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1) Paperback Book Overcoming Sin and Temptation by Crossway Books. this book is a must have, simply put. Somewhat difficult to read for me at first but once you get John Owen´s flow down it is an amazing book. Great description of sin.
¤ 2) Paperback Book Overcoming Sin and Temptation by Crossway Books. TO ALL SAINTS, this book is necessary to own if you are a true believer. Mortifying Sin in our memebers is necessary if we want to endure the temptations in life. Although when I began reading this classic, it started slow for me to understand, but Now, it picked up!
Thank GOD For John Owens
Yours in Christ,
Raymond Shane¤ 3) Paperback Book Overcoming Sin and Temptation by Crossway Books. I just finished this book, and my title says it all...well, almost--
Owen has you nailed. Your Old Man has certain strategies for interfering with your communion with our Holy God. Your Old Man wants to flee from His presence, and he will prompt you to sin, forcing you to grieve the Holy Spirit in order to give himself a breather from your fellowship with the One whose holiness he desires to avoid. Your Old Man is you--- the old law, the old principle within you---with all your imagination and creativity, and pet sins that your new man can´t seem to shake. Owen will teach you how to recognize, track, and thwart your Old Man´s stratagems by prayer and watchfulness.
One noteworthy lesson from Owen will prove familiar to all spiritual warriors, and that is the Old Man´s line, "This far and no farther." Sound familiar? "I´ll just look at this one thing on the web, but go no farther." "I´ll just have dinner with her, no more." May I add here that I´ve noticed how prominent the word "just" is in the Old Man´s lexicon. When you hear it echo in your mind, drop to your knees and start praying, because "it´s on!"
Think of this book as critical intelligence on enemy movements and dispositions stolen from enemy headquarters by a stalwart agent of proven worth. You might win without it, but you´ll suffer a number of defeats along the way that could easily have been avoided. Our final victory is indeed assured, for He Who has begun a good work in us will finish it unto the day of Christ Jesus Our Lord, but whether you start beating the guts our of your Old Man now or only much later depends largely on how well you now "know thy self," for to know thy self is to "know thine enemy." (See Romans 7)
To wage war while despising critical intelligence is the height of folly, for it is to give your enemy victories that might easily have been yours and is to prolong the suffering needlessly. Sure you have an enemy army without your walls, the Evil One and his minions, seeking to sift and devour you, but you have a tireless enemy within as well, who desperately wants to cooperate with him and throw open your gates to let him in. You must identify this spy, track, pursue, seize and bind him in chains and cast him into your deepest dungeon; but keep watch, for he fights furiously to free himself and turn the tables on you. Owen will show you how to put his neck under your boot, and through prayer and watchfulness keep him there, but it is up to you both to read this book and yet also manage to remember its lessons once the fog of battle descends on your mind in the heat of temptation and obscures your love of Christ.
If you read this work prayerfully, perhaps in conjunction with "Precious Remedies Against Satan´s Devices," by Brooks (ISBN: 0851510027), and "The Christian in Complete Armour," by Gurnall (the full 1244-page version, ISBN: 0851511961), you´ll find yourself promoted to officer in His army in no time. Officers enjoy many privileges along with their increased responsibilities, including greater proximity to the Leader and being made privy to more of His counsels.
See J.C. Ryle´s "Holiness," too (ISBN: 0967760356), but this one by Owen is the clear winner for crucifying the flesh with its passions and desires.
If you´re a purist and desire to read only undistilled versions of Owen and others, insisting on the Complete Works of..., or whatever, be at peace and buy this. It´s by no means distilled, and though it is still a little bit of work it is by no means as hard to get through as Death of Death. I too prefer the works in the original, and that is indeed what you´re going to get here, but with footnotes to explain archaisms and a few corrections to Owen´s errant citations, etc. You can tell the editors love Owen in the original, too. I guarantee you won´t regret this purchase.
Stop reading and start buying! For the Christian is from moment to moment, day to day, either advancing or retreating, conquering or being conquered, enslaving his Old Man or being enslaved by him. Put on the whole armor of God, read this intelligence on the ploys of your traitor within, and get on with your conquest!
