Jonathan Edwards on the Enjoyment of God

“God is the highest good of the reasonable creature; and the enjoyment of him is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.  To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.  Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives or children, or the company of earthly friends, are but shadows; but the enjoyment of God is the … Continue reading Jonathan Edwards on the Enjoyment of God

John Owen on the Absolute Necessity of Holiness

“No unclean thing, nothing that defiles or is defiled, shall ever be brought into the glorious presence of this holy God. There is no imagination wherewith mankind is besotted more foolish, none so pernicious, as this, that persons not purified, not sanctified, not made holy in this life should afterward be taken into that state of blessedness which consists in the enjoyment of God. There … Continue reading John Owen on the Absolute Necessity of Holiness