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He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.

Jonathan Edwards

The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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Business Chief God Life Seek
Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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God Greatness Nature
Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.
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Education Effect Family Grace Order Prosperity
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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Beginning God Himself Holy Love True
I resolve to live with all my might while I do live. I resolve never to lose one moment of time and to improve my use of time in the most profitable way I possibly can. I resolve never to do anything I wouldn’t do, if it were the last hour of my life.
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Live Lose Moments Myself Possible
Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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Revenge Solution
Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.
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Intend Learning Teacher
Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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Heaven Spirit Wait World
Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
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Agreement God Ideas Truth
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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Action God Influence Life Spirit
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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Breathe Expression Life Natural Prayer
Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
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Alone Mindset Wisdom World
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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God Mercy Stand Stay
Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
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Afraid Life Myself
I go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.
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Life Mindset Myself Proposition
A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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Absurd Greatness Proud Religious

He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.

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