Category: Genesis to Revelation

  • Justification By Faith Alone (Part 4)

    Jonathan Edwards CONDEMNED YET ACCEPTED Wherefore? because they sought it, not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.” It is very unreasonable, on several accounts, to suppose that when the apostle says “by their own righteousness,” he refers only their ceremonial righteousness. For when the apostle warns us against trusting…

  • Justification by Faith Alone (Part 3)

    Jonathan Edwards CONDEMNED YET ACCEPTED (Cont’d) SECOND ARGUMENT: Holy Scriptures supports and proves that faith alone justifies. In Scripture, God reveals His mind and will. Even through these revelations, we will never know how those who have offended God can come to be accepted of Him and justified in His sight. The apostle Paul is…

  • Justification By Faith Alone (Part 2)

    JUSTIFICTION BY FAITH ALONE AND WITHOUT VIRTUE AND GOODNESS OF OUR OWN The idea that we are justified only by faith, without regard for any manner of our own virtue and goodness might seem to some to be problematic for two reasons. How can we be justified by faith alone, without any virtue or goodness…

  • Justification By Faith Alone (Part 1)

    (DATED NOVEMBER 1734 – PREPARED FROM TWO SERMONS)But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. (Romans 4:5) SUBJECT: We are justified only by faith in Christ, and not by any manner of goodness of our own. The following things may be noted in…

  • The Care of God to His Saints

    This Psalms wonderfully expresses the care of the Good Shepherd Yeshua, who does not merely lead his sheep, but defends from threats whether visible or invisible. It is crucial to memorize this Psalm and have confidence that the Saints of YHVH are hidden in the veil (Hebrews 10:19, Exodus 26:31-34), the precursor was the Tabernacle…

  • GREAT GOD OF WONDERS

    Amazing Grace Samuel Davies, 1723–1761 O Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty. (Psalm 104:1) It is possible for Christians to lose a sense of the infinite power and greatness of God and make of Him merely a heavenly friend—a God who is no bigger than our mundane…

  • Morning & Evening

    Faith is full of inventions. The house was full, a crowd blocked up the door, but faith found a way of getting at the Lord and placing the palsied man before him. If we cannot get sinners where Jesus is by ordinary methods we must use extraordinary ones. It seems, according to Luke 5:19, that…

  • The Preciousness of Time and the Importance of Redeeming It (Part 2)

    Jonathan Edwards SECTION 4An Exhortation to Improve Time Consider what has been said of the preciousness of time — how much depends upon it, how short and uncertain it is, and how irrecoverable it will be when gone. If you have the right understanding of these things, you will be more careful of your time…

  • The Preciousness of Time and the Importance of Redeeming It (Part 1)

    (DECEMBER 1734)“…redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16) Jonathan Edwards TIME IS EXCEEDINGLY PRECIOUS As Christians, we should not only study to improve the opportunities we enjoy, but also labor to reclaim others from their evil course. We should do this so that God might defer His anger, and time be redeemed…

  • Jesus Christ, The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever

    (DATED APRIL 1738)Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. (Hebrews 13:8) THE EXHORTATION THAT THE WRITER OF HEBREWS GIVES BELIEVERS in the verse preceding our text is to remember and follow the good teaching and examples of their ministers. “Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the Word…