No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
TIMOTHY KELLERIt’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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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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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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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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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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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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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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