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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

December 27, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 23): Distinguishing Sign Eight: Gracious Affections Produce a Christ-Like Demeanor

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 23): Distinguishing Sign Eight: Gracious Affections Produce a Christ-Like Demeanor - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - Christ and Simon of Cyrene carrying the cross

In addition to giving a sense of the beauty of God’s holiness and all that flows from it, the indwelling Holy Spirit conforms us to the character of our Savior. True religious affections “naturally beget and promote such a spirit of love, meekness, quietness, forgiveness and mercy, as appeared in Christ.” [1] The Christian Demeanor […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: being Christ like, Christ-like demeanor, Christian strength and fortitude, humility of saving faith, meakness, to be like Jesus

December 13, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 22): Distinguishing Sign Seven: Gracious Affections Accompany a Change of Nature

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 22): Distinguishing Sign Seven: Gracious Affections Accompany a Change of Nature - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - blue butterfly

As with all of the previous distinguishing signs of a true work of God, sign seven consists of another effect of the Holy Spirit indwelling the believer, imparting His character to the soul, and giving true spiritual understanding—He transforms our nature. Moreover, the sense that views, comprehends, and loves the beauty of God’s holiness remains […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: biblical conversion, change of nature, God's holiness, God’s saving work, influence of the Holy Spirit, new nature

December 7, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 21): Distinguishing Sign Six: True Humility Accompanies Gracious Affections

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 21): Distinguishing Sign Six: True Humility Accompanies Gracious Affections - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - man kneeling in front of sunset

We have seen that gracious affections stand on the excellence of God, that holiness comprises the beauty of the excellence of God and divine things, and that gracious affections arise from the spiritual sense to see, comprehend, and love the beauty of God’s holiness. Moreover, as spiritual sight and understanding of the holy beauty of […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: humiliation, humility, pride in religious experience, self-denial, spiritual knowledge, true belief

November 27, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 20): Distinguishing Sign Five: Gracious Affections Accompany Certainty About Divine Things

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 20): Distinguishing Sign Five: Gracious Affections Accompany Certainty About Divine Things - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - Woman looking into glowing Bible

Thus far we have seen that gracious affections stand on the excellence of God, apart from self-interest, that holiness comprises the beauty of the excellence of God and divine things, and that gracious affections arise from the spiritual sense to see, comprehend, and love the beauty of God’s holiness. In sign five, Edwards asserts that […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: certainty about divine things, conviction of the truth of Scripture, invisible things of the gospel, spiritual conviction, spiritual sense to see

November 22, 2017 by Craig Biehl

A Thanksgiving Proclamation

Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, Artist. The first Thanksgiving 1621 / J.L.G. Ferris. Massachusetts, ca. 1932. Cleveland, Ohio: The Foundation Press, Inc. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2001699850/. (Accessed November 22, 2017.)

By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: george washington, Thanksgiving proclamation

November 15, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 19): Distinguishing Sign Four: Gracious Affections Arise from Divine Illumination

Gleanings from The Religious Affections Part 19): Distinguishing Sign Four: Gracious Affections Arise from Divine Illumination - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - light bulbs

In sign two Edwards argued that gracious affections stand on the excellence of God, apart from self-interest. Sign three goes further to show that holiness comprises the beauty of the excellence of God and divine things. “A love to divine things for the beauty and sweetness of their moral excellency, is the first beginning and […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: assurance of salvation, divine illumination, divine revelation, God’s common grace, gracious affections, spiritual illumination

November 8, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 18): Distinguishing Sign Three: Gracious Affections Are Founded on the Beauty of Holiness

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 18): Distinguishing Sign Three: Gracious Affections Are Founded on the Beauty of Holiness - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - family at the cross

In the previous article we examined Edwards’ second distinguishing sign, “the supreme excellency of divine things as they are in themselves,” comprising the “first objective ground of all holy affections.” Sign three goes a step further to show that holiness comprises the beauty of God and divine things. [1] “A love to divine things for […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: attributes of God, beauty of holiness, God's holiness, God's natural perfections, God's perfections, God’s wisdom, good versus evil, holiness, infinite excellence, moral evil, moral goodness of God, natural evil

November 1, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 17): Distinguishing Sign Two: Gracious Affections Stand on the Excellence of God, Apart from Self-Interest

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 17): Distinguishing Sign Two: Gracious Affections Stand on the Excellence of God, Apart from Self-Interest - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - colored sunset over ocean

Saints love God, Jesus Christ, Scripture, and every work and way of God for their divine excellence. And since “Christian love is the fountain of all gracious affections,” love of God’s infinite greatness constitutes the ultimate foundation and source of true religious affections. Gratitude and a love of present and future benefits of salvation form […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: gracious affections, love of God, love of God versus love of God's benefits, love of God's benefits, self-interest, true love to God

October 25, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 16): Distinguishing Sign One: Fruit of the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 16): Distinguishing Sign One: Fruit of the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - two hands frame the sun over ocean

The first distinguishing sign serves as both a mark of God’s gracious and saving work in a believer and the basis of the remaining eleven signs. The evidence of God’s saving work flows from the stamp of God’s holiness and happiness on the soul by the Holy Spirit taking up permanent residence and imparting His […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: divine nature, fruit of the Spirit, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit’s work in a heart, influence of the Holy Spirit, seal of the Spirit, work of the Holy Spirit

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