To be, to know
Posted By Ray Ortlund On December 12, 2012 @ 12:30 PM In Uncategorized | 3 Comments
[1]
“We have so much of the Pharisee in us by nature, that it is sometimes well that our good is hid from us. . . . It is a good life which is attended with a faith of righteousness and a sense of corruption. While I know Christ’s righteousness, I shall the less care to know my own holiness. To be holy is necessary; to know it, sometimes a temptation.”
John Owen, Works (Edinburgh, 1981), VI:600-601. Italics added.
Article printed from Ray Ortlund: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/rayortlund
URL to article: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/rayortlund/2012/12/12/to-be-to-know/
URLs in this post:
[1] Image: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/rayortlund/files/2008/05/John_Owen_by_John_Greenhill2-242x300.jpg
Click here to print.