Concerning the End for Which God Created the World Quotes

“Christians need constant reminders of how amazingly glorious our great God really is and what his glory means for our lives. Reading”
― Jonathan Edwards, The End for Which God Created the World: Updated to Modern English

“The Creator is infinite. This means he has all possible existence, perfection, and excellence. This means he must also have all possible honor and respect. In every way God is first and supreme. His excellent qualities are the supreme beauty and glory, the original good, and the fountain of all good. This, of course, means that he must in every way have the highest regard and honor.”
― Jonathan Edwards, The End for Which God Created the World: Updated to Modern English

“Whatever is absolutely valuable in itself and is also capable of being sought and obtained by God is his ultimate end in creating the world.”
― Jonathan Edwards, The End for Which God Created the World: Updated to Modern English

“What we call a vice is actually an inability to recognize what has the greatest value.”
― Jonathan Edwards, The End for Which God Created the World: Updated to Modern English

“When God spreads his glory, he is not seeking to add to himself, rather, he is just being himself.”
― Jonathan Edwards, The End for Which God Created the World: Updated to Modern English

“Is it right for God to be pleased when others hold him in contempt? Is it fitting that he be joyful when his created beings despise him? Of course not! To the contrary, it’s fitting and proper for God to be displeased when his created beings hold him in contempt. But this means that it’s also fitting and proper for him to be pleased when appropriate love, esteem, and honor are given to him.”
― Jonathan Edwards, The End for Which God Created the World: Updated to Modern English

“Do you see the logic in this conclusion? First, God’s perfect qualities are excellent in themselves. Second, God’s works extend from his perfect qualities, and so they are also excellent in themselves. Third, the expression of God’s perfect qualities in his works are to be seen and known by other beings who obtain knowledge of these qualities. Finally, this knowledge is excellent in itself as well. So it follows that it is an excellent thing in itself for a society of created beings to know God and his works.”
― Jonathan Edwards, The End for Which God Created the World: Updated to Modern English