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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSMen 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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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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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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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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Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
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Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.
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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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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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There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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