Your Weekly Exposure to Edwards
Gospel Driven Disciples posts some highlights from the prolific works of Jonathan Edwards. The following excerpt is taken from “The Wisdom of God Displayed in Salvation, in the Soli Deo Gloria title, Our Great and Glorious God.”
“Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty.” (Psalm 24:8)
By this contrivance for our redemption, God’s greatest dishonor is made and occasion of His greatest glory. Sin is a thing by which God is greatly dishonored; the nature of its principle is enmity against God and contempt of Him. And dishonor, by the contrivance of our redemption, is made an occasion of the greatest manifestation of God’s glory that ever was.
Sin, the greatest evil, is made an occasion of the greatest good. It is the nature of a principle of sin that it seeks to dethrone God; but this is hereby made the greatest manifestation of God’s royal majesty and glory that ever was. By sin, man has slighted and despised God; but this is made an occasion of His appearing the more greatly honorable. Sin casts contempt of our redemption, is made the occasion of the greatest honor done to that same authority, and to that very law. It was a greater honor to the law of God that Christ was subject to it and obeyed it. It was a grater honor to God’s authority that Christ showed such great respect, and such entire subjection to it, than the perfect o obedience of all the angels in heaven.
By his sin man showed his enmity against the holiness of God; but his is made an occasion of the greatest manifestation of God’s holiness. The wisdom of God has contrived that those attributes are glorified in man’s salvation.
2 comments:
Why do you think so many of the great preachers and teachers from the past made such a lasting impact on Christianity?
We have the computer, radio, TV and a multitude of other ways to get the Gospel out, yet we seem to be failing.
Who would you consider to be the
Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon
or John Calvin of our day?
God bless you, Ron
ronj1946@gmail.com
OG, I think they had such a profound influence because they talked about SIN. It's a taboo topic...and many sell-out preachers are afraid to touch it!
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