Many Christians have what we might call a 'cultural holiness.' They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them...But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.
Jerry BridgesThe level of our obedience is most often determined by the behavior standard of other Christians around us.
Jerry BridgesA willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community.
Jerry BridgesJustified" is even better than "just as if I'd never sinned." It is also "just as if I'd always obeyed.
Jerry BridgesThis is the amazing story of God’s grace. God saves us by His grace and transforms us more and more into the likeness of His Son by His grace. In all our trials and afflictions, He sustains and strengthens us by His grace. He calls us by grace to perform our own unique function within the Body of Christ. Then, again by grace, He gives to each of us the spiritual gifts necessary to fulfill our calling. As we serve Him, He makes that service acceptable to Himself by grace, and then rewards us a hundredfold by grace.
Jerry Bridges