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.
TIMOTHY KELLERThis leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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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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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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