"Justified" is even better than "just as if……" — Jerry Bridges
"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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150 Quotes by Jerry Bridges
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- Complaining about the weather seems to be a favorite American pastime. Sadly, we Christians often get caught up in this…
- Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to…
- Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God.
- The great antidote to anxiety is to come to God in prayer. We are to pray about everything. Nothing is…
- God never allows pain without a purpose in the lives of His children. He never allows Satan, nor circumstances, nor…
- Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works…
- Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.
- ...God has made provision for our holiness. Through Christ He has delivered us from sin's reign so that we now…
- Love is costly. T forgive in love costs us our sense of justice. To serve in love costs us time.…
- We could not take one step in the pursuit of holiness if God in His grace had not first delivered…
- Grace... expresses two complementary thoughts: God's unmerited favor to us through Christ, and God's divine assistance to us through the…
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