Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
JONATHAN EDWARDSYou 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.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.
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Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
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The end of the creation is that the creation might glorify God. Now what is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that glory he has displayed?
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We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption.
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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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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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Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.
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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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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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He that lives a prayerless life, lives without God in the world.
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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
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Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
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A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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Resolved to live with all my might while I do live, and as I shall wish I had done ten thousand years hence.
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