black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.

Timothy Keller

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…
TIMOTHY KELLER

Able Against Bible Break Jesus Christ Overcome Purpose Save Sin
You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Accept Dare Hope Imagine More Sinful
It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Away Down Impossible Indifferent Jesus Met Offended Real Wonder
We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Brother Exert Instinctively Jesus Limit Ourselves Race
After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
TIMOTHY KELLER

After Creation Finish God Jesus Redemption Rest
Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Create Earn Jesus Life Religion Say Secular Society
Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Find Salvation Significance
If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Failure Go Head Heart Identity Rather Success Work
Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
TIMOTHY KELLER

Accept Acceptable God Gospel Obey Operate Principle Religion
The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Due Joy Lack Life Mission
When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Both Cost Destroy Grace Grasp Infinitely Need Ridicule Righteousness Save Self Sinner Unworthy
Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Base Bases Fear Hate Joy Make Ourselves Repentance Sin
Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Access Darken Heart Leave Make Suffer Wise
If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Center Else God Life Something
To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Discover Look One Real Spend Think Time You
If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Changing Dead Everything Jesus Life Rose Said Teach Worry

A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Timothy Keller Quotes