PERËNDIA VETË ËSHTË UNGJILLI
“Te shpenguarit i gjejne gjithe te mirat e tyre objektive ne Perendine. Perendia Vete eshte miresia e madhe qe ata do te zoteroje dhe gezojne per shkak te shpengmit. Ai eshte miresia me e madhe, dhe teresia e te gjitha te mirave qe bleu Krishti.
Perendia eshte trashegimia e shenjtoreve; ai eshte pjesa e shpirtit te tyre. Perendia eshte pasuria dhe thesari i tyre, ushqimi, jeta, banesa, zbukurimi dhe diadema, nderi dhe lavdia e tyre e perjetshme. Ata nuk kane askend ne qiell vec Perendise; Ai eshte miresia e madhe ne te cilen hyjne te shpenguarit pas vdekjes dhe ne te cilen do te ringjallen ne fund te epokes. Zoti Perendi eshte drita e Jerusalemit qiellor, Ai eshte “lumi i ujit te jetes” qe rrjedh, dhe pema e jetes qe rritet ne mes te parajses se Perendise.
Bukuria dhe persosmerite e lavdishme te Perendise do te jene ato qe do kenaqin perjetesisht mendjet e shenjtoreve, dashuria e Perendise do te jete banketi i tyre i perjetshem. Sigurisht qe te shpenguarit do te kenaqen edhe me gjera te tjera; do te kenaqen me engjejt dhe me njeri-tjetrin por ajo qe do t’i kenaqe ne engjejt apo tek njeri-tjetri apo ne cfaredo gje tjeter, ato gjera qe do t’u falin kenaqesi dhe lumturi do te jene ato qe do te behen te dukshme prej Perendise ne ta.”
– Xhonatan Eduards, 1731
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GOD IS THE GOSPEL
“The redeemed have all their objective good in God. God himself is the great good which they are brought to the possession and enjoyment of by redemption. He is the highest good, and the sum of all that good which Christ purchased.
God is the inheritance of the saints; he is the portion of their souls. God is their wealth and treasure, their food, their life, their dwelling place, their ornament and diadem, and their everlasting honor and glory. They have none in heaven but God; he is the great good which the redeemed are received to at death, and which they are to rise to at the end of the world. The Lord God, he is the light of the heavenly Jerusalem; and is the “river of the water of life” that runs, and the tree of life that grows, “ in the midst of the paradise of God.”
The glorious excellencies and beauty of God will be what will forever entertain the minds of the saints, and the love of God will be their everlasting feast. The redeemed will indeed enjoy other things; they will enjoy the angels, and will enjoy one another: but that which they shall enjoy in the angels, or each other, or in anything else whatsoever, that will yield them delight and happiness, will be what will be seen of God in them.”
– Jonathan Edwards, 1731
