All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain. John Owen More Quotes by John Owen More Quotes From John Owen All spiritual acts well-pleasing unto God, as faith, repentance, obedience, are supernatural; flesh and blood revealeth not these things. John Owen flesh spiritual blood All that may be known of God for our salvation, especially his wisdom, love, goodness, grace and mercy on which the life of our souls depends, are represented to us in all their splendour in and through Christ. No wonder then that Christ is glorious in the eyes of believers! John Owen grace-and-mercy eye soul We admit no faith to be justifying, which is not itself and in its own nature a spiritually vital principle of obedience and good works. John Owen obedience good-work principles Leanness of body and soul may go together. John Owen body soul together The root of an unmortified course is the digestion of sin without bitterness in the heart. John Owen digestion roots heart All things I thought I knew; but now confess John Owen all-things knows knowledge Your state is not at all to be measured by the opposition that sin makes to you, but by the opposition you make to it. John Owen opposition sin states Assurance encourateth us in our combat; it delivers us not from it. We may have peace with God when we have done from the assaults of Satan. John Owen peace-with-god done may The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin. John Owen mortification believer sin The love of God is like himself – equal, constant, not capable of augmentation or diminution; our love is like ourselves – unequal, increasing, waning, growing, declining. His, like the sun, always the same in its light, though a cloud may sometimes interpose; ours, as the moon, has its enlargements and straightenings. John Owen moon clouds love-is In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim. John Owen wade elephants swim I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend. John Owen worst stills wish The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it. John Owen compromise sin world It is a throne of grace that God in Christ is represented to us upon; but yet is is a throne still whereon majesty and glory do reside, and God is always to be considered by us as on a throne. John Owen majesty thrones grace All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless; it must be done by the Spirit. John Owen done spirit way Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, if it has its own way it will go out to the utmost sin in that kind. Every unclean thought or glance would be adultery if it could, every thought of unbelief would be atheism if allowed to develop. Every rise of lust, if it has its way reaches the height of villainy; it is like the grave that is never satisfied. The deceitfulness of sin is seen in that it is modest in its first proposals but when it prevails it hardens men’s hearts, and brings them to ruin. John Owen lust heart men The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men. John Owen heart men world He can make the dry parched ground of my soul to become a pool and my thirsty barren heart as springs of water. Yes he can make this habitation of dragons this heart which is so full of abominable lusts and fiery temptations to be a place of bounty and fruitfulness unto Himself John Owen dragons heart spring Without absolutes revealed from without by God Himself, we are left rudderless in a sea of conflicting ideas about manners, justice and right and wrong, issuing from a multitude of self-opinionated thinkers. John Owen self sea ideas Believers obey Christ as the one whom our obedience is accepted by God. Believers know all their duties are weak, imperfect, and unable to abide in God's presence. Therefore they look to Christ as the one who bears the iniquity of their holy things, who adds incense to their prayers, gathers out all the weeds from their duties and makes them acceptable to God. John Owen weed prayer add
