by John Owen – March 14th, 2019 Chapter 10 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Clear Sense of Sin (Continued) c. Consider the evils of your sin Consider the evils of your sin. I mean its present evils. Danger concerns what is to come; evil concerns what is present. Some of the many evils that attend an unmortified lust … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
by John Owen – March 13th, 2019 Chapter 10 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Clear Sense of Sin (Continued) b. Consider the danger of your sin (continued) 3). Loss of peace and strength Consider the loss of peace and strength all a man’s days. To have peace with God, to have strength to walk before God, is … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
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
March 11, 2019 “It was all a sham.” After four long and difficult years, that’s how Jamie Shupe started making sense of his life again. To the LGBT community, he’d been a hero – a trailblazer in the transgender movement that’s upending society. But there’s a lot more to the story of America’s first “nonbinary” … More Behind the Curtain of the Gender Game
by John Owen – March 11th, 2019 Chapter 10 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Clear Sense of Sin 2). How to understand your guilt In order to a right judgment of your guilt, take these considerations to your assistance. a). Guilt heightened by grace received Though the power of sin is weakened by inherent(78) grace in them … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
by John Owen – March 10th, 2019 Chapter 10 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Clear Sense of Sin 2. Get a Clear Sense of Your Sin The second direction for the mortification of sin in believers is this: Get a clear and abiding sense upon your mind and conscience of the guilt, danger, and evil of that sin … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
by John Owen – March 9th, 2019 Chapter 9 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Dangerous Symptoms (Continued) g. A caution These and many other evidences are there of a lust that is dangerous, if not mortal. As our Savior said of the evil spirit, “This kind goeth not out but by fasting and prayer” (Mat 17:21), so … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
Answer: We live in a world of pain and suffering. There is no one who is not affected by the harsh realities of life, and the question “why do bad things happen to good people?” is one of the most difficult questions in all of theology. God is sovereign, so all that happens must have at least … More “Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?”
by John Owen – March 8th, 2019 Chapter 9 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Dangerous Symptoms (Continued) e. Sense of punishment Another dangerous symptom is when it is probable that there is, or may be, some judiciary hardness,(75) or at least chastening punishment, in the lust that is distressing you. That God sometimes leaves even those of … 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
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