We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own.
January 30, 2016
John Owen: Of Walking Humbly with God (part 3)
30January
November 29, 2015
Called
29November
A sermon from Hebrews 5:4-6: And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest
November 8, 2015
Obligated
08November
Because of the weakness that a Levetical priest was beset with, namely the weakness that came in as a result of being a sinner, the priest was "obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins."
October 31, 2015
John Owen: Of Walking Humbly with God (part 2)
31October
This, then, I say, is that perfection of obedience which makes it walking with God. Whatever comes short of this,—if the heart be not upright, without guile, free from hypocrisy and self-ends,—if the obedience be not universal, it is not walking with God. -John Owen
October 31, 2015
John Owen: Of Walking Humbly with God
Many there are who have, in notion, received the doctrine of free justification by the blood of Christ, whom, while they are secure in their ways, without trouble or distress, it is impossible to persuade that they do not live and act upon that principle, and walk before God in the strength of it. -John Owen
October 18, 2015
Ignorant and Wayward
18October
A sermon on Hebrews 5:2 . . . Jesus Christ is our great high priest who can deal gently with us, who are the ignorant and wayward, because he is meek, lowly, gentle, merciful, and compassionate.
June 28, 2015
And For Your Children
28June
"I will save your children" -God
June 14, 2015
Consider Jesus as Priest
14June
The application of all that I have said is simply this: worship Jesus and adore him for being your priest.
November 30, 2014
Draw Near
30November
A sermon on Hebrews 4:14–16 . . . The nature of gospel worship consists in this, that it is an entrance with boldness into the presence of God. —Owen
November 9, 2014
Sharper Than Any Two-Edged Sword
09November
A sermon on Hebrews 4:12–13
Excerpt: He “smites the earth with the rod of his mouth, and slays the wicked with the breath of his lip,” Isa. 11:4