Quotes from Jerry Bridges
When God saves us through Christ, He not only saves us from the penalty of sin, but also from its dominion.
- Jerry Bridges
The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure.
- Jerry Bridges
As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
- Jerry Bridges
Holiness is not a series of do's and don'ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God.
- Jerry Bridges
Christ exhausted the cup of God's wrath. For all who trust in Him there is nothing more in the cup. It is empty.
- Jerry Bridges
We insist that God must surely lead everyone as we believe He has led us. We refuse to allow God the freedom to deal with each of us as individuals. When we think like that, we are legalistic.
- Jerry Bridges
God is worthy of my loving obedience because of who He is, not because of what he does.
- Jerry Bridges
God makes provision for our holiness, but He gives us the responsibility of using those provisions.
- Jerry Bridges
Obeying the revealed will of God and trusting Him for the results.
- Jerry Bridges
Godly character flows out of devotion to God and practically confirms the reality of that devotion.
- Jerry Bridges
True joy comes only from God and He shares this joy with those who walk in fellowship with Him.
- Jerry Bridges
The very first temptation in the history of mankind was the temptation to be discontent...that is exactly what discontent(ment ) is - a questioning of the goodness of God.
- Jerry Bridges