Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
JONATHAN EDWARDSThe end of the creation is that the creation might glorify God. Now what is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that glory he has displayed?
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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I go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.
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God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
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Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
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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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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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God’s purpose for my life was that I have a passion for God’s glory and that I have a passion for my joy in that glory, and that these two are one passion.
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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.
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A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.
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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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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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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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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
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