Find preachers of David Brainerd’s spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.
JONATHAN EDWARDSOf all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
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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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One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.
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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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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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Grace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future inheritance.
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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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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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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.
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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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There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
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