Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other. Tullian Tchividjian More Quotes by Tullian Tchividjian More Quotes From Tullian Tchividjian Only when we see that the way of God's law is absolutely inflexible will we see that God's grace is absolutely indispensable. A high view of the law reminds us that God accepts us on the basis of Christ's perfection, not our progress. Grace, properly understood, is the movement of a holy God toward an unholy people. He doesn't cheapen the law or ease its requirements. He fulfills them in his Son, who then gives his righteousness to us. That's the gospel. Pure and simple. Tullian Tchividjian simple law son God loves broken people because broken people are all that there are. Tullian Tchividjian broken god-love people Rest assured: Before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we need; before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we have. Tullian Tchividjian righteousness needs christ God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you construct for yourself, or that others construct for you. Rather, He is interested in you, the you who suffers, the you who inflicts suffering on others, the you who hides, the you who has bad days (and good ones). And He meets you where you are. Tullian Tchividjian bad-day suffering thinking Mt. Sinai says, 'You must do. Mt. Calvary says, 'Because you couldn't, Jesus did.' Don't run to the wrong mountain for your hiding place Tullian Tchividjian friday running jesus The lifeblood of Christianity is not our persistence in moving toward God but God's persistence in moving toward us. Tullian Tchividjian persistence christianity moving Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of good works are horizontal, not vertical. Tullian Tchividjian neighbor doe needs Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey. Tullian Tchividjian forgive-me forgiving knowing If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves. Tullian Tchividjian real running people Grace frees you to be honest about what you've always known to be true about yourself: that you're weaker & more afraid than you want to be. Tullian Tchividjian honest grace want Grace is unconditional acceptance given to an undeserving person by an unobligated giver. Tullian Tchividjian given grace acceptance Remember on your best day that Jesus had to die for you. Remember on your worst day that he did. Tullian Tchividjian worst remember jesus Self-righteousness is the fruit of a low view of God's law and a lite view of your own sin. Tullian Tchividjian self views law The Bible is one long story of God meeting our rebellion with His rescue, our sin with His salvation, our guilt with His grace, our badness with His goodness. The overwhelming focus of the Bible is not the work of the redeemed but the work of the Redeemer. Which means that the Bible is not first a recipe for Christian living but a revelation book of Jesus who is the answer to our un-Christian living. Tullian Tchividjian christian book jesus There is no better news than that the God who makes the demand for perfection also meets the demand for perfection on our behalf. Tullian Tchividjian demand news perfection The gospel doesn't just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me. Tullian Tchividjian think-of-me people thinking The biggest lie about grace that Satan wants the church to buy is the idea that it’s dangerous and therefore needs to be kept in check. Tullian Tchividjian grace lying ideas The truth, whether we admit it or not, is that grace scares us to death. It scares us primarily because it wrestles control and manageability out of our hands - introducing chaos and freedom. Tullian Tchividjian scare grace hands To focus on how I'm doing more than what Christ has done is Christian narcissism Tullian Tchividjian focus done christian We make a big mistake when we conclude that the law is the answer to bad behavior. In fact, the law alone stirs up more of such behavior. People get worse, not better, when you lay down the law. To be sure, the Spirit does use both God's law and God's gospel in our sanctification. But the law and the gospel do very different things. Tullian Tchividjian law mistake people
