“There are some truths of God that He has taught us to speak of. He has even guided us in our expressions of them. But when we have done so we do not really fully understand these things. All we can do is believe and admire. We profess, as we are taught that God is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘John Owen’
It Is Just The Back Parts of Eternity And Infinity That We See
Posted in Quotes, tagged Eternal, Goodness of God, Holiness of God, Holy Spirit, Immensity, Infinity, Jesus Christ, John Owen, Knowing God, Knowledge, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Perfection of God, Theology, Trinity, Worship on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Consider Sin in Relation to the Gospel
Posted in Quotes, tagged Adoption, Atonement, Grace, Guilt, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John Owen, Joy, Love, Lust, Mercy, Mortification, Sanctification, Sin, The Gospel on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Bring your lust to the gospel. Not for relief, but for further conviction of your guilt. Look on Him whom you have pierced, and let it trouble you. Say to your soul, ‘What have I done? What love, what mercy, what blood, what grace have I despised and trampled on! Is this how I pay [...]
Wounds From a Close Friend
Posted in Quotes, tagged Grieving, Holiness, Holy Spirit, John Owen, Purity, Sanctification, Sin on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“That is, do not grieve the indwelling One from whom we have received so many and great blessings, especially the keeping of our souls till the day of redemption! He is grieved by our sin as a tender and loving friend is grieved by wounds from a close friend. The Holy Spirit has chosen our [...]
Fight With Gospel Principles, Not Legal Motives
Posted in Quotes, tagged Grace, Holiness, John Owen, Mortification, Repentance, Sanctification, Sin, The Gospel, The Law on May 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Examine yourself also by this: When you are tempted, and must decide whether you will serve sin and rush into folly, like a horse into battle, or fight against it and suppress it, what do you say to your soul? ‘Hell will be the end of this course; vengeance will meet with me and find [...]
We Must Hate All Sin As Sin
Posted in Quotes, tagged Atonement, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John Owen, Love, Lust, Mortification, Prayer, Repentance, Scripture, Sin, The Gospel on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“We must hate all sin, as sin, and not just that which troubles us. Love for Christ, because He went to the cross, and hate the sin that sent Him there, is the solid foundation of true spiritual mortification. To seek mortification only because a sin troubles us proceeds from self-love. Why do you with [...]
Only Believers Can Mortify Sin
Posted in Quotes, tagged Atonement, Holiness, Jesus Christ, John Owen, Mortification, Repentance, Roman Catholicism, Scripture, The Gospel on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“An unregenerate man may do something like mortification, but the real work itself, so that it may be acceptable with God, he can never perform. Some of the Philosophers declare how they have conquered the world and self, and are able to regulate their passions and affections! The lives however of most of them reveal [...]
The Weakening of Lust
Posted in Quotes, tagged John Owen, Lust, Mortification, Sanctification, Scripture, Sin on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The first thing in mortification is the weakening of the habit of sin or lust, so that it shall not, with that violence, earnestness and frequency, rise up and conceive, provoke, entice, and disquiet as it naturally has a tendency to do (James 1:14-15). This is called ‘crucifying the flesh with its passions and desires’ [...]
Mortification Is Not to Root Sin Out and Destroy It
Posted in Quotes, tagged John Owen, Mortification, Sanctification, Sin on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“To mortify a sin is not to utterly root it out and destroy it, that it should have no more hold at all nor residence in our hearts. It is true this is what we aim at, but we will not be able to accomplish it in this life. All who seek mortification seek the [...]
Sin Darkens the Soul
Posted in Quotes, tagged Adoption, John Owen, Joy, Sin on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Sin will also darken the soul, and deprive it of its comfort and peace. Sin darkens the soul. It is a cloud, that spread itself over the face of the soul, and intercepts all the beams of God’s love and favour. It takes away all sense of the privilege of our adoption; and if the [...]
The Work of the Spirit in Mortification
Posted in Quotes, tagged Faith, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John Owen, Lust, Mortification, Sanctification, Sin, The Gospel on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“‘But how does the Spirit give us victory?’ By our living in the Spirit and walking after the Spirit. As we abound in the graces of the Spirit and walk according to them, the fruits of the Spirit restrict the fruits of the flesh, because the works of the flesh are contrary to the works [...]
