We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
JONATHAN EDWARDSConsider 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.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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I know not how to express better, what my sins appear to me to be, than by heaping infinite upon infinite, and multiplying infinite by infinite. When I look into my heart and take a view of my wickedness, it looks like an abyss infinitely deeper than hell.
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A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, That I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
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Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.
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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 godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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