Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
JONATHAN EDWARDSGod is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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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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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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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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One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.
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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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The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
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There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.
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The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
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Temples have their images; and we see what influence they have always had over a great part of mankind. But, in truth, the ideas and images in men’s minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.
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From love arises hatred of those things which are contrary to what we love, or which oppose and thwart us in those things that we delight in.
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Resolved, never to speak evil of anyone, so that it shall tend to his dishonor, more or less, upon no account except for some real good.
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He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
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Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.
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Grace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future inheritance.
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To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
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