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March 7, 2018 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 33): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (7)

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 33): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (7) - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - Your faith has saved you. Go in peace. Luke 7:50

We come to the last article in the series examining Edwards’ arguments in his classic treatise, Religious Affections, and a second possible objection to Christian practice as the chief sign of true religious affections: Does the principle of works as evidence of God’s grace in the heart contradict the doctrine of justification by grace through […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: Christian practice, Christian works, faith alone, faith and works, free grace, God's favor, Infinite Merit of Christ, new life in Christ

February 28, 2018 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 32): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (6)

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 32): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (6) - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - pages form heart shape

As we come to the last two articles in our study of Religious Affections, Edwards addresses two possible objections to the doctrine that Christian practice is the chief of all signs of saving grace. The first objection asserts that Christian works as the main sign of true religious affections contradicts Edwards’ emphasis throughout Affections that […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: Christian practice, conduct and experience, inward expression of Christianity, outward expression of Christianity, professing faith in Christ, relationship of the heart, religion of the heart, religion of the mind

February 21, 2018 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 31): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (5)

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 31): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (5) - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - Bible text and glasses

In the previous article we saw how Christian works provide the greatest evidence of saving faith to our own conscience. We turn now to see that holy practice “confirms and crowns all other signs of godliness,” [1] that it forms the proper and best evidence of every grace the Holy Spirit gives to the believer […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: Christian works, heart of gratitude, justification is by faith, knowledge of God, obedience to God, righteousness

February 14, 2018 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 30): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (4)

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 30): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (4) - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - bunch of ripe figs on foliage

In our study of Edwards’ analysis of Christian practice, we now turn from how Christian works give evidence to others of a saving work of the Holy Spirit, to how the same works form the greatest evidence of saving faith to our own conscience. Scripture and Assurance to Our Conscience The Bible presents Christian works […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: Christian fruit, Christian growth, evidence of salvation, judging, man's work, nature of a heart

February 7, 2018 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 29): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (3)

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 29): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (3) - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - Jesus is the true vine

We come to the third section of Edwards’ treatment of Christian practice as evidence of true religious affections, of a true and saving work of the Holy Spirit in a believer. Not only does Edwards call this the “chief” evidence of God’s grace in the heart, he spends twenty percent of the entire treatise on […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: Christian fruit, Christian truth, Christian works, heart for Christ, self-denial for Christ, true religious affections, works for Christ

January 31, 2018 by Craig Biehl

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

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 28): Distinguishing Sign Twelve: Gracious Affections Produce Christian Works (2) - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - diverse men's Bible study

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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