Jerry Bridges

1929-2016: Proclaiming the gospel of the grace of God

[Jerry Bridges @bridgeswisdom]

Our total debt has been paid by the death of Christ. The law of God and the justice of God have been fully satisfied.

[Jerry Bridges @bridgeswisdom]

We're made "alive with Christ" and God wants to "show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.”

[Jerry Bridges @bridgeswisdom]

When we see how extravagantly and undeservedly loved we are in the gospel, we see how much God is to be trusted and depended on.

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Love gives, even at great cost to itself. In Jesus’ incarnation and death, both the Father and the Son gave in response to our desperate plight.

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What is the significance of being alive unto God? How does it help us in our pursuit of holiness? For one thing, it means we are united with Christ in all His power. It is certainly true we cannot live a holy life in our own strength. Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing.

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God’s primary means of searching our hearts is through His Word, as we read it under the power of the Holy Spirit.

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It is at the Cross where we admit to God and to ourselves that there is absolutely nothing we can do to earn or merit our salvation.

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Although grace is part of the essential nature of God, the extending of His grace to us cost Him the most expensive price ever paid.

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The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it wherever He wishes.
-Proverbs 21:1

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[Jerry Bridges @bridgeswisdom]

Our duty is found in the revealed will of God in the Scriptures. Our trust must be in the sovereign will of God as He works in the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives for our good and His glory.

[Jerry Bridges @bridgeswisdom]

What is the significance of being alive unto God? How does it help us in our pursuit of holiness? For one thing, it means we are united with Christ in all His power. It is certainly true we cannot live a holy life in our own strength. Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing.

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Our very worst days are never beyond the reach of God's grace.
~Jerry Bridges

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Our vital union with Christ is the means by which He works in us by His Holy Spirit. The Spirit works in us to enable and empower us.

Our legal union with Christ entitles us to all that Christ did for us as He acted in our place, as our substitute.

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"Not only has the debt of our sin been fully paid, there is no possibility of going into debt again. Jesus paid the debt of all our sins; past, present, and future. We don't have to start all over again and try to keep the slate clean. There is no more slate."

Jerry Bridges

There is no more slate. 🥲

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So-called sovereign nations of the world are not truly sovereign. They’re instruments in the hand of God to accomplish His will: sometimes to protect His people, sometimes to open doors for advancement of the gospel, sometimes to be His instrument of judgment against ungodliness.

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The design of Christ's redemptive work goes beyond salvation from God's everlasting curse. Its purpose is to redeem us from sin to Himself, to be a people desiring to please Him.

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Peter told us, "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;” (1 Peter 1:18). Without Christ we lived in futility and emptiness.

[Jerry Bridges @bridgeswisdom]

What is the significance of being alive unto God? We are united with Christ in all His power.

[Jerry Bridges @bridgeswisdom]

Don’t be discouraged if you realize your motives have been largely merit-oriented. Just begin now to move toward grace motives…When you recognize merit-oriented motives at work in you, renounce them and cast yourself completely on the grace of God and the merit of Jesus Christ.