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Saturday, June 25, 2011

John Owen and The Mortification of Sin

What if a Christian finds his indwelling sin weakening his communion with God, destroying his peace and assurance, giving him a wounded conscience, and hardening his heart? 
 
John Owen’s answer is two-fold: he must be counseled to do “mortification” and to “set his mind on things above.” On the basis of (“if by the spirit you put to death [mortify] the deeds of the body, you will live”) and (“those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires,”) Owen wrote his treatises on mortification and on “The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded.” Keep Reading...

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