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• Christ's blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls.

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  Blood, Sick, Soul

  John Owen (2001). “Temptation and Sin”, p.79, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men.

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  Heart, Men, World

  John Owen (1991). “The Works of John Owen”

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• 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.

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  Christian, Men, Desire

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• See in the meantime that your faith brings forth obedience, and God in due time will cause it to bring forth peace.

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  Causes, Obedience, Dues

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• The gospel shall be victorious. This is the third thing that greatly comforts and refreshes me, — that if God should give me the honour, the strength, and grace to die in this cause, my cause shall be victorious, as sure as if I had the crown in my hand.

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  Comfort

  "The Works of John Owen".

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• Christ so loves his people that he sings with joy over them.

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  People, Joy, Christ

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• Let no man pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation also! These two are too closely united to be separated. He does not truly hate the fruit who delights in the root.

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  Hate, Men, Two

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• Unless men see a beauty and delight in the worship of God, they will not do it willingly.

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  Men, Delight, Worship

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• Before the work of grace the heart is ‘stony.’ It can do no more than a stone can do to please God.

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  Heart, Grace, Stones

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• As a tender and loving friend is grieved at the unkindness of his friend... so is it with this tender and loving Spirit, who hath chosen our hearts for a habitation to dwell in.

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  Heart, Loving Friends, Spirit

  John Owen, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “Overcoming Temptation and Sin”, Lulu.com

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• 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.

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  Prayer, Secret, Mouths

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• 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.

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  Mean, Doors, Soul

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• Consider who and what you are; who the Spirit is that is grieved, what he has done for you, what he comes to your soul about, what he has already done in you; and be ashamed. Among those who walk with God, there is no greater motive and incentive unto universal holiness, and the preserving of their hearts and spirits in all purity and cleanness than this: That the blessed Spirit, who has undertaken to dwell in them, is continually considering what they give entertainment in their hearts unto, and rejoices when his temple is kept undefiled.

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  Blessed, Heart, Giving

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• 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!

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  Eye, Grace And Mercy, Soul

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• On Christ’s glory I would fix all my thoughts and desires, and the more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes and I will be more and more crucified to this world. It will become to me like something dead and putrid, impossible for me to enjoy.

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  Eye, Desire, World

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• 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

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  Cutting, Exercise, Men

  John Owen, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “Overcoming Temptation and Sin”, Lulu.com

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• Great winds and storms help fruit-bearing trees. So also do corruptions and temptations help the fruitfulness of grace and holiness. The storm loosens the earth round its roots so the tree is able to get its roots deeper into the earth, where it receives fresh supplies of nourishment. But only much later will it be seen to bring forth better fruit. So corruptions and temptations develop the roots of humility, self-abasement and mourning in a deeper search for that grace by which holiness grows strong. But only later will there be visible fruits of increased holiness.

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  Strong, Humility, Self

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• Pardon comes not to the soul alone; or rather, Christ comes not to the soul with pardon only! It is that which He opens the door and enters by, but He comes with a Spirit of life and power.

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  Doors, Soul, Spirit

  John Owen (1841). “A treatise on the Holy Spirit and his operations: An exposition of the 130th Psalm”, p.464

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• The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh...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...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.

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  Spiritual, Deeds, Flesh

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• To say that we are able by our own efforts to think good thoughts or give God spiritual obedience before we are spiritually regenerate is to overthrow the gospel and the faith of the universal church in all ages.

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  Spiritual, Thinking, Giving

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• Sin will be always acting, if we be not always mortifying, we are lost creatures.

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  Acting, Sin, Lost

  John Owen, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “Mortification of Sin”, Lulu.com

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• The root of an unmortified course is the digestion of sin without bitterness in the heart.

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  Heart, Roots, Digestion

  John Owen (2001). “Temptation and Sin”, p.15, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly.

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  God Is Love, Teach, Folly

  John Owen (2001). “Communion with God”, p.82, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• God never intended for us to be left to pray on our own. God never changes His purpose, but He often does purpose a change.

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  Doe, Purpose, Praying

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• 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.

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  Sin, Killing, Mortification

  John Owen (1842). “The Mortification of Sin in Believers: Containing the Necessity, Nature and Means of It; with a Resolution of Sundry Cases of Conscience Thereto Belonging”, p.9

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