Tag: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

  • God, the Best Portion of the Christian (Part 2)

    (DATED APRIL 1736) Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. (Psalms 73:25) APPLICATION First, we may learn that whatever changes a godly man passes through, he is happy. He is happy because his chosen portion on which he builds as his main foundation of…

  • The Excellency of Christ (Part 3)

    Jonathan Edwards SECTION 2 (Cont’d)To show how this comparison of Christ’s excellencies appears in Christ’s life. 3. Christ never so eminently appeared for divine justice, and yet never suffered so much from divine justice, as when He offered up Himself a sacrifice for our sins. In Christ’s great sufferings, He showed His infinite regard to…

  • The Excellency of Christ (Part 2)

    Jonathan Edwards DATED AUGUST 1736. (ADAPTED FROM THREE SERMONS) E. In the person of Christ are both a spirit of obedience and supreme dominion over heaven and earth. (Cont’d) Yet in the same person is found the greatest spirit of obedience to the commands and laws of God that ever was in the universe, evidenced…

  • The Excellency of Christ (Part 1)

    Jonathan Edwards And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four beasts, and in…

  • Christians – A Chosen Generation, A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation, A Peculiar People (Part 4)

    Jonathan Edwards SECTION 4True Christians – A Peculiar People (Cont’d) This truth also suggests to us a few additional reflections. a) Christians need to bear with one another. They are all of one family. Christians share relationships with each other that they do not share with anyone else in the world. Christians might be from…

  • Christians – A Chosen Generation, A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation, A Peculiar People (Part 2)

    Jonathan Edwards SECTION 2True Christians – A Royal Priesthood The two offices of king and priest were esteemed very highly by both the Jews and the heathens. They were unknown offices under the law of Moses. Moses himself is said to have been king in Jeshurun. His brother Aaron was the high priest. Those who…

  • Christians – A Chosen Generation, A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation, A Peculiar People (Part 1)

    ***** WarriorPrincess4Yeshua **********This is how YHVH sees us because of being in the Veil that is Christ. We are hidden in the beloved, and are not of this world, we await a heavenly kingdom that the King of kings and Lord of lords will bring with Him. Despite the world and it’s slander of us…

  • Justification By Faith Alone (Part 11)

    Jonathan Edwards SECTION 4Answering Objections (Cont’d) Matthew 12:37, “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” It cannot be meant that men are accepted before God on the account of their words. God has told us nothing more plainly than that He looks at the heart. When…

  • Justification By Faith Alone (Part 10)

    Jonathan Edwards SECTION 4Answering Objections (Cont’d) PAUL CONFIRMS JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE The apostle Paul, in Romans 4, confirms the doctrine of justification by faith alone. When sin is rightfully confessed to God, there is always faith in that act. Confessing sin joined with despair, as did Judas, is not the confession for which the…

  • Justification By Faith Alone (Part 8)

    Jonathan Edwards PERSEVERANCE AFTER JUSTIFICATION (Cont’d) SECTION 4Answering Objections THE FIRST OBJECTION: We frequently find promises of eternal life and salvation (and sometimes of justification itself) suggested as a reward for virtue and obedience. Eternal life is promised to obedience. Romans 2:7, “To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory, honor,…