John Owen
John Owen
jesus grace christ
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.
reading looks benefits
We shall not benefit from reading the Old Testament unless we look for and meditate on the glory of Christ in its pages.
evil threatening holy
It is one thing to fear God as threatening, with a holy reverence, and another to be afraid of the evil threatened.
heart sin seeds
The seed of every sin is in every heart.
men sorrow sin
I do not understand how a man can be a true believer, in whom sin is not the greatest burden, sorrow and trouble.
way obedience revelations
There is no broader way to apostasy than to reject God’s sovereignty in all things concerning the revelation of himself and our obedience...
mean doors soul
The indulgence of one sin opens the door to further sins. The indulgence of one sin diverts the soul from the use of those means by which all other sins should be resisted.
world rooms bait
When someone sets his affections upon the cross and the love of Christ, he crucifies the world as a dead and undesirable thing. The baits of sin lose their attraction and disappear. Fill your affections with the cross of Christ and you will find no room for sin.
men temptation draws
Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before.
son suffering-and-death judging
...but let it suffice us to know that it became God, who is the supreme Ruler, Governor and Judge of all that sin should be punished with death in the sinner or his surety; and therefore if God would bring many sons to glory, the Captain of their salvation must undergo sufferings and death, to make satisfaction for them.
enemy christ worst
Unless we are thoroughly convinced that without Christ we are under the eternal curse of God, as the worst of His enemies, we shall never flee to Him for refuge.
sin christ
There is no death of sin without the death of Christ.
cutting exercise men
Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction
prayer blessing bread
We ought as much to pray for a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread.