Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
JONATHAN EDWARDSLove is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Jesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers.
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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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The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
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Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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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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Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.
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He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
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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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He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
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Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
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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.
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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
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The end of the creation is that the creation might glorify God. Now what is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that glory he has displayed?
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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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Resolved, never to speak evil of anyone, so that it shall tend to his dishonor, more or less, upon no account except for some real good.
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