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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSGrace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
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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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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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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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The 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?
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Resolved, to examine carefully, and constantly, what that one thing in me is, which causes me in the least to doubt the love of God; and to direct all my forces against it.
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Trust in God and ye need not fear.
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A true love for God must begin with a delight in His holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.
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True weirdness from the world don’t consist in being beat off from the world by the affliction of it, but a being drawn off by the sight of something 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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God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
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How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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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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