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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSResolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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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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We cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor that all Satan’s lurking places have already been found out.
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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 seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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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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Find preachers of David Brainerd’s spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.
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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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He that sees the beauty of holiness or true moral good, sees the greatest and most important thing in the world.
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If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain.
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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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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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Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
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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 door of God’s mercy is thrown wide open, and Christ stands in the door and says to sinners ‘Come.’
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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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