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Today we turn to Jonathan Edwards, that master of discussing Christian experince and his concept of the affections.\u00a0 We would be wrong to assume that affections are simply the emotions as the following quote makes clear.\u00a0 Although this idea does include emotions, it relates to the entire inclination of our heart and wills. When thinking about our affections, we have to ask \u201cwhat draws our heart\u2019s attention?\u201d<\/p>\n

Jonathan Edwards\u2019s Treatise Concerning the Religious Affections<\/em> (1746) has provided the best explanation of what must take place within the preacher. By \u201caffections\u201d Edwards meant one\u2019s heart<\/em>, one\u2019s inclinations<\/em>, and one\u2019s will<\/em>. As Edwards said, \u201ctrue religion consists in a great measure<\/em> in vigorous and lively actings and the inclination and will of the soul, or the fervent exercises of the heart.\u201d Edwards demonstrates from a cascade of Scriptures that real Christianity so impacts the affections that it shapes one\u2019s fears, hopes, loves, hatreds, desires, joys, sorrows, gratitudes, compassions, and zeals.<\/p>\n

This is what should routinely happen to the preacher: the message should work its way through his whole intellectual and moral being as he prepares for and practices the proclamation of God\u2019s Word. When the message has affected him deeply, then he is ready to preach. Sermon preparation is twenty hours of prayer. It is humble, holy, critical thinking. It is repeatedly asking the Holy Spirit for insight. It is the word penetrating into the depths of the preacher\u2019s own soul. It is ongoing repentance. It is utter dependence. It is a singing heart.<\/p>\n

Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible<\/em> (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2575.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we turn to Jonathan Edwards, that master of discussing Christian experince and his concept of the affections.\u00a0 We would be wrong to assume that affections are simply the emotions as the following quote makes clear.\u00a0 Although this idea does include emotions, it relates to the entire inclination of our heart and wills. 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