E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten
E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-4335-1962-8
Verlag: Crossway
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John Owen (1616-1683) was vice-chancellor of Oxford University and served as adviser and chaplain to Oliver Cromwell. Among the most learned and active of the Puritans in seventeenth-century England, he was accomplished both in doctrine and practical theology.
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OUTLINE Part 1: Of Communion with the Father (Chapter 1) I. The saints have communion with God (90) II. Communion in general (92) III. Communion with God defined (94) (Chapter 2) I. The manner of communion with God (95) A. Distinct communion with each person of the Trinity (95) 1. Communion with the Father (98) 2. Communion with the Son (99) 3. Communion with the Holy Spirit (101) B. Distinct communication from each person of the Trinity (101) 1. Where we see the distinctions (102) a. When the same thing is, at the same time, ascribed jointly and yet distinctly to all the persons in the Deity, and respectively to each of them (102) b. When the same thing is attributed severally and singly unto each person (102) 2. Unique communications within the Trinity (102) a. Unique communications of the Father (102) b. Unique communications of the Son (103) c. Unique communications of the Spirit (103) 3. Where the distinctions lie (104) a. The Father communicates grace by original authority (104) b. The Son communicates grace by a purchased treasury (104) c. The Spirit communicates grace by immediate efficacy (104) (Chapter 3) C. Clarifying observations (105) 1. Assigning particular things to a person does not exclude the other persons from the same thing (105) 2. There is a concurrence of the whole Deity in the distinct actions of each person (106) 3. This assigning of particular things to particular persons is not intended to exclude other mediums of communion (106) 4. This distinct communion is not intended to encompass all there is to say about communion with God or to downplay communion with the whole Deity (106) II. The matter of communion with God (107) A. Communion with the Father consists in love (107) 1. God is love (107) 2. Love is particularly assigned to the Father (108) 3. Jesus prays to the Father for us, for the Father loves us (108) 4. The Holy Spirit sheds abroad in our hearts the love of God (109) 5. Twofold divine love of the Father (110) a. John 3:16 (110) b. John 14:23 (110) 6. The love of the Father is the fountain of all gracious dispensations (110) B. The requirements of believers to complete communion with the Father in love (111) 1. Believers must receive the love of the Father (111) 2. Believers must return love to God (113) a. Wherein God’s love unto us and our love to him agree (114) 1) They are each a love of rest and complacency (114) a) The love of God (114) b) The return of love to God (116) 2) The way of communicating the issues and fruits of these loves is only in Christ (117) a) The Father loves us, chose us, and blesses us in Christ (117) b) Our returns are all in and by Christ (117) b. Wherein God’s love unto us and our love to him differ (118) 1) His love is a love of bounty; ours is a love of duty (118) a) The love of the Father is a love of bounty (118) b) Our love unto God is a love of duty, comprised of the following (119) [1] Rest (119) [2] Delight (119) [3] Reverence (119) [4] Obedience (119) 2) The Father’s love is an antecedent love; our love of God is a consequent love (119) a) His love is antecedent in two respects (119) [1] In respect of our love (119) [2] In respect of all other causes of love whatever (119) b) Our love is consequential in two respects (120) [1] In respect of the love of God (120) [2] In respect of sufficient causes of love (120) 3) The Father’s love is like himself; our love is like ourselves (120) a) The love of the Father is equal (120) [1] It may admit of change in respect of its fruits (120) [2] It may admit of change in respect of its discoveries and manifestations (121) c. Objection and answer (121) 1) Our love is ebbing, flowing, and inconstant (122) (Chapter 4) C. Exhortations unto communion with the Father (123) 1. It is a duty for Christians to hold immediate communion with the Father in love (123) a. Eye the Father as love (124) 1) Whose love it is (124) 2) What kind of love it is (124) a) Eternal (124) b) Free (125) c) Unchangeable (125) d) Distinguishing (125) b. Eye the Father’s love so as to