True salvation always produces an abiding change of nature in a true convert. Therefore, whenever holiness of life does not accompany a confession of conversion, it must be understood that this individual is not a Christian.
JONATHAN EDWARDSSpiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
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He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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Temples have their images; and we see what influence they have always had over a great part of mankind. But, in truth, the ideas and images in men’s minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.
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True weirdness from the world don’t consist in being beat off from the world by the affliction of it, but a being drawn off by the sight of something better.
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Men will trust in God no further than they know Him; and they cannot be in the exercise of faith in Him one ace further than they have a sight of His fulness and faithfulness in exercise.
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Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
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Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
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The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider… abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire.
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked.
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How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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