The Works of John Owen Quotes

“Every time we say we believe in the Holy Spirit, we mean we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it.”

“Therefore, on God alone will I rely for my keeping. I will continually look to Him.”

“Satan’s greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.”

“My own corruption is violent, tumultuous, enticing, and entangling. As it conceives sin, it wars within me and against me.”

“When we recognize it is impossible for us to perform a duty in our own strength, we will discover the secret of its accomplishment.”

“We are never nearer Christ than when we find ourselves lost in a holy amazement at His unspeakable love.”

“Occasions and opportunities for temptation are innumerable. No wonder I do not know how deeply involved I have been with sin.”

“If the Word does not dwell with power in us, it will not pass with power from us.”