by John Owen – March 31th, 2019 Chapter 13 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Speak No Peace (Continued) c. When to take comfort from a promise of God But you will say, “When may we take the comfort of a promise as our own, in relation to some peculiar wound, for quieting the heart?” 1). When God speaks … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
by John Owen – March 26th, 2019 Chapter 13 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Speak No Peace (Continued) b. Evidences for when peace is self-spoken Given these two previous observations, I shall give some rules whereby men may know whether God speaks peace to them, or whether they speak peace to themselves only. 1). If sin is not … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
by John Owen – March 25th, 2019 Chapter 13 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Speak No Peace 9. Speak No Peace until God Speaks Peace The ninth and last preparatory direction for mortification of sin is: In case God disquiets your heart about the guilt of its distempers, either in respect of sin’s root and indwelling, or in … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
by John Owen – March 19th, 2019 Chapter 12 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Meditations upon God 8. Exercise Yourself to Meditate upon God The eighth preparatory direction for the mortification of sin is: Use and exercise yourself to such meditations as may serve to fill you at all times with self-abasement and thoughts of your own vileness. … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/428123508298268994/ For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold,19 but of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb. – – 1 Peter 1:18-19 (CSB) Peter has just finished telling us that God will judge each of us according … More Redeemed with the Precious Blood
Image source: “And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains forever.” – – 1 John 2:17 (CSB) Here John finishes up his section on right Christian thinking. Note that our focus should not be on the world with all its vain riches … More Attitudes
by John Owen – March 15th, 2019 Chapter 11 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Five Others (Continued) 3. Load Your Conscience with the Guilt of Sin (continued) A; 2). Guilt from gospel light Bring your lust to the gospel, not for relief, but for further conviction of its guilt. Look on Him Whom you have pierced and … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Hebrews 2:10 (KJV) Whom does your eternity rest upon? Yourself or some long dead and returned to dust figure from history? Modern culture would … More Captain of their salvation
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
Spurgeon writes in regards to this verse: The apostle uses the perfect tense and says, “Who hath saved us.” Believers in Christ Jesus are saved. They are not looked upon as persons who are in a hopeful state, and may ultimately be saved, but they are already saved. Salvation is not a blessing to be … More
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