Tag: Depravity

Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

January 12, 2019

by John Owen – January 12th 2019 chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org  Chapter 2 – CONTINUOUS ACTIVITY OF INDWELLING SIN Continued c. Results of sin Sin will not only be striving, acting, rebelling, troubling, disquieting, but if let alone, if not continually mortified, it will bring forth great, cursed, scandalous, soul-destroying sins. The apostle tells us what the works … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

January 11, 2019

John Owen – January 11th 2019 chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org Chapter 2 – CONTINUOUS ACTIVITY OF INDWELLING SIN continued: b. Activity of indwelling sin Sin does not only still abide in us, but is still acting, still laboring, to bring forth the deeds of the flesh. When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone; but as sin is … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

January 10, 2019

John Owen – January 10th 2019 chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org  Chapter 2 CONTINUOUS ACTIVITY OF INDWELLING SIN continued: 2.Reasons Mortification Must be Continuous a. Indwelling sin always abides Indwelling sin always abides while we are in this world; therefore it is always to be morti-fied. I meddle not now with the vain, foolish, and ignorant disputes … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

January 9, 2019

John Owen –  January 9th 2019 chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org Chapter 2 CONTINUOUS ACTIVITY OF INDWELLING SIN   1. The First Principle for Mortification: It Must Be Continuous Having laid this foundation, a brief confirmation of the fore-mentioned principal    deductions will lead me to what I chiefly intend: Principle I: The choicest believers, who are … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

January 8, 2019

John Owen – January 8th 2019 chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org Chapter 1, Section 5 continued c. To “mortify” “If ye do mortify” (or “put to death”) is a metaphorical expression taken from the putting of any living thing to death. To kill a man or any other living thing is to take away the principle of … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

January 7, 2019

John Owen – January 7th chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org Chapter 1 Continued: 5. “Mortify the Deeds of the Body” The duty itself, “Mortify the deeds of the body,” is to be considered next. Three things are here to be inquired into: a) What is meant by “the body”; b) What is meant by “the deeds of … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

January 6, 2019

John Owen – January 6th 2019 chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org The Spirit: The Principal Efficient Cause The principal efficient cause of the performance of this duty is the Spirit: “If by the Spirit.” The Spirit here is the Spirit mentioned in Romans 8:11—the Spirit of Christ, the “Spirit of God” (v. 14), Who dwells in us … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

January 5, 2019

John Owen – 05 Jan 2019 chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org 3. Mortification: The Work of Believers The next thing we meet with in the words is the persons to whom this duty is prescribed, and that is expressed in the word ye, which in the original is included in the Greek verb thana-toute, “if ye mortify”; … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin

January 4, 2019

By John Owen – 04 Jan 2019 chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org 2. Connection between True Mortification and Salvation The first thing occurring in the words as they lie in the entire proposition is the conditional note: “but if.” Conditionals in such propositions may denote either of two things: a. The uncertainty of the event or thing … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin