There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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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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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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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Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.
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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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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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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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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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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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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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Resolved, to examine carefully, and constantly, what that one thing in me is, which causes me in the least to doubt the love of God; and to direct all my forces against it.
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I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
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If 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.
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Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
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Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
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