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…
TIMOTHY KELLERThe 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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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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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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 are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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