Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
JONATHAN EDWARDSResolved, never henceforward, till I die, to act as if I were any way my own, but entirely and altogether God’s.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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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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They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due
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We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption.
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Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.
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If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked.
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God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
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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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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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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 material universe exists only in the mind.
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Among the many acts of gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted one to study and contemplate the perfections and beauties of His work of creation. Every new discovery must necessarily raise in us a fresh sense of the greatness, wisdom, and power of God.
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Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
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Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
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Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.
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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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