Tag: John Owen
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The Mind and Sin’s Deceitfulness
In ch. 8 of his The Power and Efficacy of Indwelling Sin, John Owen elaborates on Hebrews 3:13 (“Take heed that you be not hardened by the deceitfulness of sin”) and discusses the role of the mind in the deceitfulness of sin: Deceit properly affects the mind; it is the mind that is deceived… But…
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Die Rather than Yield
The great wisdom and security of the soul in dealing with indwelling sin is to put a violent stop unto its beginnings, its first motions and actings. Venture all on the first attempt. Die rather than yield one step unto it. John Owen, Overcoming Sin and Temptation, p. 289
PHILIPPINE THEO LAW GEE 