Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
JONATHAN EDWARDSAlmost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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God’s purpose for my life was that I have a passion for God’s glory and that I have a passion for my joy in that glory, and that these two are one passion.
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You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
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The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.
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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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Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
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Among the many acts of gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted one to study and contemplate the perfections and beauties of His work of creation. Every new discovery must necessarily raise in us a fresh sense of the greatness, wisdom, and power of God.
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Trust in God and ye need not fear.
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I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, That I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.
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Resolved, never henceforward, till I die, to act as if I were any way my own, but entirely and altogether God’s.
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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.
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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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I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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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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