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Timothy Keller Quotes - Page 3

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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.” No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us - denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him -

When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.” 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.

Jesus, Father, Thinking

The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus's tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.

Jesus, Stones, Reason

The more you understand how your salvation isn't about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.

Behavior, Salvation

Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.

Fire, Suffering, Walks

Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.16, Penguin

We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.

Grace, Needs, Succeed

Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him.

Mean, Trying, Christ

Timothy Keller (2016). “Shaped by the Gospel: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City”, p.29, Harper Collins

To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.

Relationship, Marriage, Commitment

Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.62, Penguin

All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.

God, Religious, Causes

Timothy Keller (2016). “Shaped by the Gospel: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City”, p.22, Harper Collins

Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.

Jesus, Believe, Christ

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Beautiful, Christianity

Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.

Love Is, Effort, Desire

If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.

Crush, Expectations, World

Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.118, Penguin

It's impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.

Jesus, Real, Going Away

When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.

Jobs, Suffering, Stills

Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair

Christian, Hope, Courage

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.46, Penguin

How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.

Doe, Looks, Sin

What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.

Believe, Today, Tomorrow

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

Heart, Identity, Christ

The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.

Jesus, Good Life, Rejection

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.180, Penguin

Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won't leave you where you were.

Wise, Heart, Suffering

The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.

Jesus, Real, Identity

Timothy Keller (2013). “Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God”, p.28, Penguin

No one is exempt from trials and tribulations. In fact, this is often what happens to people God loves very much, for it is part of God’s often mysterious and good plan for turning us into something great.

People, Trials, Facts

Timothy Keller (2013). “The Great Enemy”, p.6, Penguin

Jesus is the author of faith, the provider of faith, and the object of faith.

Jesus, Providers, Objects

Timothy Keller (2013). “Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God”, p.60, Penguin

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

Friendship, Running, Commitment

As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.

Thinking, Ideas, Long

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