tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post3310910846185414331..comments2024-03-24T03:21:03.154-04:00Comments on CAMPONTHIS: JONATHAN EDWARDS: RESOLVED TO GRACE...enjoying the beauty and sweetness of ChristSJ Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-71124718323918824242010-01-04T01:01:08.556-05:002010-01-04T01:01:08.556-05:00Oh wow! So encouraging! Thanks! Sadly, I happed up...Oh wow! So encouraging! Thanks! Sadly, I happed upon one copy of Edward's Resolutions and while in a cult, was encouraged to live by them. I felt like such a failure and so discouraged that I cast it off with the thought that it was I with the problem. I am so encouraged that Edwards himself professes so much as he does about these resolves, namely, that they are but of human strength when, in truth, we are to seek to be more like Christ and live by <i>His</i> example!<br /><br />Soli Deo GloriaPatrick Eklektoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349922461863495565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-63122298857643698992008-06-28T11:45:00.000-04:002008-06-28T11:45:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188552152542948474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-65551726048116186682008-06-27T12:51:00.000-04:002008-06-27T12:51:00.000-04:00TerryExcellent thoughts brother.And it seems for E...<B>Terry</B><BR/>Excellent thoughts brother.<BR/><BR/>And it seems for Edwards, the resolutions were not the fruit of Spirit led devotion, but were the heavy yoke of self-imposed standards that were not biblically grounded.<BR/><BR/>In his own words: <I>"I used to be continually examining myself, and studying and contriving for likely ways and means, how I should live holily, with far greater diligence and earnestness, than ever I pursued anything in my life: but with too great a dependence on my own strength; which afterwards proved a great damage to me."</I><BR/><BR/>May we each be resolved not in our own standards of sanctification - but in the grace of biblical sanctification. Amen?<BR/><BR/>CampiSJ Camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-79107212400633548332008-06-27T12:11:00.000-04:002008-06-27T12:11:00.000-04:00Steve,Great stuff.When we're absorbed with Jesus H...Steve,<BR/><BR/>Great stuff.<BR/><BR/>When we're absorbed with Jesus Himself, in the freedom of grace, the resolutions "resolve" themselves, as the fruit of the Spirit.<BR/><BR/>When we're not absorbed with Jesus Himself, in the freedom of grace, all the resolutions in the world won't produce real fruit, will they? <BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>TerryTerry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00888533194435826837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-8132658709337726332008-06-27T10:21:00.000-04:002008-06-27T10:21:00.000-04:00CarlaThank you for your words of encouragement on ...<B>Carla</B><BR/>Thank you for your words of encouragement on this. Edwards was a real man who struggled just as we all do in his walk with the Lord. It is easy to see these great men of the faith as being lofty or almost immune to the same sin issues we wrestle with everyday in word, thought or deed.<BR/><BR/>PTL for Edwards' uncommon honesty and for his genuine repentance (if I may say that) from his man made self imposed resolutions, to being fully "resolved" by embracing the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ through the means of His Word and the Holy Spirit alone.<BR/><BR/>How sweet and beautiful truly our Lord is!<BR/><BR/>Campi<BR/>Hebrews 2:11SJ Camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-45632130221256618512008-06-27T10:16:00.000-04:002008-06-27T10:16:00.000-04:00josephmcbeeLiving in Laodicea is very much autobio...<B>josephmcbee</B><BR/>Living in Laodicea is very much autobiographical. My personal daily testimony set to music. So you are not alone.<BR/><BR/>Edwards seemed to wrestle with this as well didn't he? Young in the faith, he crafted these resolutions to help him in his walk with the Lord; but in the end, he learned that they would be more of an unnecessary burden then grace to him.<BR/><BR/>Keep on my friend; you are saved by grace and sanctified by grace. It is all of Him!<BR/><BR/>Steve<BR/>Titus 2:11-13SJ Camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-78383092401796247562008-06-27T09:55:00.000-04:002008-06-27T09:55:00.000-04:00What a great quote this is. So convicting, I actu...What a great quote this is. So convicting, I actually read it twice.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for posting this, it's a timely reminder for any Christian, no matter how long they've been walking with our Lord. We're ALL prone to reverting back from time to time to the flesh.Carla Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395062089776262435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-61904676755555866572008-06-27T09:48:00.000-04:002008-06-27T09:48:00.000-04:00Steve,I have always loved and appreciated your mus...Steve,<BR/><BR/>I have always loved and appreciated your music. God has always used it to speak to my soul. I wanted you to know that this morning I have found myself singing the words to LIVING IN LAODICEA over and over again. In fact, at one point I wept as I sang it.<BR/><BR/>I wept because that is exactly where I am in my journey right now. I feel so lukewarm, so "dry and dusty." I pray that God softens my heart and overwhelms me with His love once again.<BR/><BR/>I don't say any of this to flatter you, but only to say that the Father is working through you in this disciple's life and I am grateful to Him for that.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for being surrendered to Him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com