| | Enjoy and be humbled by this quote from Jonathan Edwards:
All gracious affections that are a sweet odor to Christ, and that fill
the soul of a Christian with a heavenly sweetness and fragrancy, are
broken hearted affections. A truly Christian love, either to God or
men, is a humble broken hearted love. The desires of the saints,
however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and
their joy, even when it is unspeakable, and full of glory, is a humble
broken hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit; and
more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of
behavior. The paragraph is from the Religious Affections. You can find the entire book on this page.
Here's another taste of Jonathan Edwards to whet your appetite: "Gracious affections are attended with evangelical
humiliation. Evangelical humiliation is a sense that a Christian has of his own
utter insufficiency, despicableness, and odiousnesss..."
HT: John Piper
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