Indwelling Sin in Believers - Puritan Paperbacks (Owen)

Author:

Owen, John

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9781800402218

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Banner of Truth Trust

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Paperback

Pages:

168

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John Owen’s Indwelling Sin in Believers is a guide to knowing our enemy, a field-manual for the lifelong war Christ’s soldiers must wage against the sin that remains in them after conversion. Like an experienced general, Owen sets out the strategy and tactics of indwelling sin with unrivaled insight and clarity.

Based on Romans 7:21, ‘I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil present with me’, Owen’s work shows that sin is a powerful inward law or principle lodged in the heart whose whole nature is enmity against God. This powerful river, flowing from the Fall, can only be brought under control by regenerating grace. However, sin’s enmity remains in believers after conversion, and the long war against it is one in which all Christians must engage.

Though this is a book about sin, it is no less about the all-sufficient grace of Christ. There is much here to strengthen and comfort the believer. Owen never lets us think that we must depend on our own unaided efforts. Nor are we sent to the law for help, since defeating sin is something the law cannot do. Our victory lies in seeing to it that the springs of grace remain open, and that communion with God in Christ remains our joy and delight.

This abridgement seeks to make Owen more accessible to present day readers, but carefully retains the essence of his thought and as many as possible of his own expressions. It is a companion volume to The Mortification of Sin and Temptation Resisted and Repulsed, also published by the Trust in the same series.

Contents

The Enemy Within
The Law of Sin
Sin in the Heart
Enmity against God
Aversion to Everything Good
Lusts at War with God
Captive to an Enraged Foe
The Deceitfulness of Sin
Prayer and Meditation Undermine Sin
The Mind on Guard against Sin
Keeping the Heart
The Yielding of the Will
God’s Bridle on Sin
Sin Breaking Out
Blocking the Springs of Grace
‘That Inbred Traitor, Sin’
What the Law Can and Cannot Do

About the Author

John Owen (1616–1683), amongst the best known of the Puritans, was an English Puritan who served as vice-chancellor of Oxford University and pastor of congregations in Coggeshall and London. His writings continue to be widely read and greatly appreciated to this day.