The material universe exists only in the mind.
JONATHAN EDWARDSTrue 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.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption.
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I know not how to express better, what my sins appear to me to be, than by heaping infinite upon infinite, and multiplying infinite by infinite. When I look into my heart and take a view of my wickedness, it looks like an abyss infinitely deeper than hell.
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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.
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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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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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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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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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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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