Jonathan Edwards

[HisFirst]

2 hours ago, Ezra said:

Not really, since I am not a Calvinist. Evidently the Lord used him mightily in association with George Whitefield, another Calvinist Reformed preacher who was connected to revivals in America called "the Great Awakening" in the 18th century.

Ok, thanks Ezra?

Im going to read up more about him. ?

[walla299]

8 hours ago, HisFirst said:

Ok, thanks Ezra?

Im going to read up more about him. ?

Check out his sermon "Sinners in the hands of an angry God" on SermonAudio.com. The sermon is read by someone else (of course!  ) but is quite good especially if you listen to it in one sitting. That was my introduction to his work also.

[Ezra]

4 hours ago, walla299 said:

Check out his sermon "Sinners in the hands of an angry God"...

Interestingly enough, at the end of that sermon, Edwards encouraged ALL the unsaved in that meeting to respond to the Gospel, even though Calvinists believe that not all can be saved (limited atonement). Spurgeon also had similar sermons.

'Consider this, you that are here present, that yet remain in an unregenerate state... The wrath of Almighty God is now undoubtedly hanging over a great part of this congregation: Let every one fly out of Sodom: "Haste and escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed."'

[HisFirst]

7 hours ago, walla299 said:

Check out his sermon "Sinners in the hands of an angry God" on SermonAudio.com. The sermon is read by someone else (of course!  ) but is quite good especially if you listen to it in one sitting. That was my introduction to his work also.

Thanks Walla??

[Churchmouse]

I never heard of him other than the singer/songwriter, who I love. There is a better version of this song out there, but some activist put that music to an anti-conservative message, so I will share this with you.

 

https://www.worthychristianforums.com/topic/202558-jonathan-edwards-sunshine/

[walla299]

5 hours ago, Ezra said:

Interestingly enough, at the end of that sermon, Edwards encouraged ALL the unsaved in that meeting to respond to the Gospel, even though Calvinists believe that not all can be saved (limited atonement). Spurgeon also had similar sermons.

'Consider this, you that are here present, that yet remain in an unregenerate state... The wrath of Almighty God is now undoubtedly hanging over a great part of this congregation: Let every one fly out of Sodom: "Haste and escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed."'

There is a logic to preaching the gospel to ALL the unsaved. I asked a Calvinist pastor I know about it and he said that since we do not know who God's elect are (ie those who will be saved) . . . we should preach the gospel to all the unsaved. That was his take on it and yes, it does get into election and all of that. Thought I would pass that on though.

[ravindran]

On 11/5/2016 at 3:25 AM, HisFirst said:

Has anyone read much about Jonathan Edwards?

 

I've just come across him recently.

And what are your thoughts??

He is a well known Calvinist. There is no question some of his works are quite impressive. he is attributed to "great awakening"

[Ezra]

2 hours ago, walla299 said:

There is a logic to preaching the gospel to ALL the unsaved.

It's not just that. Edwards clearly wanted all to respond and be saved. Let every one fly out of Sodom:

[GoldenEagle]

On ‎11‎/‎5‎/‎2016 at 2:25 AM, HisFirst said:

Has anyone read much about Jonathan Edwards?

 

I've just come across him recently.

And what are your thoughts??

Jonathan Edwards was a puritan preacher who lived in the 1700s from 1703 to 1758. He was key in the first Great Awakening in the 1730s in New England and in particular Massachusetts.

He believed in Reformed Theology.

Reformed theologians believe that God communicates knowledge of himself to people through the Word of God. People are not able to know anything about God except through this self-revelation. Speculation about anything which God has not revealed through his Word is not warranted. The knowledge people have of God is different from that which they have of anything else because God is infinite, and finite people are incapable of comprehending an infinite being. While the knowledge revealed by God to people is never incorrect, it is also never comprehensive.

Reformed theologians use the concept of covenant to describe the way God enters fellowship with people in history. The concept of covenant is so prominent in Reformed theology that Reformed theology as a whole is sometimes called "covenant theology".[36] However, sixteenth and seventeenth-century theologians developed a particular theological system called "covenant theology" or "federal theology" which many conservative Reformed churches continue to affirm today.[35] This framework orders God's life with people primarily in two covenants: the covenant of works and the covenant of grace. The covenant of works is made with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The terms of the covenant are that God provides a blessed life in the garden on condition that Adam and Eve obey God's law perfectly. Because Adam and Eve broke the covenant by eating the forbidden fruit, they became subject to death and were banished from the garden. This sin was passed down to all mankind because all people are said to be in Adam as a covenantal or "federal" head. Federal theologians usually infer that Adam and Eve would have gained immortality had they obeyed perfectly.

A second covenant, called the covenant of grace, is said to have been made immediately following Adam and Eve's sin. In it, God graciously offers salvation from death on condition of faith in God. This covenant is administered in different ways throughout the Old and New Testaments, but retains the substance of being free of a requirement of perfect obedience

Jonathan Edwards died of smallpox inoculation in 1758 shortly after becoming the president of Princeton University (called the College of New Jersey at the time).

I might check out these books if you are interested in learning more about him. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/november/top5books_jonathan.html

God bless,
GE

[HisFirst]

20 hours ago, ravindran said:

He is a well known Calvinist. There is no question some of his works are quite impressive. he is attributed to "great awakening"

Thank you Ravindran?