We arrive at last to the final chapter of Owen's treatise on mortifying sin. Here Owen explains that while the previous nine directions have largely focused upon preparing ourselves to mortify sin, he now speaks to "the work itself" (145). In our present edition of study, only one direction is distinguished here; Richard Rushing in …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0BqATq67yXCDZJAQS1H43B?si=42-AYdyvT_ml_XBrWcudZA With Owen’s first two directions for mortifying sin covered by the previous two chapters, our present chapter continues with not one but five more directions to follow (3-7). Direction 3, as alluded to last week, is to “load thy conscience with the guilt of it. Not only consider that it hath a guilt, but …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1cXwD6J5Nj7T0RclQnKJWR?si=0W08Es0tRbG_s2VYi0bKPg Having established the first direction for mortifying sin in the previous chapter, Owen now moves on to discuss the second direction: “Get a clear and abiding sense upon thy mind and conscience, first, of the guilt, secondly, of the danger, thirdly, of the evil, of that sin wherewith thou art perplexed” (99). The chapter …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RCJStiGHUoOCQZ1df7FAL?si=VEMEfu67T4GAbuPPgtDHkQ In this chapter, Owen discusses the second general rule for mortifying sin: “Without sincerity and diligence in the universality of obedience, there is no mortification of any one perplexing lust to be obtained” (81). In other words, if we are not striving to obey Christ with every aspect of our lives, we will never …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ip7eJAcgqR4wc9Amq9Pqe?si=-qOYm1wrQGiCF6F-q6mKcA As we noted last week, chapters 5 and 6 are tied together as in them Owen is defining for us what exactly mortification means. In the previous chapter he dismantled a few of the false notions and imitations of mortification, here he moves onto what it is positively. He lays the answer out into …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gsFsWDzxQbAWRTO8YuisI?si=zqnp5V2nQ5WfYRVSbX3IzA Having addresses three big principles (that all Christians must mortify sin, that mortification is only accomplished by the Spirit, and of mortification’s usefulness), Owen now moves into his “principal intention,” which is to show how Christians should mortify our sin (53). In order to show this, he explains that the remainder of the book …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fHzCL7pe1Z8L0NYyaBTFd?si=LyInRj9QRyaVSLCE9gNGrw In this chapter, Owen discusses the third and final basic principle for mortifying sin, which “is that the life, vigour and comfort of our spiritual life depend much on our mortification of sin” (47). Or as the summary at the top of the chapter calls it: “of the usefulness of mortification” (47). Of all …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck4rseIbWNU&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=3 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; …
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Put false ways far from meand graciously teach me your law! Psalm 119:29 ESV As we now move into the second half of stanza daleth, the fourth eight-verse section of Psalm 119, the psalmist moves away from his cause of lament and toward resolutions of faithfulness. This verse is a twofold petition to God for …
The wicked flee when no one pursues,but the righteous are bold as a lion. Proverbs 28:1 Why do the wicked flee when no one pursues them? Their guilt keeps them from all peace. They are constantly on the run because they know that others have reason to pursue them. Or at least their own conscience …
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