Thursday morning, I finished reading “On Mortification” from Owen’s big Temptation and Sin. It is wonderful. This was not the first time I’ve started it, but it was the first time I’ve finished it. There is so much I didn’t get, I’m definitely going to read it again soon. A book like this will take a lifetime to master.

Some choice quotations from the final chapter:

“Mortification of any sin must be by a supply of grace. Of ourselves we cannot do it.” p. 81.

“If Christ be chosen for the foundation of our supply [of help in fighting sin], he will not fail us.” p. 83.

That reminds me of a prayer from The Valley of Vision, called “Meeting God” (page 268-269):

“Urged by my need,
invited by thy promises,
called by thy Spirit,
I enter thy presence,
worshipping thee with godly fear,
awed by thy majesty, greatness, glory,
but encouraged by thy love.
I am all poverty as well as all guilt,
having nothing of my own with which to repay thee,
But I bring Jesus to thee in the arms of faith…
I bless thee that great sin draws out great grace.”

I know that many of you are reading Owen for the Summer Reading Challenge. How is it going? What are you learning? Quotes that have stood out to you?

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