How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship Timothy Keller More Quotes by Timothy Keller More Quotes From Timothy Keller Out of the cross comes the resurrection. Out of weakness comes real strength. Timothy Keller resurrection weakness real We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order. The Bible tells us that God did not originally make the world to have disease, hunger, and death in it. Jesus has come to redeem where it is wrong and heal the world where it is broken. His miracles are not just proofs that he has power but also wonderful foretastes of what he is going to do with that power. Jesus' miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming. Timothy Keller heart jesus thinking If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence. Timothy Keller gains influence people What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow. Timothy Keller tomorrow today believe The key question in order to change you is not 'What would Jesus do?' but "What has Jesus done for you?" Timothy Keller keys order jesus Rejoicing and repentance must go together. Repentance without rejoicing will lead to despair. Rejoicing without repentance is shallow and will only provide passing inspiration instead of deep change. Timothy Keller despair inspiration together The human heart is an idol factory that takes good things like a successful career, love, material possessions, even family, and turns them into ultimate things. Our hearts deify them as the center of our lives, because, we think, they can give us significance and security, safety and fulfillment, if we attain them. Timothy Keller family success love Jesus was the temple to end all temples, the priest to end all priests, & the sacrifice to end all sacrifices. Timothy Keller temples sacrifice jesus The sin under all other sins is a lack of joy in Christ. Timothy Keller sin joy christ Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire. Timothy Keller walks suffering fire We can only grasp the gospel's sweetness if we first grapple with its offense- you can't save yourself. Timothy Keller sweetness save-yourself firsts Jesus says, "I want you to follow me so fully, so intensely, so enduringly that all other attachments in your life look weak by comparison" Timothy Keller attachment looks jesus Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference and power over others. The God of Jesus and the prophets, however, saves completely by grace. He cannot be manipulated by religious and moral performance--he can only be reached through repentance, through the giving up of power. If we are saved by sheer grace we can only become grateful, willing servants of God and of everyone around us. Timothy Keller giving-up religious jesus Grace is humbling and restorative. It pulls you down because Christ had to die for you, but also lifts you up because he wanted to die for you. Timothy Keller humbling grace christ The more you see your own flaws and sins, the more precious, electrifying, and amazing God’s grace appears to you. Timothy Keller gods-grace sin grace We only fully grasp the gospel when we understand, as Paul did, that we are the worst sinner we know Timothy Keller sinner worst knows Hell is having to execute a pointless act from which nothing ever comes except the need to do it again. Timothy Keller hell needs religion What you treasure will ultimately require you die for it, Jesus is the only treasure that died for you. Timothy Keller died treasure jesus If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. Timothy Keller grace want needs It takes both spouses to say, "My self-centeredness is the main problem in my marriage" to have a great marriage. Timothy Keller centeredness problem self
