When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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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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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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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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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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