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Quotes About Divine

The secret things belong to the LORD our God.
~ Jerry Bridges
When we consider some of the evil tyrants and dictators that have reigned, as well as some of the weak and foolish men who have held high office, even in this century, we are amazed to learn that they have ruled in the sovereign will of God. But that is what Scripture tells us.
~ Jerry Bridges
God not only determines who governs, He also rules in the decisions that they make. Proverbs 16:33 says, "The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD
~ Jerry Bridges
God sovereignly intervened in the hearts—the desires and wills—of the Egyptians to accomplish His purpose for the Israelites.
~ Jerry Bridges
He so directs and controls all events and all actions of His creatures that they never act outside of His sovereign will.
~ Jerry Bridges
Holiness is the perfection of all His other attributes: His power is holy power; His mercy is holy mercy; His wisdom is holy wisdom. It is His holiness more than any other attribute that makes Him worthy of
~ Jerry Bridges
The Bible speaks not of God's laws, as if many of them, but of God's Law as a single whole.
~ Jerry Bridges
But God never explains to us what He is doing, or why. There is no indication that God ever explained to Job the reasons for all of his terrible sufferings.
~ Jerry Bridges
contrast, there are sixteen whys in the book of Job, according to author Don Baker.6 Sixteen times Job asked God why. He is persistent and petulant. He is accusatory toward God. And, as has been observed by many, God never answered Job's why. Instead He answered who.
~ Jerry Bridges
God's providence is His constant care for and His absolute rule over all His creation for His own glory and the good of His people.
~ Jerry Bridges
The fact is we do not know what God is doing through a particular set of circumstances or events.
~ Jerry Bridges
He has designed His eternal purpose so that His glory and our good are inextricably bound together.
~ Jerry Bridges
The Scriptures never indicate that God is frustrated to any degree by our failure to act as we should.
~ Jerry Bridges
God still holds us accountable for the very sins that He uses to accomplish His purpose.
~ Jerry Bridges
there is no conflict in the Bible between His sovereignty and our responsibility.
~ Jerry Bridges
God's providence clearly affirms that we can trust God.
~ Jerry Bridges
God not only created the universe but that He upholds and sustains it day by day, hour by hour.
~ Jerry Bridges
God sustains you and me: "He himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.... `For in him we live and move and have our being"' (Acts 17:25,28). He supplies our daily food (see 2 Corinthians 9:10). Our times are in His hands (see Psalm 31:15). Every breath we breathe is a gift from God, every bite of food we eat is given to us from His hand, every day we live is determined by Him.
~ Jerry Bridges
No one can harm you or jeopardize your future apart from the sovereign will of God.
~ Jerry Bridges
The Bible is not merely a book about God; it is a book from God.
~ Jerry Bridges
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.
~ Jerry Bridges
Our lives are also cluttered with a lot of "if onlys." "If only I had done this," or "if only that had not happened." But again, God has no "if onlys." God never makes a mistake; God has no regrets. "As for God, his way is perfect" (Psalm 18:30). We can trust God. He is trustworthy. Just
~ Jerry Bridges
That is, all that God does or allows in all of His creation will ultimately serve His glory. As John Piper says in his book Desiring God, "The chief end of God is to glorify God and enjoy himself forever."[ 3]
~ Jerry Bridges
The so-called sovereign nations of the world are not truly sovereign. They are nothing more than instruments in the hand of God to accomplish His will:
~ Jerry Bridges