Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
JONATHAN EDWARDSWe cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor that all Satan’s lurking places have already been found out.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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He that lives a prayerless life, lives without God in the world.
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There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
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Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.
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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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He who does not know Him, knows nothing else as it truly is.
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How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
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I go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.
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Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
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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 view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.
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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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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.
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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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