Quotes about Redemption
Jesus did not die just to save us from the penalty of sin, nor even just to make us holy in our standing before God. He died to purify for Himself a people eager to obey Him, a people eager to be transformed into His likeness.
— Jerry Bridges
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.
— Jerry Bridges
To remember no more is God's way of expressing absolute forgiveness.
— Jerry Bridges
Shall we presume on God's grace by tolerating in ourselves the very sin that nailed Christ to the cross?
— Jerry Bridges
Micah 7:19 ... "You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea." The picture is of God vigorously disposing of our sins by hurling them overboard. He doesn't just drop them over the side; He hurls them...
— Jerry Bridges
All my labors are marred by sin and imperfection. As I think of every act I have ever done for God, I can only cry out, 'Oh, God, forgive the iniquity of my holy things.'"
— Jerry Bridges
If we are going to persevere as committed disciples of Jesus Christ over the course of our lives, we must always keep the gospel of God's forgiveness through Christ before us.
— Jerry Bridges
Christ's death was the result of God's grace; grace is not the result of Christ's death.
— Jerry Bridges
Even as Christians our best efforts are still marred with imperfect performance and impure motives. But God no longer "sees" either our deliberate disobedience or our marred performances. Instead He "sees" the righteousness of Christ, which He has already imputed to us.
— Jerry Bridges
What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus."
— Jerry Bridges
What was in the cup Jesus drank at His crucifixion? It was the wrath of God.
— Jerry Bridges
The cross, then, is an expression of God's wrath toward sin as well as His love to us. It expresses His holiness in His determination to punish sin, even at the cost of His Son. And it expresses His love in sending His Son to bear the punishment we so justly deserved. So in answer to the question, "Why the cross?" we must say God's holiness demanded it as punishment for our sins, and God's love provided it to save us from our sins.
— Jerry Bridges