In today’s message, we return to the voice of Jonathan Edwards to confront one of the greatest lies of modern spirituality: that the …

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  1. This is probably the most powerful Edwards-derived message I've heard here.

    I'm ordering a collection of his original sermons to compare.

    The person(s) who produces this and the Spurgeon channels do good work but I want to know how true to Edwards original sermons. Clearly they are updated but in the interest of transparency, I'd like to know how true to his original sermons they are.

    BTW, this content seems very well produced and correctly clarifies the absolute and perfect Holiness of God and the need for our absolute surrender to Him.

  2. Edwards is always conflating salvation and discipleship…Salvation is a GIFT, free for anyone without it having to become a GUT-WRENCHING, CRUCIBLE where we have to ultimately ''live up to it'' and PROVE OURSELVES WORTHY of it'!! Actually we DON'T have to live up to it because it's ETERNAL from the VERY MOMENT of inception and, by definition, eternal life CAN NEVER END. So whether we 'manage' to live up to it…or not (and NO ONE can…) eternal means eternal! I know there are scripture-twisting WEASELS that try to IGNORE that, and 'somehow' claim that salvation can be lost…but, actually, there is NOWHERE in the Bible where it says, SPECIFICALLY, that ANYONE lost their salvation! There are verses that 'suggest or infer' it but NEVER comes RIGHT OUT and says it…to wrest that conclusion, it must be INTERPRETED to mean that. Whereas, Jesus, Who IS God, and cannot lie, NOR allow His WORD to come back to Him VOID, speaks these words in John 10:28 – that He gives us eternal life, saying all from His OWN LIPS, that we shall NEVER PERISH! Clear, unambiguous words from The Saviour Himself that DO NOT NEED to be interpreted! So why, OH WHY can't people just accept that??? So, now that I've established THAT, Edward's calvinistic, Lordship Salvation claims fall flat on their face! Otherwise, why does Romans 4:5 say "But to him that worketh not, but believeth onhim that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness? I know…most will just push all that I've proven, by CLEAR scripture, aside and believe what they've read in Hebrews about 'crucifying the Son of God afresh' and 'putting Jesus to an open shame'… Yet – What did Jesus, HIMSELF say???

  3. Is he talking about Jesus?…God is love. God is light.
    "Fear not little flock, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom".
    God manifest in the flesh came to us because we couldn't get to Him.
    "Philip, if you have seen me you've seen the Father."
    Jesus is the ifulgence of God's glory, the exact representation of His being.
    " For God so loved the world that He gave His beloved Son that whoever….whoever….whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
    Did Johnny Edwards ever read his Bible? How could an evangelist miss these glorious truths? Because he was a calvinist.
    " I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked"…"God would have all to be saved…"

  4. The Holy Spirit lives in every believer confesses Jesus Christ as Lord. Is not hovering in the sky waiting to be called down to a service. Jesus said I must go to be with the father and because I go I will leave you a comforter, the Holy Spirit.

  5. Then why is the Holy Spirit called the “Comforter”

    In the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, the Holy Spirit is explicitly referred to as "the Comforter" in four specific verses, all found within the Gospel of John.

    Here are the exact references
    :
    • John 14:16
    "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;"

    • John 14:26
    "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

    • John 15:26
    "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:"

    • John 16:7
    "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you."

    Key Context
    In these passages, Jesus uses the specific title "the Comforter" (translated from the Greek word Parakletos, meaning an advocate, helper, or counselor) during the Last Supper to prepare his disciples for his upcoming departure, promising that they would not be left alone.

    The Holy Spirit is also symbolized as a dove which means peace;

    The baptism of Jesus, where the Holy Spirit descends like a dove, is a powerful moment recorded in all four Gospels.

    However, it is important to note a quick distinction: in these passages, the Holy Spirit is referred to as the Spirit of God or the Holy Ghost, rather than "the Comforter."

    • Matthew 3:16
    "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:"

    • Mark 1:10
    "And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:"

    • Luke 3:22
    "And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased."

    • John 1:32
    "And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him."

    A Distinct Imagery
    While the Gospel of John introduces the concept of the "Comforter" as an internal teacher and advocate promised for the future, the Baptism accounts use the visible imagery of a dove to signify the divine approval, peace, and empowerment marking the absolute beginning of Jesus' public ministry.

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