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We must allow the Bible to say what is says, not what we think it ought to say.

Jerry Bridges

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Jerry Bridges
Age: 86 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 4
Died: 2016
Died: March 6
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Tyler
Texas
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Nothing cuts the nerve of the desire to pursue holiness as much as a sense of guilt. On the contrary, nothing so motivates us to deal with sin in our lives as does the understanding and application of the two truth that our sins are forgiven and the dominion of sin is broken because of our union with Christ.
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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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... 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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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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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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Godly character flows out of devotion to God and practically confirms the reality of that devotion.
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In His infinite wisdom, God allows trials in order to develop perseverance in us and to cause us to fix our hopes on the glory that is yet to be revealed... Our faith and perseverance can grow only under the pain of trial.
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Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful traits and developing within us over time the virtues of Christlike character.
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We ought to be as earnest and frequent in our prayers of thanksgiving when the cupboard is full as we would be in our prayers of supplication if the cupboards were bare.
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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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God’s plan and His ways of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand. We must learn to trust when we don’t understand.
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Faith in Christ and a reliance on ourselves, even to the smallest degree, are mutually exclusive.
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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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Because peace is a fruit of the Spirit, we are dependent upon the Spirit's work in our lives to produce the desire and the means to pursue peace. But we are also responsible to use the means He has given us and to take all practical steps to attain both peace within and peace with others.
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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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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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Worship from the heart in times of adversity implies an attitude of humble acceptance on our part of God's right to do as He pleases in our lives.
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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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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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