There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
JONATHAN EDWARDSThe wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
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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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To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
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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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Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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Temples have their images; and we see what influence they have always had over a great part of mankind. But, in truth, the ideas and images in men’s minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.
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Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
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Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
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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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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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Trust in God and ye need not fear.
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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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Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
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Among the many acts of gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted one to study and contemplate the perfections and beauties of His work of creation. Every new discovery must necessarily raise in us a fresh sense of the greatness, wisdom, and power of God.
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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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The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider… abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire.
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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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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Wicked people will on the day of judgment see all there is to see of Jesus Christ, except His beauty and loveliness
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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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Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.
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The material universe exists only in the mind.
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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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