312 Quotes by Jerry Bridges

Devotion to God is the only acceptable motive for actions that are pleasing to God.

God in His infinite wisdom knows exactly what adversity we need to grow more and more into the likeness of His Son. He not only knows what we need but when we need it and how best to bring it to pass in our lives. He is the perfect teacher or coach. His discipline is always exactly suited for our needs. He never over trains us by allowing too much adversity in our lives.

Biblical community, then, incorporates this idea of an active partnership in the promotion of the gospel and the building up of believers.

Scripture speaks of a holiness which we have in Christ before God and a holiness which we must strive after.

And the God who ruled absolutely in the life and fortunes of the most powerful monarch of that time still rules in the fortunes and destinies of governments today. No government or dictator is so powerful as to be beyond the sway of His sovereign rule over all the nations of the earth. GOD.

No one can act outside of God’s sovereign will or against it. Centuries ago, Augustine said, “Nothing, therefore, happens unless the Omnipotent wills it to happen: he either permits it to happen, or he brings it about himself.”5.

The sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling.

The daily experience of Christ’s love is linked to our obedience to Him. It is not that His love is conditioned on our obedience. That would be legalism. But our experience of His love is dependent upon our obedience.

We need to ask God daily to search our hearts for sin that we cannot or will not see.