Christ greatly delights in His redeemed people, and they greatly delight in Him.
Christ's blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls!
We are never nearer Christ than when we find ourselves lost in a holy amazement at His unspeakable love!
I do not understand how a man can be a true believer in whom sin is not the greatest burden, sorrow and trouble!
We shall not benefit from reading the Old Testament unless we look for and meditate on the glory of Christ in its pages.
Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who does not walk over the bellies of his lusts. He who does not kill sin in this way takes no steps toward his journey's end.
The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin ought to make it their business all their days, to mortify the indwelling power of sin!
The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men.
Let no man pretend to fear sin who does not fear temptation also! These two are too closely united to be separated. He does not truly hate the fruit who delights in the root.
The habit of sinning takes away the sense of it. The course of the world takes away the shame of it.
Believers know that all their duties are weak, imperfect, and unable to abide in God's presence. Therefore, they look to Christ as the one who bears the iniquity of their holy things, adds incense to their prayers, gathers out all the weeds from their duties and makes them acceptable to God.
What do we want? What do our souls desire? Is it not that we might have a more full, clear, stable comprehension of the wisdom, love, grace, goodness, holiness, righteousness, and power of God as declared and exemplified in Christ!
A man may take the measure of his growth or decay in grace according to his thoughts and meditations upon the person of Christ, and the glory of His Kingdom, and of His love.
If our principal treasure is in spiritual and heavenly things, as we profess then our affections, and consequently our desires and thoughts, will be principally fixed on them.
All that may be known of God for our salvation, especially His wisdom, love, goodness, grace and mercy on which the life of our souls depends are represented to us in all their splendor in and through Christ. No wonder then that Christ is glorious in the eyes of believers!
If we would talk less and pray more about them things would be better than they are in the world. At least, we would be better enabled to bear them.
[John Owen]
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