When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
TIMOTHY KELLERIf the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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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 essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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