God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
JONATHAN EDWARDSTeachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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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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Being sensible that I am unable to do any thing without God’s help, I do humbly entreat Him, by His grace, to enable me to keep these Resolutions, so far as they are agreeable to His will, for Christ’s sake.
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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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If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked.
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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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Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
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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 pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world.
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Jesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers.
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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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If we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in the heart, it is but hypocrisy and practical lying unto the Holy One.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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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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