As many have learned and later taught, you don't realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have. Timothy Keller More Quotes by Timothy Keller More Quotes From Timothy Keller A job is a vocation only if someone else calls you to do it for them rather than for yourself. And so our work can be a calling only if it is reimagined as a mission of service to something beyond merely our own interests. Thinking of work mainly as a means of self-fulfillment and self-realization slowly crushes a person. Timothy Keller crush jobs mean The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom. Timothy Keller way-to-live kingdoms way All change comes from deepening your understanding of the salvation of Christ and living out the changes that understanding creates in your heart. Timothy Keller change religious jesus If you're avoiding sin and living morally so that God will have to bless you and save you, then you may be looking to Jesus as a teacher, model, and helper, but ironically you are avoiding him as Savior. You are trusting in your own goodness rather than in Jesus for your standing with God. Timothy Keller may teacher jesus All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause. Timothy Keller causes religious god Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift. Timothy Keller pride claims 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. Timothy Keller god love death Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do. Timothy Keller christian needs If you wait until your motives are pure and unselfish before you do something, you will wait forever. Timothy Keller waiting success motivational Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. Timothy Keller forgiveness cost religious The peace of God is not the absence of fear. It, in fact, is His presence. Timothy Keller inspirational life facts An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when doctrinal truth is elevated to the position of a false god. This occurs when people rely on the rightness of their doctrine for their standing with God rather than on God himself and his grace. It is a subtly but deadly mistake. The sign that you have slipped into this form of self-justification is that you become what the book of Proverbs calls a 'scoffer'. Timothy Keller religious mistake book The resurrection makes Christianity the most irritating religion on the face of the earth. Timothy Keller resurrection earth faces Everyone worships something. The only choice you get is what to worship. Timothy Keller choices religious christian The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it. Timothy Keller pain essence giving Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing. Timothy Keller sin pride knowing Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'. Timothy Keller answers jesus The purpose of Jesus's coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it. Timothy Keller purpose world jesus Any person who only sticks with Christianity as long as things are going his or her way, is a stranger to the cross Timothy Keller sticks long way To truly become Christians we must also repent of the reasons we ever did anything right. Timothy Keller repent christian reason
