Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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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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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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your 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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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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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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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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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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