--- title: "9 Crosses Quotes By John Owen" description: "9 Crosses quotes by John Owen. Plus more from John Owen and more Crosses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/john-owen-1415_bottom_hatred-of-sin-as-sin-not-only-as-galling_2769803.png" --- > [Hatred of sin as sin, not only as galling or disquieting, a sense of the love of Christ in the cross, lie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/hatred-of-sin-as-sin-not-only-as-galling-or-disquieting-a-sense-of/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/john-owen-1415_bottom_hatred-of-sin-as-sin-not-only-as-galling_2769803.png) > [To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/to-suppose-that-whatever-god-requireth-of-us-that-we-have-power-of/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/john-owen-1415_christ_to-suppose-that-whatever-god-requireth-o_2705472.png) > [Fill your affections with the cross of Christ that there may be no room for sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-christ-that-there-may-be-no/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/john-owen-1415_affection_fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-c_2515654.png) > [When someone sets his affections upon the cross and the love of Christ, he crucifies the world as a dead and undesirable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/when-someone-sets-his-affections-upon-the-cross-and-the-love-of/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/john-owen-1415_affection_when-someone-sets-his-affections-upon-th_2768877.png) > [Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/never-was-sin-seen-to-be-more-abominably-sinful-and-full-of/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/john-owen-1415_burden_never-was-sin-seen-to-be-more-abominably_156526.png) > [Faith is the leading grace in all our spiritual warfare and conflict; but all along while we live, it hath faithful company…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/faith-is-the-leading-grace-in-all-our-spiritual-warfare-and-conflict/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/john-owen-1415_business_faith-is-the-leading-grace-in-all-our-sp_436467.png) > [Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil showed Him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/our-great-pattern-hath-showed-us-what-our-deportment-ought-to-be-in/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/john-owen-1415_christ_our-great-pattern-hath-showed-us-what-ou_3056396.jpg) > [Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/though-we-are-commanded-to-wash-ourselves-to-cleanse-ourselves-from/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/john-owen-1415_can-do_though-we-are-commanded-to-wash-ourselve_2886308.png) > [Faith is the leading grace in all our spiritual warfare and conflict; but all along, while we live, it hath faithful company…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/faith-is-the-leading-grace-in-all-our-spiritual-warfare-and-conflict-2/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/john-owen-1415_business_faith-is-the-leading-grace-in-all-our-sp_2906033.jpg) ## Other authors on Crosses ## More by John Owen > [God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/god-hath-work-to-do-in-this-world-and-to-desert-it-because-of-its/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-we-do-not-abide-in-prayer-we-will-abide-in-temptation-let-this-be/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/the-least-grace-is-a-better-security-for-heaven-than-the-greatest/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [“Our belief of the Scriptures to be the word of God, or a divine revelation, and our understanding of the mind and will of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/our-belief-of-the-scriptures-to-be-the-word-of-god-or-a-divine/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [How can we possibly believe the promises concerning Heaven, immortality, and glory, when we do not believe the promises concerning our present life? And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/how-can-we-possibly-believe-the-promises-concerning-heaven/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/it-must-be-observed-that-the-best-of-men-the-most-holy-and/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have judged formerly to have had spiritual life, though I see him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/i-will-not-judge-a-person-to-be-spiritually-dead-whom-i-have-judged/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [“And those who pretend to be teachers of others, and yet despise his teaching assistance, will one day find that they undertook a work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/and-those-who-pretend-to-be-teachers-of-others-and-yet-despise-his/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Spiritual wisdom consists in finding out the subtleties, policies, and depths of any indwelling sin... to trace this serpent in all its turnings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/spiritual-wisdom-consists-in-finding-out-the-subtleties-policies-and/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/christ-by-his-death-destroying-the-works-of-the-devil-procuring-the/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-man-may-easier-see-without-eyes-speak-without-a-tongue-than-truly/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Christ's blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/christ-s-blood-is-the-great-sovereign-remedy-for-sin-sick-souls/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, if it has its own way it will go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/sin-aims-always-at-the-utmost-every-time-it-rises-up-to-tempt-or/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the shoulders of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/never-was-sin-seen-to-be-more-abominably-sinful-and-full-of/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [He, then, that would really, thoroughly, and acceptably mortify any disquieting lust, let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/he-then-that-would-really-thoroughly-and-acceptably-mortify-any/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crosses/john-owen/#itemlist", "name": "9 Crosses Quotes By John Owen", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hatred of sin as sin, not only as galling or disquieting, a sense of the love of Christ in the cross, lie at the bottom of all true spiritual mortification.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Owen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/hatred-of-sin-as-sin-not-only-as-galling-or-disquieting-a-sense-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/john-owen-1415_bottom_hatred-of-sin-as-sin-not-only-as-galling_2769803.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/john-owen-1415_bottom_hatred-of-sin-as-sin-not-only-as-galling_2769803.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/john-owen-1415_bottom_hatred-of-sin-as-sin-not-only-as-galling_2769803.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hatred of sin as sin, not only as galling or disquieting, a sense of the love of Christ in the cross, lie at…” — John Owen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Owen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/to-suppose-that-whatever-god-requireth-of-us-that-we-have-power-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/john-owen-1415_christ_to-suppose-that-whatever-god-requireth-o_2705472.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/john-owen-1415_christ_to-suppose-that-whatever-god-requireth-o_2705472.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/john-owen-1415_christ_to-suppose-that-whatever-god-requireth-o_2705472.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and…” — John Owen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fill your affections with the cross of Christ that there may be no room for sin.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Owen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-christ-that-there-may-be-no/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/john-owen-1415_affection_fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-c_2515654.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/john-owen-1415_affection_fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-c_2515654.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/john-owen-1415_affection_fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-c_2515654.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fill your affections with the cross of Christ that there may be no room for sin.” — John Owen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When someone sets his affections upon the cross and the love of Christ, he crucifies the world as a dead and undesirable thing. 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