Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners.
Timothy KellerJesus is not asking us to do anything for him that he hasn’t already done for us, under conditions of difficulty beyond our comprehension.
Timothy KellerChristians necessarily believe we depend on God for everything-a prayerless Christian, then, is a contradiction in terms.
Timothy KellerChristianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we always wanted but never achieved. And because the joy will be even greater for all that evil, this means the final defeat of all those forces that would have destroyed the purpose of God in creation, namely, to live with his people in glory and delight forever.
Timothy Keller