Quotes from Jerry Bridges
It might be good if we stopped using the terms "victory" and "defeat" to describe our progress in holiness. Rather we should use the terms "obedience" and "disobedience.
- Jerry Bridges
Christ died for our sins. Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, took upon Himself a human nature and died a horrible death on our behalf. That is the reason for the cross. He suffered what we should have suffered. He died in our place to pay the penalty for our sins.
- Jerry Bridges
have written it as a Bible study about God and His sovereignty, wisdom, and love as they bear upon the adversities we all encounter.
- Jerry Bridges
Only as we come to grips with the fact that we truly were objects of God's wrath do we begin to appreciate this good news of the gospel.
- Jerry Bridges
First, I desire to glorify God by acknowledging His sovereignty and His goodness. Second, I desire to encourage God's people by demonstrating from Scripture that God is in control of their lives, that He does indeed love them, and that He works out all the circumstances of their lives for their ultimate good.
- Jerry Bridges
In all of our thoughts, all of our actions, in every part of our character, the ruling principle that motivates and guides us should be the desire to follow Christ in doing the will of the Father.
- Jerry Bridges
If you read about the experiences of Christians who progressed in their relationship with the Lord Jesus beyond the norm, you will note the combination of a deep sense of sin and failure together with a deep appreciation for what God accomplished in Christ Jesus.
- Jerry Bridges
life is filled with such little events, little frustrations, little anxieties, and little disappointments that tempt us to fret, fume, and worry.
- Jerry Bridges
The gospel invitation is wide-open to all: "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" (Romans 10:13). "Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take of the free gift of the water of life" (Revelation 22:17). And yet when we come, we discover that we were chosen in Christ before the creation of the world (Ephesians 1:4). That is grace.
- Jerry Bridges
God did not simply create and then walk away. He constantly sustains that which He created.
- Jerry Bridges
Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing.
- Jerry Bridges
God had brought a "crooked" event into my life, and I became acutely aware that only He could straighten it. Could I trust God whether or not He
- Jerry Bridges