Quotes from Jerry Bridges
We, too, if we would speak of the Lord's great faithfulness, must turn from our circumstances to the Lord.
- Jerry Bridges
God does not exalt His mercy at the expense of His justice. And in order to maintain His justice, all sin without exception must be punished. Contrary to popular opinion, with God there is no such thing as mere forgiveness. There is only justice.
- Jerry Bridges
That is, all that God does or allows in all of His creation will ultimately serve His glory. As John Piper says in his book Desiring God, "The chief end of God is to glorify God and enjoy himself forever."
- Jerry Bridges
We must learn to live by His agenda if we are to trust Him.
- Jerry Bridges
One of the best kept secrets among Christians today is this: Jesus paid it all. I mean all. He not only purchased your forgiveness of sins and your ticket to heaven, He purchased every blessing and every answer to prayer you will ever receive. Every one of them - no exceptions.
- Jerry Bridges
We must see our circumstances through God's love instead of, as we are prone to do, seeing God's love through our circumstances.
- Jerry Bridges
When we disobey God we defy His authority and despise His holiness. But when we fail to trust God we doubt His sovereignty and question His goodness.
- Jerry Bridges
The pursuit of holiness is a joint venture between God and the Christian.
- Jerry Bridges
The reality, though, is that our very best efforts at following his example are always imperfect and defiled by our sinful nature. By contrast, his obedience was always perfect and complete and never defiled. Therefore, we should always look first at what Jesus did as our representative before looking at him as our example.
- Jerry Bridges
As Lamentations 3:33 states, "For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men."
- Jerry Bridges
Why is this such a well-kept secret? The core issue is that we don't believe we're still spiritually "bankrupt." Having come into God's kingdom by grace alone solely on the merit of Another, we're now trying to pay our own way by our performance. We declared only temporary bankruptcy; we're now trying to live by good works rather than by grace.
- Jerry Bridges
Above all else, our response to adversity should be to seek God's glory.
- Jerry Bridges