A quote worth thinking about

The ever excellent Mr. Standfast today posted some great quotes from John Owen, the 17th century Puritan divine. Nestled in this pile of treasures was this jewel:

I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have judged formerly to have had spiritual life, though I see him at present in a swoon as to all evidences of the spiritual life. And the reason why I will not judge him so is this — because if you judge a person dead, you neglect him, you leave him; but if you judge him in a swoon, though never so dangerous, you use all means for the retrieving of his life.

Yes.

One thought on “A quote worth thinking about

  1. That’s a thought-provoking quote indeed. Makes me think of a friend whose in persistent sin but still halfway clinging to the Lord.

    Thanks, Bill.

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