The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh...The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin...Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you.
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- There is a state of perfect peace with God to be attained under imperfect obedience. ✨ The Works of John Owen.
- Now nothing can prevent this but mortification; that withers the root and strikes at the head of sin every hour, so that whatever it aims at it is crossed in. ✨ John Owen (2001). Temptation and Sin, … ▶
- Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts. He who doth not kill sin in this way takes no steps toward his journey's end. ✨ John Owen, Rev Te … ▶
- The good Lord send out a spirit of mortification to cure our distempers, or we are in a sad condition! ✨ John Owen, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor Overcoming Temptation and Sin, Lulu.com
- It is evident that you contend against sin merely because of how it troubles you.
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