God never changes His mind with respect to what He has purposed to do. God’s purposes are eternal, all of them. He purposes nothing anew. He decreed… Read more “God Never Changes His Mind”
Category: Jonathan Edwards
Christ Baptized With Sufferings For Us
“Those last sufferings of Christ, were in some respect like a fire to refine the gold. For though the furnace purged away no dross or filthiness, yet… Read more “Christ Baptized With Sufferings For Us”
Edwards On Enoch
I’m teaching a Sunday School class at church on Old Testament saints and how they typify Christ. My first week is introduction on why it is important… Read more “Edwards On Enoch”
Light Without, Darkness Within
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me… Read more “Light Without, Darkness Within”
On Willing
There is scarcely a plainer and more universal dictate of the sense and experience of mankind, than that, when men act voluntarily, and do what they please,… Read more “On Willing”
Mean Thoughts of God
It is from mean thoughts of God that you are not convinced that you have by your sins deserved his eternal wrath and curse. If you had… Read more “Mean Thoughts of God”
The Proper Use of Reason
Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being. [Reason] is to determine that there is a God and that He is… Read more “The Proper Use of Reason”
The Mediators Timing
As soon as man fell, Christ entered on his mediatorial work. Then it was that he began to execute the work and office of a mediator. He… Read more “The Mediators Timing”
Defining Terms
Jonathan Edwards definition of the ‘Will’ : “… the Will (without any metaphysical refining) is, That by which the mind chooses any thing. The faculty of the… Read more “Defining Terms”