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The word πρόφασις is an λεγόμενον, and is not "cloak or covering," but "palliation or excuse" for manifest sin. So long as men have seen no deeper into the nature of God than they can go with the aid of mere phenomena or ratiocination on the details of creation, their fears and even their hatreds formulated into grim legend ...
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John 15:22-23. If I had not come and spoken unto them — Thus...
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Nov 16, 2015 · How do we kill sin? Here are thirteen tactical steps in the battle: 1. Take heart from the truth that the old sinful you is decisively already dead ( Romans 6:6; Colossians 3:3; Galatians 5:24 ). By faith we are united to Christ so that his death was our death ( Romans 6:5; 2 Corinthians 5:14 ).
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Owen’s little book On the Mortification of Sin grew out of a series of sermons he preached while serving as Dean of Christ Church and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford. His preface mentions that he was also working on his volume Communion with God, but because that was unfinished, he hoped this smaller contribution would satisfy readers in the meantime. I ...
“To mortify” means “to put to death,” which is what we must do with sin. Even here, however, a careful reading of Owen shows that he begins not with a principle of death, but of life — what John Calvin and others called “vivification,” making alive. Although this particular book of Owen’s concentrates on the problem of sin, it constantly presuppose...
How does the Spirit work in us? Positively, he fills our hearts with life, light, and love. Only by God’s power can Christians kill sin and grow in obedience. Without these gifts, our efforts quickly devolve into self-righteousness or legalism or mere failure. Negatively, the Spirit attacks our sin, like a fire that burns the roots of a tree and ki...
Owen’s teaching about the work of the Spirit and of Christ does not undermine our agency, but rather establishes it. In Owen’s words, the Spirit “works in us and with us, not against us or without us” (Works, 6:20; emphasis original). Our actions have consequences, not because they make God love us more or less, but because they either promote or h...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer once made a distinction between the “psychologist” and the “Christian.” While I would never want this quote to be taken as grounds for belittling the field of psychology (we all owe a great debt to scholars in this discipline), Bonhoeffer’s comment illustrates why we need Owen’s book on mortification. He writes, Owen is a traine...
Jan 15, 2020 · On this reading, Mark simply emphasizes the eternal nature of the sin without specifying the reason why. Matthew, on the other hand, provides a ground for why the sin can never be forgiven. Thus, Mark’s version doesn’t require that we reject purgatory based on Matthew 12:32.
Sin includes a failure to do what is right. But sin also offends people; it is violence and lovelessness toward other people, and ultimately, rebellion against God. Further, the Bible teaches that sin involves a condition in which the heart is corrupted and inclined toward evil.
Sin has been defined as “a word, deed, or desire in opposition to the eternal law of God.” Romans 1:18-22 elaborates on the definition of sin as the lawlessness and opposition to everything God is. Sin is what keeps us from a relationship with God (Genesis 3:6-8), and it is the cause of all the evil that is in the world.
Nov 28, 2016 · Sin is anything (in thought, speech, or behavior) which does not honor God or conform with his commands. Sin places your own desires above God’s desires, which leads to failure to obey what God has instructed.
