The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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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 reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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