Inspirational Quotes by Jerry Bridges
“We cannot receive half of God’s grace. If we have experienced it at all, we will experience not only forgiveness of our sins but also freedom from sin’s dominion.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
“As God's rule is invincible, so it is incomprehensible. His ways are higher than our ways (see Isaiah 55:9). His judgments are unsearchable, and His paths are beyond tracing out (see Romans 11:33). The sovereignty of God is often questioned because man does not understand what God is doing. Because He does not act as we think He should, we conclude He cannot act as we think He would.”
“So we should never ask why in the sense of demanding that God explain or justify His actions or what He permits in our lives.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
from Trusting God
“Some of the Corinthian Christians persisted in disobedience to the point where God had to take their lives (1 Corinthians 11:30).”
― Jerry Bridges ,
“the pursuit of holiness is a joint venture between God and the Christian.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
“In order to trust God we must know Him in an intimate, personal way.”
“The Bible teaches us that God is sovereign over both the "good" and the "bad.”
“God wants us to walk in obedience—not victory.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
“God can and does work in the hearts and minds of rulers and officials of government to accomplish His sovereign purpose.”
“It is more than just knowing facts about God. It is coming into a deeper personal relationship with Him as a result of seeking Him in the midst of our personal pain and discovering Him to be trustworthy.”
“A lot of Christians are doing that for God today. Often unwilling to accept the fact that God is working because they don't understand how He is working, they have chosen to substitute the doctrine of chance for the doctrine of divine providence.”
“we are to establish our beliefs by the Bible, not by our experiences.”
“although we often do not understand God's ways, He is sovereignly at work in all of our circumstances.”
“God sometimes causes government leaders or officials to make foolish decisions in order to bring judgment upon a nation.”
“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.”
“Confidence in the sovereignty of God in all that affects us is crucial to our trusting Him. if there is a single event in all of the universe that can occur outside of God's sovereign control, then we cannot trust Him.”
“God rules the world by Providence, not by miracle.”
“John Newton (1725–1807), converted slave trader, Anglican minister, and author of the familiar hymn “Amazing Grace,” wrote: The kings of the earth are continually disturbing the world with their schemes of ambition. They expect to carry every thing before them, and have seldom any higher end in view, than the gratification of their own passions. But in all they do they are but servants of this great King and Lord, and fulfill his purposes, as the instruments he employs to inflict prescribed punishment upon transgressors against him, or to open a way for the spread of his Gospel. . . . They had one thing in view, he had another.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
from Trusting God
“That act of the will, though, must be based on belief, and belief must be based on truth.”
“Historically, God has not spared the righteous when He judges a nation (though He is well able to do so if He chooses, see Exodus 9:5-7).”
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Jerry Bridges is an evangelical Christian author, speaker and staff member of The Navigators. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Pursuit of Holiness, which has sold more than one million copies. His devotional Holiness Day By Day garnered the 2009 ECPA Christian Book Award for the inspiration and gift category, and The Discipline Of Grace received a similar award in 1995 for the Christian living category.
Bridges earned his undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Oklahoma before serving as an officer in the United States Navy during the Korean War.
He joined Christian discipleship organization The Navigators in 1955, where he served as administrative assistant to the Europe Director, office manager for the headquarters office, Secretary-Treasurer of the organization, and as Vice President for Corporate Affairs before moving to a staff development position with the Collegiate Mission.