You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
JONATHAN EDWARDSYou have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.
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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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If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked.
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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.
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Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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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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I go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.
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To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
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The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.
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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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He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
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