Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth5 October 1703
CountryUnited States of America
christian reality practice
It is not by telling people about ourselves that we demonstrate our Christianity. Words are cheap. It is by costly, self-denying Christian practice that we show the reality of our faith.
forever neglect ifs
How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
sweet lying heart
Remember that pride is the worst viper that is in the heart, the greatest disturber of the soul's peace and sweet communion with Christ; it was the first sin that ever was, and lies lowest in the foundation of Satan's whole building, and is the most difficultly rooted out, and is the most hidden, secret and deceitful of all lusts, and often creeps in, insensibly, into the midst of religion and sometimes under the disguise of humility.
soul benefits sake
Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
world without-god
He that lives a prayerless life, lives without God in the world.
happy god new-year
Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
desire ease pleasure
Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
mother children husband
God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our proper; and is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Better than fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of any, or all earthly friends. These are but shadows; but the enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. These are but streams; but God is the fountain. These are but drops, but God is the ocean.
christian fighting soldier
A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.
sin salvation made
You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
needs christ
He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.
teacher teaching learners
Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.