The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
TIMOTHY KELLERTo discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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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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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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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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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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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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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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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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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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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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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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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 cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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