The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
JONATHAN EDWARDSA greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
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The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow.
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If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain.
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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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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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Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
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The door of God’s mercy is thrown wide open, and Christ stands in the door and says to sinners ‘Come.’
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The pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world.
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The Spirit of God is given to the true saints to dwell in them as his proper lasting abode to dwell in them and to influence their hearts as a principle of new nature or as a divine supernatural spring of life and action.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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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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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.
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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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