I used to think I knew the ten commandments pretty well. “Thou shall not steal.” Got it. Won’t steal anyone’s stuff. As long as I do that I’m good, right? Not necessarily. There’s more to the ten commandments than what first meets the eye, and below you can find what they both encourage and discourage. 1 … More The Ten Commandments: What They Forbid and Promote
by John Owen – March 12th, 2019 Chapter 10 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Clear Sense of Sin (Continued) b.Consider the danger of your sin Consider the danger of your sin, which has many aspects. 1). Being hardened by sin’s deceitfulness Sin hardens us by its deceitfulness. This the apostle sorely charges on the Hebrews: “Take heed, … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage?(*) He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins … More Who is a God Like Unto Thee
In Context: Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over … More God Created Man
Blessed [gratefully praised and adored] be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts and encourages us in every trouble so that we will be able to comfort and encourage those who are in any kind of trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted … More Comfort and Encouragement
by John Owen – February 9th, 2019 www.ChapelLibrary.org • chapel@mountzion.org Chapter 5 “WHAT MORTIFICATION IS NOT” Continued 4. Not to Divert a Sin A sin is not mortified when it is only diverted. Simon Magus(42) for a season left his sorceries; but his covetousness and ambition, which had set him on his work, remained still, … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
by John Owen – February 7th, 2019 http://www.ChapelLibrary.org • chapel@mountzion.org Chapter 5 “WHAT MORTIFICATION IS NOT” Continued 2.Not to Conceal a Sin I think I do not need to say it is not the dissimulation(40) of a sin. When a man on some out-ward respects forsakes the practice of any sin, men perhaps may look on … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
by John Owen – February 4th, 2019 chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org Chapter 5 “WHAT MORTIFICATION IS NOT” These things being premised, I come to my principal intention: handling some questions or practical cases that present themselves in this business of mortification of sin in believers. The first, which is the head of all the rest, and … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
by John Owen – February 2nd, 2019 chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org Chapter 4 “USEFULNESS OF MORTIFICATION” Continued c. Our peace As to our peace, as there is nothing that has any evidence of sincerity without mortification, so I know nothing that has such an evidence of sincerity in it as there is in mortification— which is no … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
by John Owen – February 2nd, 2019 chapel@mountzion.org • http://www.ChapelLibrary.org Chapter 4 “USEFULNESS OF MORTIFICATION” Continued b. Mortification prunes all the graces of God Mortification prunes all the graces of God and makes room for them to grow in our hearts. The life and vigor of our spiritual lives consists in the vigor and flourishing of … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
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