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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSTeachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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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 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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Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
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If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain.
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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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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
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True boldness for Christ transcends all, it is indifference to the displeasure of either friends or foes. Boldness enables Christians to forsake all rather than Christ, and to prefer to offend all rather than to offend Him.
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Envy is a spirit of dissatisfaction or opposition to the prosperity or happiness of other people.
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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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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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From love arises hatred of those things which are contrary to what we love, or which oppose and thwart us in those things that we delight in.
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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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