The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
JONATHAN EDWARDSOne requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow.
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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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Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
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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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There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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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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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.
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A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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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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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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Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
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Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.
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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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There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.
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