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The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards and Max Jukes

When Jonathan Edward read Isaiah 59:21, he prayed that God would make it a reality for him and his family:

““And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”” (Isaiah 59:21, ESV)

Here is a record of the legacy God allowed Jonathan Edwards to leave compared to that of Max Jukes, who lived at the same time.

Jonathan Edwards was born October 5, 1703. Jonathan Edwards entered Yale College at age 13 and graduated with honors. He became a pastor, and his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God,” started the Great Awakening, a revival involving numerous preachers which swept America, uniting the colonies prior to the Revolution.

Jonathan Edwards became President of Princeton College and he resolved:

Never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

Illustrating the priority Jonathan and Sarah Edwards placed on training their children, A.E. Winship’s A Study in Education and Heredity (1900), revealed the Edwards’ descendants included:

1 U.S. Vice-President,
3 U.S. Senators,
3 governors,
3 mayors,
13 college presidents,
30 judges,
65 professors,
80 public office holders,
100 lawyers and
100 missionaries.

This same study examined a family known as “Jukes.”

In 1877, while visiting New York’s prisons, Richard Dugdale found inmates with 42 different last names all descending from one man, called “Max.” Born around 1720 of Dutch stock, Max was a hard drinker, idle, irreverent and uneducated.

Max’s descendants included:

7 murderers,
60 thieves,
50 women of debauchery,
130 other convicts.
310 paupers, who, combined spent 2,300 years in poorhouses, and
400 physically wrecked by indulgent living.

The “Jukes” descendants cost the state of New York more than $1,250,000.

What generational blessing or curse are you leaving for your family?

Why not pray this prayer for yourself and your family, asking God to leave a godly legacy for you:

““And this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children’s children forever. I, the Lord, have spoken!”” (Isaiah 59:21, NLT)

• Daily decisions lead to yearly impact.
• What legacy are you asking God to allow you to leave this year?

Rejoicing, On the Victory Side!

Beau

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