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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSTo go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
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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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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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The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
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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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There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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He that lives a prayerless life, lives without God in the world.
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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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A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
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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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Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.
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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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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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