The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
TIMOTHY KELLERIf 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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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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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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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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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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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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