This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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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 Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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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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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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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 only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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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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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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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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