What then is holiness? Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out of the gospel in our souls (Eph 4:24). — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Not to be daily employing the Spirit and new nature for the mortifying of sin is to neglect that excellent succor which… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Christians can be confident about their growth in sanctification and eternal security because they are confident in the God who promises it.” — John Owen Copy Share Image
The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when… — John Owen Copy Share Image
It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The gospel shall be victorious. This is the third thing that greatly comforts and refreshes me, — that if God should give… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Whoever, therefore, hath this ability to know the mysteries of the gospel, he hath it by free gift or donation from God.… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out the gospel in our souls” — John Owen Copy Share Image
Christ did not die for any upon condition, if they do believe; but He died for all God's elect, that they should… — John Owen Copy Share Image
the whole Pelagian poison of free-will ... a clear exaltation of the old idol free-will into the throne of God ... That… — John Owen Copy Share Image
To say that we are able by our own efforts to think good thoughts or give God spiritual obedience before we are… — John Owen Copy Share Image
There neither is, nor ever was, in the world, nor ever shall be, the least dram of holiness, but what, flowing from… — John Owen Copy Share Image
We are taught in an especial manner to pray that God would give his Holy Spirit unto us, that through his aid… — John Owen Copy Share Image
As among all the doctrines of the gospel, there is none opposed with more violence and subtlety than that concerning our regeneration… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Whatever vices and corruptions men see in the lives of their ministers will not be attributed to the depravity of their old… — John Owen Copy Share Image
He that loves works out good to those that he loves, as he is able. God's power and will are equal; what… — John Owen Copy Share Image
God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority.… — John Owen Copy Share Image
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever. — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Our belief of the Scriptures to be the word of God, or a divine revelation, and our understanding of the mind and will of… — John Owen Copy Share Image
How can we possibly believe the promises concerning Heaven, immortality, and glory, when we do not believe the promises concerning our present life? And… — John Owen Copy Share Image
It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of… — John Owen Copy Share Image
I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have judged formerly to have had spiritual life, though I see him… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“And those who pretend to be teachers of others, and yet despise his teaching assistance, will one day find that they undertook a work… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Spiritual wisdom consists in finding out the subtleties, policies, and depths of any indwelling sin... to trace this serpent in all its turnings and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in… — John Owen Copy Share Image
A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit. — John Owen Copy Share Image
