John Owen
John Owen
christian men desire
For to pretend that men may live habitually sinful lives without any attempt by the Spirit to mortify sin in them, nor with any desire for repentance, is to deny the Christian religion.
prayer secret mouths
A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees in secret before God Almighty, that he is and no more.
littles way speak
We speak much of God, and talk of him, his ways, his works; the truth is, we know very little of him.
fall night men
If a man teach uprightly and walk crookedly, more will fall down in the night of his life than he built in the day of his doctrine.
punishment church able
The purpose of our holy and righteous God was to save his church, but their sin could not go unpunished. It was, therefore, necessary that the punishment for that sin be transferred from those who deserved it but could not bear it, to one who did not deserve it but was able to bear it.
sin killing
Be killing sin or it will be killing you.
father believe love-you
The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him is not to believe that he loves you.
worship christ holy
We are never nearer Christ than when we find ourselves lost in a holy amazement at His unspeakable love.
scripture ifs
If Scripture has more than one meaning, it has no meaning at all.
jesus effort grace
Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine that we can do these things by our own efforts is to trample on the cross and grace of Jesus Christ. Whatever God works in us by his grace, he commands us to do as our duty. God works all in us and by us.
believe mean personality
Every time we say we believe in the Holy Spirit, we mean we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it.
firsts flocks duty
The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word
thinking people satan
Satan's greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.
prayer temptation ifs
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.