Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
JONATHAN EDWARDSOne requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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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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Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
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Resolved, never henceforward, till I die, to act as if I were any way my own, but entirely and altogether God’s.
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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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There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
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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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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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Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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Among the many acts of gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted one to study and contemplate the perfections and beauties of His work of creation. Every new discovery must necessarily raise in us a fresh sense of the greatness, wisdom, and power of God.
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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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He that lives a prayerless life, lives without God in the world.
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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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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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