Excerpts from Religious Affections: Jonathan Edwards:1703-1758
Jonathan Edwards basic premise that "true religion" is an affair of the heart. Real circumcision of the heart holds the promise of life. He states that baptism of the Holy Spirit is as much an inward journey as any outward manifestation. I think the fruit of that inward journey being represented by the Fruit of the Spirit.
He goes on to suggest unless we have a heart that deep affected by we will never achieve great things. These things are challenging, we when we have so many experiences, but so many of them are shallow. Richard Foster in his book The Celebration of Discipline commented that we don't needed more gifted and talented people what we need is more deep people. Our lives are so busy that we skip from activity to activity without truly experiencing all there is for us in any particular thing.
One of the most challenging statements for our generation is "The fear of God is a great part of godliness". In our current Christian climate the fear of God is not preached very often. I feel it is a missing component that stops us operating in all the authority and power we could.Fear of the Lord is about due honour to our Lord who is in fact King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Revelation suggest that until we get this kind of reverence we will have little understanding of the workings and authority of heaven.
I have found this difficult to write and I have very imperfect understanding. Here I am thus far.
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