--- title: "19 God love Quotes By Timothy Keller" description: "19 God love quotes by Timothy Keller. Plus more from Timothy Keller and more God love sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d2/timothy-keller-240_god_god-loves-you-just-because-he-loves-you_490796.png" --- > [God loves you just because He loves you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/god-loves-you-just-because-he-loves-you/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d2/timothy-keller-240_god_god-loves-you-just-because-he-loves-you_490796.png) > [God loves and defends those with the least economic and social power, and so should we.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/god-loves-and-defends-those-with-the-least-economic-and-social-power/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/timothy-keller-240_defends_god-loves-and-defends-those-with-the-lea_265004.png) > [We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely - and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/we-were-designed-to-know-serve-and-love-god-supremely-and-when-we-are/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/timothy-keller-240_and-love_we-were-designed-to-know-serve-and-love_1591600.png) > [There is no evil that the father’s love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/there-is-no-evil-that-the-father-s-love-cannot-pardon-and-cover-there/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/timothy-keller-240_christian_there-is-no-evil-that-the-father-s-love_2746105.png) > [To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/to-fear-the-lord-is-to-be-overwhelmed-with-wonder-before-the/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/timothy-keller-240_fear_to-fear-the-lord-is-to-be-overwhelmed-wi_1698877.png) > [A god of less wrath than the God of the Bible is necessarily a god of less love. His anger is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/a-god-of-less-wrath-than-the-god-of-the-bible-is-necessarily-a-god-of/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/timothy-keller-240_anger_a-god-of-less-wrath-than-the-god-of-the_1134424.png) > [The Christian faith gives us a new conception of work as the means by which God loves and cares for his world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/the-christian-faith-gives-us-a-new-conception-of-work-as-the-means-by/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/timothy-keller-240_care_the-christian-faith-gives-us-a-new-conce_382773.png) > [Disordered love always leads to misery and breakdown. The only way to 'reorder' our loves is to love God supremely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/disordered-love-always-leads-to-misery-and-breakdown-the-only-way-to/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/timothy-keller-240_bad-love_disordered-love-always-leads-to-misery-a_1912828.png) > [To the degree you experience God's love towards you - seeing you as beautiful and radiant - to that degree sex won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/to-the-degree-you-experience-god-s-love-towards-you-seeing-you-as/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/timothy-keller-240_beautiful_to-the-degree-you-experience-god-s-love_651863.png) > [When people say, "God is love," I think they mean that love is extremely important, or that God really wants us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/when-people-say-god-is-love-i-think-they-mean-that-love-is-extremely/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/timothy-keller-240_christian_when-people-say-god-is-love-i-think-they_854678.png) > [Only when our greatest love is God, a love that we cannot lose even in death, can we face all things with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/only-when-our-greatest-love-is-god-a-love-that-we-cannot-lose-even-in/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/timothy-keller-240_all-things_only-when-our-greatest-love-is-god-a-lov_2157552.png) > [No one is exempt from trials and tribulations. In fact, this is often what happens to people God loves very much, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/no-one-is-exempt-from-trials-and-tribulations-in-fact-this-is-often/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/timothy-keller-240_facts_no-one-is-exempt-from-trials-and-tribula_723073.jpg) > [“God’s love and mercy (like liberal preachers). Only when people see God as absolutely holy and absolutely loving will the cross of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/god-s-love-and-mercy-like-liberal-preachers-only-when-people-see-god/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/timothy-keller-240_compassion_god-s-love-and-mercy-like-liberal-preach_1405490.png) > [Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/christianity-teaches-that-contra-fatalism-suffering-is-overwhelming/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/timothy-keller-240_buddhism_christianity-teaches-that-contra-fatalis_2889651.png) > [The image of God carries with it the right not to be mistreated or harmed… Regardless of their record or character, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/the-image-of-god-carries-with-it-the-right-not-to-be-mistreated-or/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/timothy-keller-240_carrie_the-image-of-god-carries-with-it-the-rig_3124959.jpg) > [Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as in the case of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/some-suffering-is-given-in-order-to-chastise-and-correct-a-person-for/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/timothy-keller-240_cases_some-suffering-is-given-in-order-to-chas_2361119.png) > [“all human work (especially excellent work), done by all people, as a channel of God’s love for his world. They