Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.
JONATHAN EDWARDSAlmost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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Resolved, to examine carefully, and constantly, what that one thing in me is, which causes me in the least to doubt the love of God; and to direct all my forces against it.
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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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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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Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.
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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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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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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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Find preachers of David Brainerd’s spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.
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Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.
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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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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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