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 If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice when we give all human beings their due as creations of God. Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable. Timothy Keller generosity justice giving The ministry of mercy, then, is the best advertising a church can have. It convinces a community that this church provides people with actions for their problems, not only talk. It shows the community that this church is compassionate. Timothy Keller community church people 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 Keller light views jesus When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others. Timothy Keller grace self needs It's impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended. Timothy Keller going-away real jesus Only if God can say things that make you struggle will you know that you have met a real God and not a figment of your imagination. Timothy Keller real imagination struggle The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed. Timothy Keller accepting proud challenges Only if you are part of a community of believers seeking to resemble, serve, and love Jesus will you ever get to know him and grow into his likeness. Timothy Keller community and-love jesus If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol. Timothy Keller meaning-of-life identity idols The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others. Timothy Keller rejoice forgiving Jesus asks for far more than you ever thought, but offers more than you ever dreamed. Timothy Keller offers asks jesus 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. Timothy Keller heart father jesus God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it. Timothy Keller appreciate grace people We are called not simply to communicate the gospel to nonbelievers; we must also intentionally celebrate the gospel before them. Timothy Keller religious worship bible Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you. Timothy Keller tolerance belief people When you listen and read one thinker, you become a clone… two thinkers, you become confused… ten thinkers, you’ll begin developing your own voice… two or three hundred thinkers, you become wise and develop your voice. Timothy Keller confused wise two Discipleship is not an option. Jesus says that if anyone would come after me, he must follow me. Timothy Keller discipleship follow-me jesus Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him. Timothy Keller crowns claims jesus Paul sees all kinds of sins in himself and all kinds of accomplishments too, but he refuses to connect them with his identity. Timothy Keller accomplishment kind identity The secret to freedom from enslaving patterns of sin is worship. You need worship. You need great worship. You need weeping worship. You need glorious worship. You need to sense God’s greatness and to be moved it — moved to tears and moved to laughter — moved by who God is and what he has done for you. Timothy Keller worship-you laughter greatness
