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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSThe best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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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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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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Trust in God and ye need not fear.
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Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; its aim, obedience to God in improvement of self, and benevolence to men.
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To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
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Grace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future inheritance.
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The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.
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We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
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Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.
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Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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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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Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.
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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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