Fri.-Sabbath, 3/26-28/21 Devotion

Praise God—it is almost Sunday again. In order to get us ready for church, here is the great Jonathan Edwards, from his monumental “Freedom of the Will” tome. . . .

“The Messiah came to save men from their sins, and deliver them from their spiritual enemies, that they might serve Him in righteousness and holiness. Christ gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and pur-ify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works. And therefore Christ’s success consists in gaining men’s hearts to virtue, in their being made God’s willing people in the day of His power. Christ’s conquest of His enemies consists of His victory over men’s corruption and vices. And such success, such victory, and such a reign and dominion, is often expressly fore-told [in Scripture]."