Being sensible that I am unable to do anything without God’s help, I do humbly entreat Him, by His grace, to enable me to keep these Resolutions, so far as they are agreeable to His will, for Christ’s sake. – Jonathan Edwards as quoted by Bridges, Jerry; The Disciplined of Grace:God’s Role and Our Role [...]
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Jonathan Edwards’ Source for Pursuing Spiritual Disciplines
Posted in Edwards, Jonathan, tagged Grace on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Greatness of Your Sins is no Impediment
Posted in Edwards, Jonathan, tagged Hell, Mercy, Pardon on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you had as much guilt lying on each of your souls as all the wicked men in the world, and all the damned souls in hell; yet if you come to God for mercy, sensible of your own vileness, and seeking pardon only through the free mercy of God in Christ, you would not [...]
The Saints in Glory Will See the Great Love of God
Posted in Edwards, Jonathan, tagged God's Love, Persecution, Saints on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So the saints in glory will see the great love of God to them, in the dreadful vengeance which he shall inflict on those who have injured and persecuted them; and the view of this love of God to them will be just cause of their rejoicing. Thus, in the text, heaven and the holy [...]
This Is a Rare Thing for a Person to Do
Posted in Edwards, Jonathan, tagged Self-Denial on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is a rare thing for persons to accustom themselves to great self-denial. Many will indeed deny themselves something for the sake of their duty but if it very much crosses their interest, there are few that will be steadfast in their duty. But it may well be expected, that you should greatly deny yourself [...]
Christians Should Be Peculiar
Posted in Edwards, Jonathan, tagged Forgiveness on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
But Christians should be peculiar; they should forgive those that injure them, and not entertain any spirit of ill will to them upon that account. – Jonathan Edwards, On Knowing Christ, The Banner of Truth Trust, copyright 1990, page 239
God Has Shown How Great A Value
Posted in Edwards, Jonathan, tagged Christ's Blood on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
But above all hath God shown how great a value he sets upon his saints by the great price which he has paid for them, the blood of his own Son. God values every saint so highly that he bought him with the blood of his own dear Son. There is no price of gold [...]
An Offering for Holy Uses and Purposes
Posted in Edwards, Jonathan, tagged Christians, Holy Spirit, Righteousness, Romans 12 on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Christians, by offering obedience to God in their lives and conversation, do what the apostle calls offering their bodies, to holy uses and purposes; they yield their members as instruments of righteousness unto holiness. And in this Christians serve God; they yield their eyes, their ears, their tongues, their hands, and feet as servants to [...]
There Is Greater Liberty Now Than Then
Posted in Edwards, Jonathan, tagged God's Glory, Moses on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In this world, though there is greater liberty of access than there was of old, yet still Christians are kept at a great distance from God in comparison of what they will be in heaven, where they shall be admitted even to higher privileges than Moses in the mount, when he besought God to show [...]
The Mansions that Christ Prepares for His Saints
Posted in Edwards, Jonathan, tagged Heaven on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What is a king’s palace to those mansions in heaven, that Christ prepares for his saints? The honor of the creature consists in likeness and nearness to the Creator in heaven. The saints shall be like him, for they shall see him as he is, they shall be most near him, shall be admitted to [...]
