A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
JONATHAN EDWARDSJesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers.
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A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.
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God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
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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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Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
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By Christ’s purchasing redemption, two things are intended: his satisfaction and his merit; the one pays our debt, and so satisfies; the other procures our title, and so merits. The satisfaction of Christ is to free us from misery; the merit of Christ is to purchase happiness for us.
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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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Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
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He who does not know Him, knows nothing else as it truly is.
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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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A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
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You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure.
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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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How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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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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