โWe’re more concerned about our own “victory” over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God’s heart.โ
Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness
โWe’re more concerned about our own “victory” over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God’s heart.โ
Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness
โToo often, we say we are defeated by this or that sin. No, we are not defeated. We are simply disobedient. It might be good if we stop using the terms victory and defeat to describe our progress in holiness. Rather, we should use the terms obedience and disobedience. When I say I am defeated by some sin, I am unconsciously slipping out from under my responsibility. I am saying something outside of me has defeated me. But when I say I am disobedient, that places the responsibility for my sin squarely on me. We may in fact be defeated, but the reason we are defeated is because we have chosen to disobey.
We need to brace ourselves up and to realize that we are responsible for thoughts, attitudes, and actions. We need to reckon on the fact that we died to sin’s reign, that it no longer has any dominion over us, that God has united us with the risen Christ in all His power and has given us the Holy Spirit to work in us. Only as we accept our responsibility and appropriate God’s provisions will we make any progress in our pursuit of holiness.โ
Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness
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