Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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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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The 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.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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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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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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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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