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Archives for January 2018

January 31, 2018 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 28): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (2)

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In the previous article we saw that, despite failures and backsliding, true affection for Christ produces obedience to Scripture, diligence, and perseverance in love and service to Christ, even in the face of intense opposition. Edwards explains why by showing how the previous eleven signs of true religious affections generate Christian practice. The Indwelling Holy […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: benefits of salvation, change of spiritual nature, Christian humility, Christian practice, moral excellence of God, strong belief in God

January 24, 2018 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 27): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (1)

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 27): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (1) - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - work in progress yellow triangle sign

We come to the final sign of a true work of God in the heart of a believer, what Edwards considers “the chief of all the signs of grace”—Christian practice. As the net effect, or that which flows from the preceding eleven distinguishing signs, a holy life constitutes the best evidence of true faith in […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: Christian works, good works, obedience to God's Word, saints persever for a love to Christ, service to Christ

January 17, 2018 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 26): Distinguishing Sign Eleven: True Affections Desire Growth, False Affections Rest Satisfied

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 26): Distinguishing Sign Eleven: True Affections Desire Growth, False Affections Rest Satisfied - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - girl feeding a doll

The believer’s new sense and love of the beauty of God’s holiness produces a desire for more love to God, more regret that we do not love Him more, greater grief over sin, and more longing for personal holiness. Indeed, the more we grow in Christ, the more we seek to grow in Christ. The […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: believer's new heart, growth in Christ, holy affections toward God, maturity and holiness, newborn babes desire the Word, santification

January 10, 2018 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 25): Distinguishing Sign Ten: Gracious Affections Have a Beautiful Symmetry

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 25): Distinguishing Sign Ten: Gracious Affections Have a Beautiful Symmetry - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - red Dahlia flower

Edwards begins the discussion of sign ten with the caveat that perfection awaits us in heaven, a truth that applies to every distinguishing sign. We have all carried into our new and transformed life in Christ a trainload of unholy baggage, including bad habits, wrong thinking, character weaknesses, etc. Nonetheless, the extraordinary change that comes […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: love to God, new creation in Christ, symmetry in spiritual things, true religious affections

January 3, 2018 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 24): Distinguishing Sign Nine: Gracious Affections Soften the Heart

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 24): Distinguishing Sign Nine: Gracious Affections Soften the Heart - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - girl praying

False affections, even those derived from a fear of God’s judgment for sin, ultimately harden the heart and dull the conscience, making them less sensitive to sin and its deserved condemnation. True affections have the opposite effect, increasing a fear and disgust of sin from a sense and love of the beauty of holiness. A […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: false conversion, false religious affections, God's favor, grace of God, heart of the believer, immune to sin, soften the heart

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