You have your season, and you have but your season; neither can you lie down in peace, until you have some persuasion that your work as well as your life is at an end. John Owen More Quotes by John Owen More Quotes From John Owen As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they increase their waters, and speed their streams; so will grace flow more fully and freely in its near approaches to the ocean of glory. John Owen ocean blessing christian To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect. John Owen grace jesus christ Christ is the meat, the bread, the food of our souls. Nothing is in him of a higher spiritual nourishment than his love, which we should always desire. John Owen soul spiritual desire Christ greatly delights in John Owen delight people christ No man shall ever behold the glory of Christ by sight hereafter who does not in some measure behold it here by faith. John Owen sight doe men Whatever vices and corruptions men see in the lives of their ministers will not be attributed to the depravity of their old nature which still abides in them, but to the gospel. John Owen corruption vices men There is no true gospel fruit without faith and repentance. John Owen repentance fruit All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain. John Owen vain lust christ Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you. John Owen mortification sin killing Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the shoulders of the Son of God...Would you, then, see the true demerit of sin?-take the measure of it from the mediation of Christ, especially his cross. John Owen sin son christ He that is more frequent in his pulpit to his people than he is in his closet for his people, is but a sorry watchman. John Owen church sorry people If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in grace according to his thoughts and meditations upon the person of Christ, and the glory of Christ's Kingdom, and of His love. John Owen meditation men peace The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the works or deeds of the flesh is the constant duty of believers. John Owen body deeds may So great an advantage is given to sin and Satan by your temper and disposition, that without extraordinary watchfulness, care, and diligence, they will prevail against your soul. John Owen care sin soul Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in believers, that it shall not obtain its end and dominion. John Owen reign devil dominion Set faith at work on Christ for the killing of thy sin. His blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls. Live in this, and thou wilt die a conqueror; yea, thou wilt, through the good providence of God, live to see thy lust dead at thy feet. John Owen sick feet blood To those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace. John Owen glory grace christ There is only one way to be revived and healed from our backslidings so that we may become fruitful even in old age. We must take a steady look at the glory of Christ in His special character, in His grace and work, as shown to us in the Scripture. John Owen grace age character The pretended desires of many to behold the glory of Christ in heaven, who have no view of it by faith while they are here in this world, are nothing but self-deceiving imaginations. John Owen imagination self views It is the Spirit alone that can mortify sin; he is promised to do it, and all other means without him are empty and vain. How shall he, then, mortify sin that has not the Spirit? A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit. John Owen eye men mean
