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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More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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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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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.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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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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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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