Sin is the despairing refusal to find your deepest identity in your relationship and service to God. 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 generosityjusticegiving 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 communitychurchpeople 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 lightviewsjesus 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 graceselfneeds 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-awayrealjesus 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 realimaginationstruggle 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 acceptingproudchallenges 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 communityand-lovejesus If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol. Timothy Keller meaning-of-lifeidentityidols The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others. Timothy Keller rejoiceforgiving Jesus asks for far more than you ever thought, but offers more than you ever dreamed. Timothy Keller offersasksjesus 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 heartfatherjesus 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 appreciategracepeople We are called not simply to communicate the gospel to nonbelievers; we must also intentionally celebrate the gospel before them. Timothy Keller religiousworshipbible Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you. Timothy Keller tolerancebeliefpeople 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 confusedwisetwo Discipleship is not an option. Jesus says that if anyone would come after me, he must follow me. Timothy Keller discipleshipfollow-mejesus Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him. Timothy Keller crownsclaimsjesus 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 accomplishmentkindidentity 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-youlaughtergreatness
