Jonathan Edwards - Religious Affections (Part III - True Affection #3)

"Psalm 99 - The Lord our God is Holy" by Moshe Tzvi HaLevi Berger.

This is the 9th post in my study of Jonathan Edwards famous text Religious Affections.  I have also created a landing page to hold all of the posts in this study for you here.

There have a number of days, since I started this blog in February, that my soul has been deeply affected. 

Today is such a day.

It is my sincere desire, just between God and me, that I find a deeper faith and draw closer to him.

I arose at 4:30 this morning to dig into Jonathan Edwards' third example of true affection.  Last week left me a little confused and I have spent a great deal of time praying about this. 

As I began to get an understanding of last week's lesson, on the beauty of Christ, this week Edwards turned to God's holiness. 

I have been melted all day! 

I can't really explain this.  I asked God to pull back the veil just a bit, I asked the Holy Spirit to quicken my mind and help me understand.  I sought from God this holy taste, this sensation of the soul, the divine sense that Edwards speaks of.

Frankly, I don't know what else to say.  It is not my desire to sound like a wacko.

I possess an understanding of the beauty of Christ, and God's holiness that I never possessed before.  I pray that it completely changes me from the inside out!