John Owen Quotes About Duty

Quotes about: Duty

• 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.

  John Owen

  Jesus, Effort, Grace

• The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word

  John Owen

  Firsts, Flocks, Duty

  John Owen (1853). “The works ...”, p.74

• 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

  John Owen (1851). “The Works ...”, p.8

• The duties God requires of us are not in proportion to the strength we possess in ourselves. Rather, they are proportional to the resources available to us in Christ. We do not have the ability in ourselves to accomplish the least of God's tasks. This is the law of grace. When we recognize it is impossible for us to perform a duty in our own strength, we will discover the secret of its accomplishment.

  John Owen

  Law, Accomplishment, Grace

• 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

• It being our duty to mortify... we must be at work. He that is appointed to kill an enemy, if he leave striking before the other ceases living, does but half his work.

  John Owen

  Enemy, Doe, Half

  John Owen (1851). “The Works ...”, p.11

• He, then, that would really, thoroughly, and acceptably mortify any disquieting lust, let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of obedience, and know that every lust, every omission of duty, is burdensome to God, though but one is so to him.

  John Owen

  Omission, Lust, Care

  "Temptation and Sin".

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