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What Made Jonathan Edwards a Christian Hedonist?

Messages by Desiring God

Desiring God

Christianity, Messages, Sermons, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Preaching, Desiring God, 163859, Religion & Spirituality, John Piper

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2017

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

The supreme goal of all Jonathan Edwards’s life and work was that God would be glorified through his people being supremely satisfied in him.

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The following resource is from desiring God.org.

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Let's pray.

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Jesus, you said, I am the door whoever enters by me will be saved and will go in and

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out and find pasture.

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And so that's where I find myself now, saved,

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and going in and out and in right now to this pulpit to enjoy pasture as you feed me and I pray that we would feast on you together.

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So give us pasture, Lord, give us still waters and green pastures

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and satisfy our souls on yourself.

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I ask this in Jesus name, amen.

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72 times in the book of Ezekiel

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God says that he does know you may know that I am the Lord.

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Ten more times, he simply says, I am the Lord. Whether it's terrible punishments or

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thrilling salvation, the aim is the same that you may know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 3329, they will know that I am the Lord

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when I have made the land a desolation because of all their abominations.

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Ezekiel 20 verse 44, you shall know that I am the Lord when I deal with you for my namesake

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Not according to your evil ways. Oh House of Israel

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So 72 times plus 10, that you may know that I am the Lord, that you may know that I am the Lord, that you may know that I am the Lord, that you may know that I am the Lord. That you may know that I am the Lord. Why? Now we need to reflect on the word Lord for just a moment to get the real force of this. You know that when the word

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Lord occurs in your Old Testament, in all caps, it's not referring to a title, King, Governor, Monarch, it's referring to a proper name,

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Yahwe or the old King James Jehovah.

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It's not a title, it's a name like Mike, Mary.

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And most people have names in the Bible

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