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Bearing False Witness Against Ourselves

Church Blog, Puritans / September 21, 2010 / emotions, Richard Sibbes, Satan

“…the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them night and day before our God” (Rev.12:10). “We can’t judge ourselves according to our feelings, for when we are tempted we’ll only see the smoke of distrustful thoughts…By false conclusions we may come to sin by bearing false witness against ourselves…In doing this, some Christians act as if they had been hired by Satan, the ‘accuser of the brethren,’ to plead for him in accusing themselves.”

Richard Sibbes

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The Remainders of Sin

Church Blog, Puritans / September 19, 2010 / John Owen, sin

“I find it a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand” (Rom.7:21). “Believers carry a remainder of indwelling sin. It is powerful, effective, and continually working towards evil. Though its rule is broken, its strength weakened and impaired, it is still a law of great force.”

John Owen

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Don’t Desire The World

Church Blog, Front Page Gallery, Puritans / September 18, 2010 / desire, Jeremiah Burroughs, worldliness

“God did not cast us out of paradise to seek another paradise in the world. This world is troublesome, and yet it is loved; what would it be to you if it were free of trouble? You embrace the world, though it is filthy; what would you do if it were beautiful? Only heaven is above the winds, storms, tempests.” “Do not love the world or the things in the world” (1Jn.2:15).

Jeremiah Burroughs

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God Preserves His Children from Evil

Church Blog, Puritans / September 17, 2010 / John Flavel, providence

“There are two prominent ways that God breaks the power of sin in believers. One is by the operation of internal grace. ‘For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do’ (Gal.5:17). In other words, sanctification gives sin a miscarrying womb (cf. Jms.1:15) after it has conceived in the soul.

The other way that God breaks the power of sin is the external work of providence. ‘And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose’ (Rom.8:28). The Providence of God is the great barrier and hindrance to a world of sin, which otherwise would break forth like an overflowing flood from our corrupt natures.”
John Flavel

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