Tag: The Excellency of Christ

  • 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…