Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
JONATHAN EDWARDSA true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.
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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.
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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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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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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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If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked.
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Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
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We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
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Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church.
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Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
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We cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor that all Satan’s lurking places have already been found out.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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He who does not know Him, knows nothing else as it truly is.
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Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.
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Trust in God and ye need not fear.
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By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we’ll lead them to damnation and not salvation.
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