Exposure… of all things hidden from sight… is what we see happening today… as more corruption is brought to light. From college admissions scandals… where wealthy have been committing fraud… to political deception and corruption… where many are being shown to break the law. For the elite seem to have privileges… that those without wealth … More Exposure… (Mark 4:22)
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
by John Owen – March 17th, 2019 Chapter 11 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Five Others (Continued) 4. Constantly Long for Deliverance My fourth direction for the mortification of sin is: Being thus affected with your sin, in the next place get a constant longing and breathing after deliverance from the power of it. Suffer not your … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
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
by John Owen – March 15th, 2019 Chapter 11 PREPARATORY DIRECTIONS Five Others 3. Load Your Conscience with the Guilt of Sin This is my third direction for the mortification of sin: Load your conscience with the guilt of it. Not only consider that it has guilt but load your conscience with the guilt of … More Daily Devotional – Mortification of Sin
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
ARTHUR PINK WROTE ONE OF MANY LETTERS DAN GRAVES, MSL Arthur Pink is often described as an eccentric. He didn’t really fit in anywhere. Converted to Christ out of a theosophical background (the New Age movement of his day), he became a student of Puritan thought. But his efforts at pastoring churches and evangelization … More Today in Church History
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
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
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