Rooted & Unwithered

A discussion of chapter 3 from my 2021 series reading through John Owen's Mortification of Sin together.

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The great sorrow of our sin is not primarily the punishment that it earned but the communion with God that it severed.

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God demands our obedience for His glory ultimately, yet our good follows closely behind. Walking upright, therefore, is not merely a dictatorial edict from God; instead, it is an invitation to walk in His blessing, to cling to the promise of Psalm 84:11: “No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.”

A discussion of chapter 2 from my 2021 series reading through John Owen's Mortification of Sin together.

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God’s anger, even wrath, against our sin is righteous. It is right that He is angry, and it would be wrong if He were not. Our sin is an injustice against God our King and Creator, and God’s burning wrath against our sin is good.

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The psalmist, therefore, turns to having my eyes fixed on all your commandments. Should his eyes focus upon his own sin and shame, a kind of negative feedback loop will form, creating more sin and shame. Our only hope of breaking this cycle is to lift our eyes upon God’s Word, which reveals to us God Himself. 

A discussion of chapter 1 from my 2021 series reading through John Owen's Mortification of Sin together.

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The refusal to love God entirely is not a small sin to be overlooked. This is the great sin, the sin from which all others flow. Idolatry is the giving of our love to lesser things in place of the one true and living God. It rejects the loving relationship with our Creator in favor of slavery to our own passions and desires.

The introduction to my 2021 series reading through John Owen's Mortification of Sin together.

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Whenever we reject or simply ignore God and His established order of creation, we are like a coffee mug that rebels against the potter by trying to be a frying pan. The whole situation would be laughable if the consequences were not so dire.

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