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.
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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You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
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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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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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Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
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Temples have their images; and we see what influence they have always had over a great part of mankind. But, in truth, the ideas and images in men’s minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.
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The Spirit of God is given to the true saints to dwell in them as his proper lasting abode to dwell in them and to influence their hearts as a principle of new nature or as a divine supernatural spring of life and action.
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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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Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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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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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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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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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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