The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life — Jonathan Edwards Business Copy Share Image
Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will. — Jonathan Edwards God Copy Share Image
We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature. — Jonathan Edwards Christ Copy Share Image
“Faith abases men and exalts God, it gives all the glory of redemption to God alone.” — Jonathan Edwards Faith Copy Share Image
Grace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future… — Jonathan Edwards Earnest Copy Share Image
The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is… — Jonathan Edwards Beautiful Copy Share Image
There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God — Jonathan Edwards Hell Copy Share Image
One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them. — Jonathan Edwards Leader Copy Share Image
If we take reason strictly, the perceiving of spiritual beauty and excellence no more belongs to reason than it belongs to the… — Jonathan Edwards Beauty Copy Share Image
“reason to fear that Arminianism, Arianism, and even Socinianism, in destruction to the doctrines of free grace, are daily propagated in the… — Jonathan Edwards Arminianism Copy Share Image
“This knowledge is that which is above all others sweet and joyful. Men have a great deal of pleasure in human knowledge,… — Jonathan Edwards Divine light Copy Share Image
Find preachers of David Brainerd's spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of… — Jonathan Edwards Absolutes Copy Share Image
“The gospel is made use of in this affair: this light is the “light of the glorious gospel of Christ,” 2 Cor.… — Jonathan Edwards Christianity Copy Share Image
“It need not seem at all strange that sin should so blind the mind, seeing that men’s particular natural tempers and dispositions… — Jonathan Edwards Psychology Copy Share Image
“God is glorified in the work of redemption in this, that there appears in it so absolute and universal a dependence of… — Jonathan Edwards Freedom Copy Share Image
Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in… — Jonathan Edwards Bible Copy Share Image
“There are in the souls of wicked men those hellish principles reigning, that would presently kindle and flame out into hell-fire, if… — Jonathan Edwards Carnal Men Copy Share Image
“If you die unconverted, you will have the worse place in hell for having had a seat or place in God’s house… — Jonathan Edwards Hell Copy Share Image
Christ is like a river in another respect. A river is continually flowing, there are fresh supplies of water coming from the… — Jonathan Edwards Blessedness Copy Share Image
“God will be what will forever entertain the minds of the saints, and the love of God will be their everlasting feast.… — Jonathan Edwards Love Copy Share Image
Who will deny that true religion consists, in a great measure, in vigorous and lively actings of the inclination and will of… — Jonathan Edwards Accepting Copy Share Image
There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others are those… — Jonathan Edwards Being a hypocrite Copy Share Image
The soul of a true christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see… — Jonathan Edwards Beam Copy Share Image
“Hence was the different effect that Christ’s miracles had to convince the disciples from what they had to convince the Scribes and… — Jonathan Edwards Christ Miracles Copy Share Image
“It is experience of ourselves, and finding what we are, that God commonly makes use of as the means of bringing us… — Jonathan Edwards Freedom Copy Share Image
“And then our late grand controversy, concerning the qualifications necessary for admission to the privileges of members in complete standing in the… — Jonathan Edwards Church of christ Copy Share Image
“Edwards sought to impose a new test of qualification. He required, namely, that the candidate for full communion should give evidence of… — Jonathan Edwards Church membership Copy Share Image
“In every act of the will whatsoever, the soul either likes or dislikes, is either inclined or disinclined to what is in… — Jonathan Edwards Joy Copy Share Image
If the heart be chiefly and directly fixed on God, and the soul engaged to glorify him, some degree of religious affection… — Jonathan Edwards Admire Copy Share Image
“There is room in heaven for a vast multitude, yea, room enough for all mankind that are or ever shall be; Luke… — Jonathan Edwards Heavenly father Copy Share Image
That the reason why they are not fallen already and do not fall now is only that God's appointed time is not… — Jonathan Edwards Destruction Copy Share Image
“But that is the nature of true grace and spiritual light, that it opens to a person's view the infinite reason there… — Jonathan Edwards God Copy Share Image
Resolved, to endeavor to obtain for myself as much happiness, in the other world, as I possibly can. — Jonathan Edwards Endeavor Copy Share Image
A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of… — Jonathan Edwards God Copy Share Image
If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked. — Jonathan Edwards Christ Copy Share Image
God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in. — Jonathan Edwards Glorified Copy Share Image
The door of God’s mercy is thrown wide open, and Christ stands in the door and says to sinners ‘Come.’ — Jonathan Edwards Christ Copy Share Image
“Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is to life.” — Jonathan Edwards Breathing Copy Share Image
A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian. — Jonathan Edwards Absurdity Copy Share Image
“the presbyterian way has ever appeared to me most agreeable to the word of God, and the reason and nature of things;” — Jonathan Edwards Agreeable Copy Share Image