Quotes about Grace
If you and I are to appropriate God's grace in our times of need, we must see His sovereignty ultimately ruling in all the circumstances of our lives. And when those circumstances are difficult, disappointing, or humiliating, we must humble ourselves under His mighty hand.
— Jerry Bridges
This is what faith is -trusting in Jesus Christ alone as one's Savior.
— Jerry Bridges
All fancied sanctification which does not arise wholly from the blood of the cross is nothing better than Pharisaism. If we would be holy, we must get to the cross, and dwell there; else, notwithstanding all our labour, diligence, fasting, praying and good works, we shall be yet void of real sanctification, destitute of those humble, gracious tempers which accompany a clear view of the cross.
— Jerry Bridges
The sinner does not need more grace than the saint, nor does the immature and undisciplined believer need more than the godly, zealous missionary. We all need the same amount of grace because the "currency" of our good works is debased and worthless before God.
— Jerry Bridges
But where sin abounded, grace superabounded.
— Jerry Bridges
How do we view those who do not show love for us? Do we see them as persons for whom Christ died or as persons who make our lives difficult?
— Jerry Bridges
Our situation was so desperate that only the death of His own Son on a cruel and shameful cross was sufficient to resolve the problem.
— Jerry Bridges
Many people erroneously think that God can just forgive our sins because He is a loving God. Nothing could be further from the truth. The cross speaks to us not only about our sin but about God's holiness.
— Jerry Bridges
Grace is part of the very nature of God, and He cannot change. He is indeed the generous landowner of the parable in Matthew 20:1-16, continually going to the marketplace of life to find those in need of a day's wages so He can bring them into His vineyard and then reward them out of all proportion to their labors.
— Jerry Bridges
God does not exercise His sovereignty capriciously but only in such a way as His infinite love deems best for us.
— Jerry Bridges
God is not only sovereign, He is perfect in love and infinite in wisdom.
— Jerry Bridges
Third, we must never use the doctrine of God's sovereignty to excuse our own sinful actions or decisions that hurt another person.
— Jerry Bridges