Thursday, October 6, 2011

Nothing in Competition with the Lord

See to it therefore that there be nothing that stands in any competition with God in your esteem. Value Him more than all riches. Value His honor and glory more than all the world. Be ready at all times to part with all things else and cleave to God.  

Let God be your peculiar friend. Value His friendship more than the respect and love of all the world. When you lose other enjoyments, when you lose earthly friends, let this be a supporting, satisfying comfort to you, that you have God left. You haven't lost God.

--Jonathan Edwards, "Christians a Chosen Generation," in Sermons and Discourses, 1730-1733, ed. Mark Valeri (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1999), 318.  (Via The Berean Call 10/4/11 e-mail.)
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2 comments:

  1. EmilyOctober 17, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    Ah, I love this post. I don't know much abot Jonathan Edwards, though.

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  2. Glenn E. ChatfieldOctober 17, 2011 at 5:12 PM

    Edwards was a very good teacher for the most part, although I disagree with his Calvinist bent. :oD

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