Jonathan Edwards: Christ the Rock

[Reformed Covenanter]

And 'tis wonderful also if we consider Christ's divine greatness, for this is also signified by this metaphor of a rock. As we have shown, it signifies his divine perfection and holiness, his omnipotence, his eternity, his immutability. Now, 'tis a wonderful work of God that such a glorious person should be made the head of influence and fountain of spiritual nourishment to lost mankind: that so great, so glorious a person should be given to us, to be to us a fountain of blessings to be enjoyed by us who are so mean and unworthy.

Jonathan Edwards, Honey from the Rock (1730) in Mark Valeri (ed.), Sermons and Discourses, 1730-1733: The Works of Jonathan Edwards Volume 17 (New Haven CN: Yale University Press, 2000), pp 137-38.

 

[Reformed Covenanter]

@Ryan&Amber2013 - you mentioned to me in a previous thread how you found Jonathan Edwards difficult to understand. These sermons, however, are very easy to read and you may read them online thanks to Yale University.