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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 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.

Jesus, Believe, Christ

Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.31, Penguin

Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him. The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.

Jesus, Promise, Suffering

Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a King, and He does not come that way.

Jesus, Kings, People

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

Jesus, Answers

I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.

Jesus, Judging, Jesus Love

Jesus Christ, who had all the power in the world, saw us enslaved by the very things we thought would free us ... He laid aside the infinities and immensities of His being and, at the cost of His life, paid the debt for our sins, purchasing us the only place our hearts can rest, in His Father's house. Knowing He did this will transform us from the inside out.

Jesus, Father, Heart

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith”, p.33, Penguin

No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.

Jesus, Thinking, People

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.

Jesus, Done, Proud

The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This 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.

Christian, Confidence, Jesus

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.179, Penguin

The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.

Jesus, Should Have, Earth

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

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

Jesus, Believe, Christ

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

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

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

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

After creation God said, 'It is finished'-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, 'It is finished'-and we can rest.

Jesus, Redemption, Creation

The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.

Jesus, Grief, Sacrifice

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.

Jesus, Life Changing, Teaching

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.210, Penguin

Jesus may ask of you far more than you planned to give, but He can give to you infinitely more than you dared ask or think.

Jesus, Thinking, Giving

Timothy Keller (2013). “Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God”, p.71, Penguin

Do you realize that it is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ that you get the verdict before the performance?

Jesus, Realizing, Christ

Look at Jesus Christ. Every time he was in trouble he used the Word of God. When he was tempted he used the Word. When he was suffering on the cross he used the Word.

Jesus, Suffering, Looks

Even if our own troubles are great, we should still serve. Jesus washed His disciples feet on the way to the cross.

Jesus, Feet, Way

Jesus lost all his glory so that we could be clothed in it. He was shut out so we could get access. He was bound, nailed, so that we could be free. He was cast out so we could approach. And Jesus took away the only kind of suffering that can really destroy you: that is being cast away from God. He took so that now all suffering that comes into your life will only make you great. A lump of coal under pressure becomes a diamond. And the suffering of a person in Christ only turns you into somebody gorgeous.

God, Jesus, Pain

Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.123, Penguin

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