Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
JONATHAN EDWARDSTrue weirdness from the world don’t consist in being beat off from the world by the affliction of it, but a being drawn off by the sight of something better.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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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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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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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
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To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
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Resolved, never to speak evil of anyone, so that it shall tend to his dishonor, more or less, upon no account except for some real good.
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Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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The pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world.
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There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.
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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider… abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire.
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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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We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
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