Who Am I? Identity in Christ Quotes

“I grew up in the 1930s Great Depression when many families struggled to make ends meet, and in an area where old-fashioned country gospel music was popular. Later, as an adult with a more mature outlook on Christianity, I realized that a lot of that music was rather shallow.”
― Jerry Bridges, Who Am I? Identity in Christ

“But though we are to vigorously pursue spiritual maturity, both in putting to death sinful traits and putting on Christlike traits, we must never think that God’s approval and acceptance of us is earned by our progress. God is obviously pleased when we seek to please him (Colossians 1:10), but his acceptance of us is based entirely on the work of Christ alone in his sinless life and sin-bearing death.”
― Jerry Bridges, Who Am I? Identity in Christ

“In many ways, our sinful flesh acts as a mole. It is constantly responding to the allurements of the world and the enticements of the devil, and is constantly seeking to collaborate with them. And so we are very vulnerable spiritually. The”
― Jerry Bridges, Who Am I? Identity in Christ

“We cannot deal with the power of sin unless we have first dealt with its guilt. And we deal with it at the cross.”
― Jerry Bridges, Who Am I? Identity in Christ