Quotes about Will
We cannot categorize sin if we are to live a life of holiness. God will not let us get away with that kind of attitude.
— Jerry Bridges
In all of our thoughts, all of our actions, in every part of our character, the ruling principle that motivates and guides us should be the desire to follow Christ in doing the will of the Father.
— Jerry Bridges
The so-called laws of nature are nothing more than the physical expression of the steady will of Christ.
— Jerry Bridges
God is in control; He is sovereign. He does whatever pleases Him and determines whether we can do what we have planned.
— Jerry Bridges
But God has not walked away from the day-to-day control of His creation. Certainly He has established physical laws by which He governs the forces of nature, but those laws continuously operate according to His sovereign will.
— Jerry Bridges
He permits, for reasons known only to Himself, people to act contrary to and in defiance of His revealed will. But He never permits them to act contrary to His sovereign will.
— Jerry Bridges
Sometimes, according to the Bible, God even moves in the hearts of some people to act stubbornly.
— Jerry Bridges
But rather that He works in His mysterious way through their wills to accomplish His purposes.
— Jerry Bridges
Your promotion, or lack of it, is in the hand of God. Your superiors are simply His agents to carry out His will.
— Jerry Bridges
The third truth to keep before us is that the Bible consistently portrays people as making real choices of their own will.
— Jerry Bridges
He (God) permits, for reasons known only to Himself, people to act contrary to and in defiance of His revealed will. But He never permits them to act contrary to His sovereign will.
— Jerry Bridges
Our duty, then, is to obey the "things revealed," that is, the will of God as revealed in Scripture for every area of life. Scripture
— Jerry Bridges