The pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world.
JONATHAN EDWARDSIf we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in the heart, it is but hypocrisy and practical lying unto the Holy One.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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You 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.
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True boldness for Christ transcends all, it is indifference to the displeasure of either friends or foes. Boldness enables Christians to forsake all rather than Christ, and to prefer to offend all rather than to offend Him.
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow.
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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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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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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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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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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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By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we’ll lead them to damnation and not salvation.
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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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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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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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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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