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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.

Jonathan Edwards

A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
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Faith God Right Sin
He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
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God Himself Need Religious
Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.
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Alone Grace Himself Praise Salvation State
Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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Escape Hell Himself Man Natural
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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Afraid Life Myself
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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Enjoyment God Happiness Ourselves Satisfaction Soul
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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Gratitude Heaven Love Misery View
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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Age Myself Old Person Thinking
They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due
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Creditor Due God Grace Mercy True
Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
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Benefit Growth Knowledge Seek Yourself
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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Action Greatness Love Lying Oneself Practice Respect
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 Important Knowledge Ourselves
When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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God Greatness Spirit
There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.
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God Prayer Privacy Way Work
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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Best Each Other Expression Music Perfection Way
True boldness for Christ transcends all, it is indifference to the displeasure of either friends or foes. Boldness enables Christians to forsake all rather than Christ, and to prefer to offend all rather than to offend Him.
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Bold Himself Offend Transcendence True

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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