Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.
JONATHAN EDWARDSFamily education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.
JONATHAN EDWARDSHe who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
JONATHAN EDWARDSOne requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.
JONATHAN EDWARDSTo go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
JONATHAN EDWARDSThey who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due
JONATHAN EDWARDSThe happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
JONATHAN EDWARDSWhen God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
JONATHAN EDWARDSI assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
JONATHAN EDWARDSWe are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
JONATHAN EDWARDSThe devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
JONATHAN EDWARDSAssurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
JONATHAN EDWARDSIf we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in the heart, it is but hypocrisy and practical lying unto the Holy One.
JONATHAN EDWARDSReal pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
JONATHAN EDWARDSBy 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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSSpiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
JONATHAN EDWARDSLove is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to good.
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