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The grace that brought salvation to you is the same grace that teaches or disciplines you. But you must respond on the basis of grace, not law.

Jerry Bridges

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Jerry Bridges
Age: 86 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 4
Died: 2016
Died: March 6
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That which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an all-powerful and all-loving God. Our suffering has meaning and purpose in God's eternal plan, and He brings or allows to come into our lives only that which is for His glory and our good.
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God will never allow any action against you that is not in accord with His will for you. And His will is always directed to our good.
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God is never at a loss because He cannot find someone to cooperate with Him in carrying out His plan. He so moves in the hearts of people - either Christians or non Christians, it makes no difference - that they willingly, of their own free will carry out His plans.
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We must allow the Bible to say what is says, not what we think it ought to say.
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God's sovereignty does not negate our responsibility to pray, but rather makes it possible for us to pray with confidence.
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We fail to see the gospel as the solution to our greatest problem-our guilt, condemnation, and alienation from God. Beyond that, we fail to see it as the basis of our day-to-day acceptance with Him. As a result, many believers live in spiritual poverty.
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This is the essence of God's sovereignty His absolute independence to do as He pleases and His absolute control over the actions of all His creatures. No creature, person, or empire can either thwart His will or act outside the bounds of His will.
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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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As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are growing in the practice of holiness, it seems the gap between our knowledge and our practice always gets wider. This is the Holy Spirit's way of drawing us to more and more holiness.
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Justified is even better than just as if I'd never sinned. It is also just as if I'd always obeyed.
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Practice of true community involves responsibilities and actions that do not come naturally to us.
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Thankfulness to God is a recognition that God in His goodness and faithfulness has provided for us and cared for us, both physically and spiritually. It is a recognition that we are totally dependent upon Him that all that we are and have comes from God.
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Giving thanks to God for both His temporal and spiritual blessings in our lives is not just a nice thing to do - it is the moral will of God. Failure to give Him the thanks due Him is sin.
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As we search the Scriptures, we must allow them to search us, to sit in judgment upon our character and conduct.
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Godly character flows out of devotion to God and practically confirms the reality of that devotion.
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... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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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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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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Worship is the specific act of ascribing to God the glory, majesty, honor, and worthiness which are His.
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Grace... expresses two complementary thoughts: God's unmerited favor to us through Christ, and God's divine assistance to us through the Holy Spirit.
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