More Quotes by Timothy Keller
Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life.
The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. 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… 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.
The only love that won’t disappoint you is one that can’t change, that can’t be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. God’s love is the only thing like that.
How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."
God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