receive it (126) c. Let the Father’s love have its proper fruit and efficacy upon your heart (126) 2. Considerations to further us in this duty and the daily practice of it (126) a. It is exceeding acceptable unto the Father that we should thus hold communion with him in his love (126) b. This will be exceeding effectual to endear your soul unto God, to cause you to delight in him, and to make your abode with him (128) D. Objections and Answers (128) 1. Objection and answer 1 (128) 2. Objection and answer 2 (129) 3. Objection and answer 3 (129) Part 2: Of Communion with the Son Jesus Christ (Chapter 1) I. We have fellowship with the Son of God A. Sweetness (139) B. Delight (140) C. Safety (141) D. Supportment and consolation (141) (Chapter 2) II. Wherein our fellowship with the Son consists (143) A. The personal grace of Christ (144) 1. The nature of personal grace (145) a. Not the glorious excellencies of his Deity considered in itself (145) b. Nor the outward appearance of his human nature (145) 1) Christ is white in the glory of his Deity, and ruddy in the preciousness of his humanity (146) 2) Christ is white in the beauty of his innocency and holiness, and ruddy in the blood of his oblation (147) 3) Christ’s endearing excellency in the administration of his kingdom (148) a) Christ’s fitness to save (148) [1] The subsistence of the human nature in his person (148) [2] Communication of attributes in his person (148) [3] The execution of his office of mediation in his single person (149) b) Christ’s fullness to save (149) c) Christ’s excellency to endear all our wants (149) c. Uses (151) 1) What are all your beloveds to this Beloved? (151) 2) Has Christ his due place in your hearts? (151) (Chapter 3) 2. The way we have communion with Christ in relation to personal grace (153) a. A mutual resignation of themselves one to the other (155) 1) Christ gives himself to the soul to be its Savior, head, and husband (156) 2) The saints freely, willingly consent to receive, embrace, and submit unto Jesus as their husband, Lord, and Savior (157) a) The liking of Christ for his excellency, grace, and suitableness, far above all other beloveds whatever (157) b) The accepting of Christ by the will, as its only husband, Lord, and Savior (158) (Digression 1) I. The excellency of Christ’s deity (159) A. Christ’s love is eternal (163) B. Christ’s love is unchangeable (163) C. Christ’s love is fruitful (163) II. The excellency of Christ’s humanity (164) A. Christ was free from sin (164) 1. Objection: How can Christ take our nature but not be guilty of it? (165) 2. Answer: There are two things in original sin (165) a. Guilt of the first sin, which is imputed to us (165) b. Derivation of a polluted, corrupted nature from Adam (165) 1) Christ was never federally in Adam, and so not liable to the imputation of his sin on that account (166) 2) The pollution of our nature was prevented in him from the instant of conception (166) B. Christ was full of grace (167) III. Christ is all this in one person (168) A. Christ was fit to suffer and to bear our punishment (169) B. Christ became a fountain of grace to all who believe (170) C. Christ was a fit mediator (171) D. Christ was exalted and invested with all authority (172) 1. “His head is as the most fine gold” (174) a. It is a glorious kingdom (175) b. It is durable and eternal (175) 2. The ornaments of his head (175) (Digression 2) I. Wisdom and knowledge in Christ (183) A. True wisdom and knowledge consist in knowing God (185) 1. The attributes of God (185) a. God’s love and pardoning mercy (186) 1) Love unto sinners (186) 2) Pardoning mercy or grace (187) b. God’s properties clearly, eminently, and savingly revealed in Jesus Christ (188) 1) God’s vindictive justice (188) a) In Christ God has manifested the naturalness of this righteousness unto him (189) b) In the penalty inflicted on Christ for sin, this justice is far more gloriously manifested than otherwise (190) 2) God’s patience, forbearance, and longsuffering toward sinners (190) a) The manner of its discovery (190) b) In the nature of it (192) c) They differ in their ends and aims (192) 3) God’s wisdom (194) 4) God’s all-sufficiency (196) 2. Saving knowledge of and comfort from God’s attributes are found only in Christ (196) a. God has actually manifested the glory of all his attributes in a way of doing us good (197) b. God will yet exercise and lay out those properties of his to the utmost in our behalf (199) c. These attributes of God are powerful and able to bring us to the...
