Jerry Bridges Quotes - Page 5

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• Worship is the specific act of ascribing to God the glory, majesty, honor, and worthiness which are His.

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  Honor, Majesty, Worship

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• How then can we deal with our tendency toward worldliness? It is not by determining that we will not be worldly, but by committing ourselves to becoming more godly.

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  Christian, Godly, Becoming

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate”, p.87, Tyndale House

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• Obedience is the pathway to holiness.

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  Pathways, Holiness, Obedience

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, p.111, NavPress

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• We're more concerned about our own "victory" over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God's heart.

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  Heart, Grieving, Victory

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Holiness Day by Day: Transformational Thoughts for Your Spiritual Journey”, p.15, Tyndale House

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• We fail to see the gospel as the solution to our greatest problem-our guilt, condemnation, and alienation from God. Beyond that, we fail to see it as the basis of our day-to-day acceptance with Him. As a result, many believers live in spiritual poverty.

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  Spiritual, Acceptance, Guilt

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• This is the essence of God's sovereignty; His absolute independence to do as He pleases and His absolute control over the actions of all His creatures. No creature, person, or empire can either thwart His will or act outside the bounds of His will.

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  Essence, Independence, Empires

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “Trusting God”, p.33, NavPress

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• In both its precepts and penalty, the law of God in its most exacting requirements was fulfilled by Jesus. And He did this in our place as our representative and our substitute.

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  Jesus, Law, Requirements

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “The Discipline of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness”, p.36, Tyndale House

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• Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works are mutually exclusive. As Paul said in Romans 11:6, "And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace." Our relationship with God is based on either works or grace. There is never a works-plus-grace relationship with Him.

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  Grace, Way, Our Relationship

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God’s Unfailing Love”, p.13, Tyndale House

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• Jesus did not die just to give us peace and a purpose in life; he died to save us from the wrath of God.

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  Jesus, Wrath, Giving

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Practice of Godliness”, p.22, NavPress

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• The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us.

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  Christian, Discipline, Purpose

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “Trusting God”, p.125, NavPress

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• No circumstance is so big that He cannot control it.

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  Bigs, Circumstances

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “Trusting God”, p.38, NavPress

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• We believers do need to be challenged to a life of committed discipleship, but that challenge needs to be based on the gospel, not on duty or guilt. Duty or guilt may motivate us for awhile, but only a sense of Christ's love for us will motivate us for a lifetime.

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  Challenges, Guilt, Needs

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• Trials always change our relationship with God. Either they drive us to Him, or they drive us away from Him. The extent of our fear of Him and our awareness of His love for us determine in which direction we will move.

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  Moving, Trials, His Love

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Practice of Godliness”, p.179, NavPress

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• We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable us in that pursuit. The pursuit of holiness is not a pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps approach to the Christian life.

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  Christian, Holiness, Spirit

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• The cure for the sin of envy and jealousy is to find our contentment in God

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  Envy, Contentment, Sin

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, p.95, NavPress

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• It is not the fact that we are united in common goals or purposes that makes us a community. Rather, it is the fact that we share a common life in Christ.

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  Goal, Community, Purpose

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “True Community: The Biblical Practice of Koinonia”, p.7, Tyndale House

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• There is no point in praying for victory over temptation if we are not willing to make a commitment to say no to it.

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  Commitment, Temptation, Victory

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, p.74, NavPress

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• Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter.

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  Long, Suffering, Growing

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “The Fruitful Life: The Overflow of God's Love Through You”, p.66, Tyndale House

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• From our limited vantage point, our lives are marked by an endless series of contingencies. We frequently find ourselves, instead of acting as we planned, reacting to an unexpected turn of events. We make plans but are often forced to change those plans. But there are no contingencies with God. Our unexpected, forced change of plans is a part of His plan. God is never surprised; never caught off guard; never frustrated by unexpected developments. God does as He pleases and that which pleases Him is always for His glory and our good.

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  Frustrated, Acting, Events

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “Trusting God”, p.47, NavPress

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• Our duty is found in the revealed will of God in the Scriptures. Our trust must be in the sovereign will of God as He works in the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives for our good and His glory.

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  Ordinary, Scripture, Sovereign

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Trusting God Study Guide: Even When Life Hurts”, p.34, Tyndale House

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• God is never at a loss because He cannot find someone to cooperate with Him in carrying out His plan. He so moves in the hearts of people - either Christians or non Christians, it makes no difference - that they willingly, of their own free will carry out His plans.

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  Christian, Moving, Heart

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “Trusting God”, p.66, NavPress

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• Worship from the heart in times of adversity implies an attitude of humble acceptance on our part of God's right to do as He pleases in our lives.

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  Attitude, Heart, Humble

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “Trusting God”, p.222, NavPress

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• All pain we experience is intended to move us closer to the goal of being holy as He is holy.

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  Pain, Moving, Goal

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Growing Your Faith: How to Mature in Christ”, p.90, Tyndale House

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• The grace that brought salvation to you is the same grace that teaches or disciplines you. But you must respond on the basis of grace, not law.

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  Law, Discipline, Grace

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Growing Your Faith: How to Mature in Christ”, p.29, Tyndale House

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• But we need to pray daily for humility and honesty to see these sinful attitudes for that they really are, and then for grace and discipline to root them out of our minds and replace them with thoughts pleasing to God.

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  Honesty, Attitude, Humility

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, p.98, NavPress

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