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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.

Timothy Keller

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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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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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 your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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Attach Comit Faith Faithful Love
The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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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 main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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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
You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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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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Access Darken Heart Leave Make Suffer Wise
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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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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