge Judgment Place Take
We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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Fail Grace More Much Need Remember Save Succeed
Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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Carbon Kiss Pride Silently Sin Slowly
Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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Bride Good Groom Jesus Men Unless
Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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Absorb Always Come Cost Forgiveness Grant One Retaliate

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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