Quotes about Sovereignty
it is the ability of God to so arrange diverse human actions to fulfill His purpose that makes His sovereignty marvelous and yet mysterious.
- Jerry Bridges
No plan of God's can be thwarted. God does as He pleases, and only as He pleases, and no one can frustrate His plans or hinder His purposes.
- Jerry Bridges
The choices people make are moral choices; that is, people are held accountable by God for the choices they make. The actions of Judas, Herod, and Pilate were wicked acts even though done under the sovereign appointment of God.
- Jerry Bridges
Second, we should not allow the doctrine of God's sovereignty to cause us to respond passively to the actions of other people that affect us. We should take all reasonable steps within the will of God to protect and advance our situation.
- Jerry Bridges
God is not only sovereign, He is perfect in love and infinite in wisdom.
- Jerry Bridges
The Bible teaches both the sovereignty of God and the free moral choices of men with equal emphasis.
- Jerry Bridges
But in the light of Scripture, it is decisive that this creaturely freedom poses no threat or limitation to the sovereign and almighty Divine enterpriseā¦.
- Jerry Bridges
Third, we must never use the doctrine of God's sovereignty to excuse our own sinful actions or decisions that hurt another person.
- Jerry Bridges
There is no authority except that which God has established.
- Jerry Bridges
He (God) permits, for reasons known only to Himself, people to act contrary to and in defiance of His revealed will. But He never permits them to act contrary to His sovereign will.
- Jerry Bridges
Because we know God is directing our lives to an ultimate end and because we know He is sovereignly able to orchestrate the events of our lives toward that end, we can trust Him. We can commit to Him not only the ultimate outcome of our lives, but also all the intermediate events and circumstances that will bring us to that outcome.
- Jerry Bridges
He will direct it according to His sovereign purpose for His glory and our good.
- Jerry Bridges