To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
JONATHAN EDWARDSYou all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.
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A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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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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Among the many acts of gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted one to study and contemplate the perfections and beauties of His work of creation. Every new discovery must necessarily raise in us a fresh sense of the greatness, wisdom, and power of God.
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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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The material universe exists only in the mind.
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You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure.
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A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
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I know not how to express better, what my sins appear to me to be, than by heaping infinite upon infinite, and multiplying infinite by infinite. When I look into my heart and take a view of my wickedness, it looks like an abyss infinitely deeper than hell.
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When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
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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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Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
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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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