So 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).
TIMOTHY KELLERReligion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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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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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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