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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.

Timothy Keller

The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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Came Christ Death Died Earth Gospel Jesus Life Live
The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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Christian Die Flawed Glad Gospel Jesus Loved Me Value
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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Danger Free Grasp Jesus Light Regularly Sin View
The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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Enter Gospel Kingdom Live Only Way
Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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Become Christ Jesus Like More Suffer
The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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Infallible Integrity Jesus Life Prayer Private Spiritual Test
Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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Bad Experience God Good Handle Live Our Out Powerful Prayer Taken Thing Turn
How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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Behavior Bless Change Worship
This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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Anyone Deed Humanity Less Myself Nothing Superior Swagger Think Undermine
When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Dependent Evaluation Forget Other Smile
Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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Absorb Always Come Cost Forgiveness Grant One Retaliate
The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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Able Against Bible Break Jesus Christ Overcome Purpose Save Sin
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).
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Bless Eternal Experience Many People Promise Succes Thing Time
The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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Dust Gospel Heaven Humble Time Very
Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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Become Crosses God Happiness Happy Holy Love Make Mean Tend
Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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Justified Justify Living Yourself

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