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We don't have to start all over again and try to keep the slate clean. There is no more slate.

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Jerry Bridges
Age: 86 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 4
Died: 2016
Died: March 6
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To be justified means more than to be declared not guilty. It actually means to be declared righteous before God. It means God has imputed or charged the guilt of our sin to His Son, Jesus Christ, and has imputed or credited Christ's righteousness to us.
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So often we try to develop Christian character and conduct without taking the time to develop God-centered devotion. We try to please God without taking the time to walk with Him and develop a relationship with Him. This is impossible to do.
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Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God.
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Our very worst days are never beyond the reach of God's grace.
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We might say God's wrath is His justice in action, rendering to everyone his just due, which, because of our sin is always judgment.
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Obedience is the pathway to holiness.
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God never allows pain without a purpose.
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Not only has the debt (of our sins) been fully paid, there is no possibility of ever going into debt again.
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As we become soft and lazy in our bodies, we tend to become soft and lazy spiritually.
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We must not allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather, we must seek to let the truth of God rule our minds. Our emotions must become subservient to the truth.
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Practice of true community involves responsibilities and actions that do not come naturally to us.
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When we commit ourselves to the pursuit of holiness, we need to ensure that our commitment is actually to God, not simply to a holy lifestyle or a set of moral values ... offer yourselves to God, and in doing that commit yourselves to the pursuit of holiness in order to please Him.
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Worship is the specific act of ascribing to God the glory, majesty, honor, and worthiness which are His.
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The person who is living by grace sees this vast contrast between his own sins against God and the offenses of others against him. He forgives others because he himself has been so graciously forgiven. He realizes that, by receiving God’s forgiveness through Christ, he has forfeited the right to be offended when others hurt him.
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Perhaps we should stop talking about being faithful to have a quiet time with God each day, as if we were doing something to earn a reward. It would be better to talk about the privilege of spending time with the God of the universe and the importance for our own sake of being consistent in that practice.
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As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
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A son or daughter in any human family is either born to or adopted by the parents. By definition, a child can't be both. But with God we're both born of Him and adopted by Him.
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The solution to staying on the right side of the fine line between using and abusing grace is repentance. The road to repentance is godly sorrow (2 Corinthians 7:10). Godly sorrow is developed when we focus on the true nature of sin as an offense against God rather than something that makes us feel guilty.
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