Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
JONATHAN EDWARDSIf 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.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
-
-
Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
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.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
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.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
Find preachers of David Brainerd’s spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we’ll lead them to damnation and not salvation.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
He who does not know Him, knows nothing else as it truly is.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
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!
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
JONATHAN EDWARDS -
Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
JONATHAN EDWARDS