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• A true love for God must begin with a delight in His holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Lovely, Delight, Holiness

  Jonathan Edwards (2013). “The Religious Affections”, p.183, Courier Corporation

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• The door of God’s mercy is thrown wide open, and Christ stands in the door and says to sinners ‘Come.’

  Jonathan Edwards

  Doors, Christ, Mercy

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• We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Humility, Views, Essentials

  Jonathan Edwards, James Macintosh Houston (2004). “Faith Beyond Feelings: Discerning the Heart of True Spirituality”, p.153, David C Cook

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• Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Heart, Broken, Giving

  Jonathan Edwards (2013). “A Journey Toward Heaven: A Daily Devotional from the Sermons of Jonathan Edwards”, p.9, Reformation Heritage Books

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• They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due

  Jonathan Edwards

  Grace, Sovereign, Mercy

  Jonathan Edwards (2005). “Sermons of Jonathan Edwards”, p.267, Hendrickson Publishers

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• We are dependent on God's power through every step of our redemption.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Redemption, Steps, Dependent

  Jonathan Edwards (1852). “The Works ...”, p.172

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• You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Wonder, Hell, Reason

  Jonathan Edwards a. M., Jonathan Edwards (2012). “Jonathan Edwards in the Pulpit: Famous Sermons”, p.156, Curiosmith

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• The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.

  Jonathan Edwards

  God, Sin, Holy

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• He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Heart, Needs, Christ

  Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1830). “Seventeen occasional sermons. Miscellaneous observations”, p.357

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• God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Glory

  Jonathan Edwards (1955). “The Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards: From His Private Notebooks”, Eugene, U. of Oregon

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• True salvation always produces an abiding change of nature in a true convert. Therefore, whenever holiness of life does not accompany a confession of conversion, it must be understood that this individual is not a Christian.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Abiding, Doe

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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.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Prayer, Kingdoms

  Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1839). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards”, p.426

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• God’s purpose for my life was that I have a passion for God’s glory and that I have a passion for my joy in that glory, and that these two are one passion.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Passion, Two, Joy

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  Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Men, Hell, Natural

  Jonathan Edwards a. M., Jonathan Edwards (2012). “Jonathan Edwards in the Pulpit: Famous Sermons”, p.147, Curiosmith

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• Christ is like a river in another respect. A river is continually flowing, there are fresh supplies of water coming from the fountain-head continually, so that a man may live by it, and be supplied with water all his life. So Christ is an ever-flowing fountain; he is continually supplying his people, and the fountain is not spent. They who live upon Christ, may have fresh supplies from him to all eternity; they may have an increase of blessedness that is new, and new still, and which never will come to an end.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Men, Rivers, Water

  Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight, Edward Hickman (1974). “The works of Jonathan Edwards”

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• It is God’s will through His wonderful grace, that the prayers of His saints should be one of the great principal means of carrying on the designs of Christ’s kingdom in the world. When God has something very great to accomplish for His church, it is His will that there should precede it the extraordinary prayers of His people; as is manifest by Ezekiel 36:37. and it is revealed that, when God is about to accomplish great things for His church, He will begin by remarkably pouring out the spirit of grace and supplication (see Zechariah 12:10).

  Jonathan Edwards

  Prayer, Mean, Ezekiel

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• Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Church, Littles

  Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight, David Brainerd (1830). “The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life ...”, p.648

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• All truth is given by revelation, either general or special, and it must be received by reason. Reason is the God-given means for discovering the truth that God discloses, whether in his world or his Word. While God wants to reach the heart with truth, he does not bypass the mind.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Heart, Mean, Mind

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• In all your course, walk with God and follow Christ as a little, poor, helpless child, taking hold of Christ's hand, keeping your eye on the mark of the wounds on his hands and side, whence came the blood that cleanses you from sin and hiding your nakedness under the skirt of the white shining robe of his righteousness.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Children, Eye, Blood

  Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830). “treatise concerning religious affections. Justification by faith alone. Pressing into the kingdom of God. Ruth's resolution. Justice of God in the damnation of sinners. The excellency of Jesus Christ”, p.152

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• He who does not know Him, knows nothing else as it truly is.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Doe, Knows

  Jonathan Edwards (2013). “A Journey Toward Heaven: A Daily Devotional from the Sermons of Jonathan Edwards”, Reformation Heritage Books

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• There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, People, Admire

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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.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Two, Giving

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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.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Years, Done, Months

  Jonathan Edwards (1829). “The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.70

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• Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Revenge

  Jonathan Edwards (2007). “Life and Diary of David Brainerd”, p.19, Cosimo, Inc.

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• A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable and full of glory, is a humble broken-hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit, and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behaviour.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Children, Humble

  Jonathan Edwards (1821). “A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections: In Three Parts ...”, p.293

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