The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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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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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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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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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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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