He that sees the beauty of holiness or true moral good, sees the greatest and most important thing in the world.
JONATHAN EDWARDSPrayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
-
-
The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
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 EDWARDS -
The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
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.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
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?
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, That I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
I resolve to live with all my might while I do live. I resolve never to lose one moment of time and to improve my use of time in the most profitable way I possibly can. I resolve never to do anything I wouldn’t do, if it were the last hour of my life.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
JONATHAN EDWARDS