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.
TIMOTHY KELLERSo we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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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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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 does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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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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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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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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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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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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