I finished Part 1 of John Owen, and am half-way through Part 2. I think that I might leave the rest until a later date.
William, I am perfectly aware the Puritans were fallible, but am not quite sure what Mr. Beeke is saying Mr. Sibbes was saying. I have a bit of a headache at the moment so I’m not quite up to understanding much. (Probably trying to read and comprehend Owen without glasses on. Getting old.)<img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wow1.gif" alt="" />
Anyway, Boston was not talking about assurance. He was talking about legalism, pride and hatred of God and therefore refusing to be saved by him alone.
Recently I have been coming to terms with the Sovereignty of God. It was very hard to do so, and all sorts of blasphemies from Satan were attacking me. It came to a point where I was pushed into a corner to resolve something I thought I had resolved months before, when I had come to terms with the doctrine of election.
1. surrender my pride and be saved
2. not surrender my pride and refuse to glorify God by being saved
With my mind I chose 1, but did I with my heart? After all I had blasphemies running through it....
Then I read Boston.
So I’m basically trying to work out whether I really want what I think I want. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif" alt="" />
That’s just to clarify. I know what I'm supposed to do. I’ve been reading Spurgeon’s sermons recently and he was talking about this sort of thing. He answered along the lines of: “Self-righteous sinner, Jesus can save even you from your self-righeteousness. So trust him to do so.” (paraphrase)
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