I go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.
JONATHAN EDWARDSReal pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
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He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
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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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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.
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There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!
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Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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Jesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers.
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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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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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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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Resolved to live with all my might while I do live, and as I shall wish I had done ten thousand years hence.
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Resolved, never henceforward, till I die, to act as if I were any way my own, but entirely and altogether God’s.
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