Assurance -- Overcoming the Difficulty of Knowing Forgiveness (John Owen)

Description

How can i be, that God has forgiven me? In this volume, essentially an exposition of psalm 130, John Owen Pinpoints the Cause Spiritual Distresss, NOT M ERELY with the Clinical Skill of a Spiritual Diagnostician, But Also with the UNDERSTANDINGINGHOF someONE who had profound experience of those 'depths'. And Owen does not stop with diagnosis. He maps out a biblical path of faith and obedience for stressed believers who long to say with full assurance, 'God has forgiven me.'

Table of Contents

This Edition 13

 Introduction 15

 To The Reader 23

 Psalm 130—a Paraphrase and Introduction 27

General Scope of the Whole Psalm 30

1 Out of the Depths 33

Sin Brings Saints into the Depths 36

Experiencing the Depths 37

When Believers Fall into the Depths 43

The Provisions of the Covenant of Grace 43

Why Believers Fall into the Depths 49

The Sins that Cast Believers into the Depths 51

Great Sins Bring Great Distress 51

Aggravating Circumstances 52

Guilt Intensified ed 56

Product Details

Title: Assurance -- Overcoming the Difficulty of Knowing Forgiveness

Author: John Owen

Publisher: Christian Focus Publication

Pages: 464

Binding: Paperback

Size: 21.5 x 13.7 x 2.4 cm