Quotes about Life
God does not believe for us, but through His Spirit He creates spiritual life in us so that we can believe. Faith is the gift of God. It's part of the whole salvation package that God gives to us through the work of Christ for us and the work of the Holy Spirit in us. It's not our contribution, so to speak, to God's great plan of salvation. God does it all. It's part of the unsearchable riches of Christ.
— Jerry Bridges
There is a familiar play on the word "justification" that it means "just as if I'd never sinned." But there is another way of saying this that is even better---justification means "just as if I'd always obeyed." That's the way we stand before God: clothed in the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ. And that's the way we can live with the discomfort of the justified life.
— Jerry Bridges
Our goal in the pursuit of godliness should be to grow more in our conscious awareness that every moment of our lives is lived in the presence of God; that we are responsible to Him and dependent on Him. This goal would include a growing desire to please Him and glorify Him in the most ordinary activities of life.
— Jerry Bridges
Contentment with what we have — whether it is possessions, or station in life, or mental or physical abilities — is worth far, far more than all the things we don't have.
— Jerry Bridges
God does not require a perfect, sinless life to have fellowship with Him, but He does require that we be serious about holiness, that we grieve over sin in our lives instead of justifying it, and that we earnestly pursue holiness as a way of life.
— Jerry Bridges
We cannot categorize sin if we are to live a life of holiness. God will not let us get away with that kind of attitude.
— Jerry Bridges
No one can attain any degree of holiness without God working in his life
— Jerry Bridges
God is serious about holiness in the lives of His people, and He will discipline us to attain it.
— Jerry Bridges
God expects every Christian to live a holy life. But holiness is not only expected; it is the promised birthright of every Christian.
— Jerry Bridges
He himself gives all men life and breath and everything else…. 'For in him we live and move and have our being
— Jerry Bridges
Nothing is too large or small to escape God's governing hand. The spider building its web in the corner and Napoleon marching his army across Europe are both under God's control.
— Jerry Bridges
Too often, however, we tend to read these accounts merely as biblical history without relating them to our lives and our situations. But
— Jerry Bridges