Quotes about Transformation
We become so accustomed to our sins we sometimes lapse into a state of peaceful coexistence with them, but God never ceases to hate them.
— Jerry Bridges
We need to ask God daily to search our hearts for sin that we cannot or will not see.
— Jerry Bridges
The same grace that brings salvation teaches us to renounce ungodly living.
— Jerry Bridges
We don't become saints by our actions. We are made saints by the immediate supernatural action of the Holy Spirit alone who works this change deep within our inner being so that we do, in fact, become new creations in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 5:17).
— Jerry Bridges
We cannot effectively pursue holiness without the Word of God stored up in our minds where it can be used by the Holy Spirit to transform us. Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace, 180
— Jerry Bridges
God never grants justification without also giving sanctification at the same time ... Sanctification in us begins as an instantaneous act of the Holy Spirit and is carried forward by His continued action in our lives.
— Jerry Bridges
No one can attain any degree of holiness without God working in his life
— Jerry Bridges
holiness is not only expected; it is the promised birthright of every Christian. Paul's
— Jerry Bridges
But we must be transformed more and more into the likeness of Christ. That is the purpose of discipline.
— Jerry Bridges
What was it that caused such a dramatic mood change in the heart of the writer? He turns from the circumstances at hand to the Lord.
— Jerry Bridges
The good that God works for in our lives is conformity to the likeness of His Son.
— Jerry Bridges
It means we believe that God causes all events in our lives, whether good or bad as we judge them, to work together to conform us more and more into the likeness of Christ. It means we give thanks in all circumstances - not for the circumstance considered in itself, but for God's promise to use these circumstances to conform us more to Christ.
— Jerry Bridges