But be advised, Christian, much is expected from him to whom much has been given. If you study this prayerfully and apply it diligently, by God´s grace you will find yourself granted closer communion with God, but the closer you get to Him the less tolerant He will be of your indwelling sins, for their reek will only be that much stronger in His nostrils the closer you get. An ounce of sanctification calls for two, two for a pound, and on until carelessness or unwatchfulness in your daily temptations will result in grieving the Holy Spirit more quickly and more sharply, and more profound setbacks will accrue than before, since to fall from a height hurts more. Therefore be prayerful, be watchful, be precise, dear Christian, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil its passions and desires, for we are commanded to be holy as He is holy, and we are advised that He will be regarded as holy by all who would draw nigh to Him. Attempt this on your own strength and wits, however, and you will fail. You need to learn how, you need to read Owen´s work. Studying Owen will indeed require dedication and focus, but the labor is not in vain, for,
"In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and earthenware, and some for noble use and some for ignoble. If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble, then he will be a vessel for noble use, consecrated and useful to the master of the house, ready for any good work." 2 Ti. 2:20f.¤ 4) Paperback Book Overcoming Sin and Temptation by Crossway Books. Absolutely at the top of the list, just under The Holy Book of God, you will find this masterpiece. Of all the oceans I have dared to surf, the ocean of Owens´ "Overcoming Sin & Temptation" will quickly grab at your heels and pull you under. However, after returning to the crest of the water, you are ready to dive again. Endless thoughts he ponders on the awfulness and despicableness of sin to which he offers God´s Holy Word as the ONLY balm of healing. Any scholar or student of the Word of God must take on the challenge of digesting even "parts" of this book. I will for the next twenty years be scouring the pages of this volume to understand the depth of the wisdom of John Owen.¤ 5) Paperback Book Overcoming Sin and Temptation by Crossway Books. I´m about a third of the way through having owned it for a little over a month, and the book is phenomenal. This is not light reading though, and one must be in a state of high mental and spiritual aptitude, as well as prepared to reread a sentence or two now and again. Concurrently, I´d say this is a book to spend some time with rather than trying to rush through in a week or two.
They just don´t write ´em like they used to...America we need revival!!!
¤ 6) Paperback Book Overcoming Sin and Temptation by Crossway Books. The writings of John Owen are a challenge to any reader, to say the least. His intricacy and complexity are intimidating and his language is downright befuddling at times. However, the depth of thought and the immense value of Owen´s works cannot be quantified. His three classic works on sin and temptation are profoundly helpful to any believer who seeks to become more like Jesus Christ. In this volume, the editors have made updates to the language, translated the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew and footnoted difficult or unknown phrases, all without sacrificing any of the wonderful content of Owen´s work. It is a uniquely accessible edition of John Owen´s previously daunting work. "The editors of this volume have worked hard to make Owen´s unrivalled insight into the Christian´s inner war with sin accessible to all, and the result is truly a godsend." J. I. Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College "To read Owen is to mine spiritual gold. Unfortunately, as in mining, reading Owen is hard work. Now, Kelly Kapic and Justin Taylor have made Owen´s work accessible to modern readers while still retaining his unique writing style." Jerry Bridges, Navigators Community Ministries Group "With brilliant editorial efforts and insightful introductions by Kapic and Taylor, John Owen´s magnificent treatises on sin and sanctification have been made available for a new generation." David S. Dockery, President, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee "Sin is tenacious, but by God´s grace we can hate it and hunt it. John Owen provides the master guide for the sin-hunter. Kapic and Taylor bring together three of Owen´s classics, clarifying them in simple ways--but all the substance, the careful, hounding arguments are still there." Mark Dever, Senior Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. "John Owen understood how the gospel makes us well. Three cheers for Kapic and Taylor for introducing a new generation to Owen´s peerless works." Sinclair B. Ferguson, Senior Minister, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C. "John Owen is a spiritual surgeon with the rare skill to cut away the cancer of sin and bring gospel healing to the sinner´s soul. Apart from the Bible, I have found his writings to be the best books ever written to help me stop sinning the same old sins." Philip Graham Ryken, Senior Minister, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia "No writer has taught me more about the dynamics of the heart and the deceitfulness of sin than John Owen. Read this book carefully; it will help you understand your heart and experience God´s grace." C. J. Mahaney, Sovereign Grace Ministries, Gaithersburg, Maryland¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 8-Jan-2009, 15813464929781581346497, 940-830-140-720-921-121-001-8 
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