Quotes about God
God does not exercise His sovereignty capriciously but only in such a way as His infinite love deems best for us.
— Jerry Bridges
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
Are we justified in concluding that God always orchestrates the events of our lives to fulfill His purpose? According to Romans 8:28, the answer is a solid yes.
— 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
God does have a purpose and a plan for you, and God has the power to carry out that plan.
— 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
Deuteronomy 29:29, "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
— Jerry Bridges