Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
JONATHAN EDWARDSAlmost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
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The material universe exists only in the mind.
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The Spirit of God is given to the true saints to dwell in them as his proper lasting abode to dwell in them and to influence their hearts as a principle of new nature or as a divine supernatural spring of life and action.
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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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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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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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There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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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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Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
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Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.
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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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If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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By Christ’s purchasing redemption, two things are intended: his satisfaction and his merit; the one pays our debt, and so satisfies; the other procures our title, and so merits. The satisfaction of Christ is to free us from misery; the merit of Christ is to purchase happiness for us.
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A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
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