Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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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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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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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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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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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