These tweets from Tim Keller aren’t for a quick read, that’s for sure! Apart from choosing a recipe for the next visit with Christian friends, I’d like to choose some of these quotes and have a little brain-storm around them.
There’s much more here than meet the eye: may we spot the truths, mix them with faith and do them!
- "Jesus's miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming." via @courtneyreissig
- Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king. [@DailyKeller]
- There is no menial work. Jesus came not as a philosopher, not as a general. He came as a carpenter. [@DailyKeller]
- "You don't realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have." via @lecrae
- The gospel has been described as a pool in which a toddler can wade and yet an elephant can swim. [@DailyKeller]
- Humility is only achieved as a byproduct of understanding, believing, and marveling in the gospel of grace. [@DailyKeller]
- Jesus is saying, “Look what I’ve done to come near to you. Now draw near to me. I don’t want to be a concept; I want to be a friend.” [@DailyKeller]
- "It takes pride to be anxious – I am not wise enough to know how my life should go." via @desiringgod
- The gospel is not that Jesus Christ comes to earth, tells us how to live, we live a good life, and then God owes us blessing. [@DailyKeller]
- Christmas - God has become human. The absolute has become particular. The ideal has become real. The divine has taken up a human nature. [@DailyKeller]
- The observer of beauty always receives a passion to share the beauty with others. [@DailyKeller]
- When Christians who understand the gospel see a poor person, they realize they are looking into a mirror. [@DailyKeller]
- The more we see ourselves as needing forgiveness, the more likely we are to forgive others. [@DailyKeller]
- The more aware you are of God's grace & acceptance the more you are able to drop your self-defenses & admit the true dimensions of your sin. [@dailykeller]
- The sin under all other sins is a lack of joy in Christ. [@dailykeller]
- Gospel repentance is tapping into the joy of our union with Christ in order to weaken our need to do anything contrary to God's heart. [@DailyKeller]
- You are not saved by love, joy, peace...You are saved by faith not fruit, BUT you are never saved by fruitless faith. [@dailykeller]
- The real gospel gives us a God far more holy than a moralist can bear and far more loving than a relativist can imagine. [@dailykeller]
