John Owen

There is no broader way to apostasy than to reject God’s sovereignty in all things concerning the revelation of himself and our obedience... ↗

— John Owen

#gods-sovereignty #obedience

In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim. ↗

— John Owen

#elephant #lamb #may #scriptures #shallows

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. ↗

— John Owen

#destruction #either #exercise #food #his

After hearing the evidence, I will record a verdict of natural causes. ↗

— John Owen

#causes #evidence #hearing #i #natural

All thing I thought I knew; but now confess, the more I know I know, I know the less. ↗

— John Owen

#i #knew #know #less #more

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. ↗

— John Owen

#cease #daily #daily work #day #killing

All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless, it must be done by the Spirit. ↗

— John Owen

#helpless #helps #leave #mortification #must

Leanness of body and soul may go together. ↗

— John Owen

#go #may #soul #together

The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it. ↗

— John Owen

#course #custom #sense #shame #sinning

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

— John Owen

#hardening #hearts #judgment #men #most