will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/all-human-work-especially-excellent-work-done-by-all-people-as-a/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/timothy-keller-240_excellent-work_all-human-work-especially-excellent-work_101548.jpg) > [There are many ways to cover up our sin. We may justify or minimize it by blaming circumstances and others people. However,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/there-are-many-ways-to-cover-up-our-sin-we-may-justify-or-minimize-it/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/timothy-keller-240_blame_there-are-many-ways-to-cover-up-our-sin_949716.png) > [While Christianity was able to agree with pagan writers that inordinate attachment to earthly goods can lead to unnecessary pain and grief,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/while-christianity-was-able-to-agree-with-pagan-writers-that/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd4/timothy-keller-240_able_while-christianity-was-able-to-agree-wit_1540583.jpg) ## Other authors on God love ## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/if-you-are-trying-to-live-a-life-in-accordance-with-the-bible-the/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/the-more-you-rejoice-in-your-own-forgiveness-the-quicker-you-will-be/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [“Evangelism will come organically in friendship if we don’t let our pride, fears, and pessimism cause us to hide our faith and heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/evangelism-will-come-organically-in-friendship-if-we-don-t-let-our/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [“The coming of the messianic King occurs in two stages. At his first coming, he saved us from the penalty of sin and gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/the-coming-of-the-messianic-king-occurs-in-two-stages-at-his-first/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [ “24 A few pages later, Delbanco writes the following: \[Alexis de\] Tocqueville’s detection of a “strange melancholy in the midst of abundance” has a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/24-a-few-pages-later-delbanco-writes-the-following-alexis-de/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [“To stay away from Christianity because part of the Bible's teaching is offensive to you assumes that if there is a God he wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/to-stay-away-from-christianity-because-part-of-the-bible-s-teaching/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/if-the-preaching-of-our-ministers-and-the-practice-of-our/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [“of temple, presence, and sacrifice; of covenant and faithfulness; of kingdom and victory. When we seek to communicate the gospel to a particular culture,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/of-temple-presence-and-sacrifice-of-covenant-and-faithfulness-of/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [“Finally, you are ready to launch your church. Begin by developing action steps and goals that can be used as benchmarks to track your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/finally-you-are-ready-to-launch-your-church-begin-by-developing/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/if-you-are-a-child-of-god-you-don-t-lose-your-status-if-you-have-a/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/god-s-salvation-does-not-come-in-response-to-a-changed-life-a-changed/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [“When anything in life is an absolute requirement for your happiness and self-worth, it is essentially an ‘idol,’ something you are actually worshiping. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/when-anything-in-life-is-an-absolute-requirement-for-your-happiness/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/suffering-is-the-stripping-of-our-hope-in-finite-things-therefore-we/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/christ-will-do-everything-for-you-or-nothing-he-s-either-all-of-your/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/if-we-give-god-things-in-hope-that-they-ll-earn-us-blessings-we-re/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-love/timothy-keller/#itemlist", "name": "19 God love Quotes By Timothy Keller", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God loves you just because He loves you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Timothy Keller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/god-loves-you-just-because-he-loves-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d2/timothy-keller-240_god_god-loves-you-just-because-he-loves-you_490796.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d2/timothy-keller-240_god_god-loves-you-just-because-he-loves-you_490796.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d2/timothy-keller-240_god_god-loves-you-just-because-he-loves-you_490796.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God loves you just because He loves you.” — Timothy Keller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God loves and defends those with the least economic and social power, and so should we.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Timothy Keller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/god-loves-and-defends-those-with-the-least-economic-and-social-power/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/timothy-keller-240_defends_god-loves-and-defends-those-with-the-lea_265004.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/timothy-keller-240_defends_god-loves-and-defends-those-with-the-lea_265004.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/timothy-keller-240_defends_god-loves-and-defends-those-with-the-lea_265004.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God loves and defends those with the least economic and social power, and so should we.” — Timothy Keller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely - 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