Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.
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.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Men will trust in God no further than they know Him; and they cannot be in the exercise of faith in Him one ace further than they have a sight of His fulness and faithfulness in exercise.
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Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church.
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Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.
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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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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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True salvation always produces an abiding change of nature in a true convert. Therefore, whenever holiness of life does not accompany a confession of conversion, it must be understood that this individual is not a Christian.
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Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.
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Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
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God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
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There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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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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You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
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If 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.
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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.
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