Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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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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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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