Owen: faith's nature

Thursday, September 6, 2018
    Commemoration of Allen Gardiner, founder of the South American Missionary Society, 1851
    Commemoration of Albert Schweitzer, Teacher, Physician, Missionary, 1965
Meditation:
    If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
    —John 15:10 (NIV)
Quotation:
    We allow no faith to be justifying, ... which is not itself, and in its own nature, a spiritually vital principle of obedience and good works.
    ... John Owen (1616-1683), The Doctrine of Justification by Faith, in Works of John Owen, v. V, London: Johnson & Hunter, 1851, p. 73 (see the book)
    See also John 15:10; 14:15,21; 15:9-12; Phil. 1:9-11; 2 Tim. 3:16
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, help me root out ineffective faith and seek only the faith that is united with obedience. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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