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book. Highly recommended. By being rooted and outlined by theCor:benediction, this book centers on the Love of the Father, Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and Comfort of the Holy Spirit.
I didn't expect a fantastic theologian to be so devotional, but then I realized that Owen is devotional because of the very fact that he is a superb theologian.
This book is enriched in theological truths that go through the mind and pierce the heart to produce a greater understanding and worship of the Triune God.
Now I know why Owen is so renowned! It was doctrinally rich and insightful,

Poignant Quotes:

"The Father knows that his people can bring no greater hurt to his loving heart than to have such hard thoughts of him.
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"Sin brought infinite punishment because it was committed against an infinite God, Christ, being the infinite God in human nature, could suffer the infinite punishment that the sinner deserved, An so, by this personal union in Christ we are saved, "

"To encourage our hearts to give themselves up more fully to the Lord Jesus Christ, consider his glories and excellences.
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"We are too needy to be satisfied by a mere creature, "

"From his allsufficiency, God has power to impart and communicate his goodness and himself so as to satisfy and fill his creatures to their utmost capacity with whatever is good for them and with whatever they desire.
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"Sin was allowed entry into the world in order that God's glorious grace may be praised in the pardoning and forgiveness of sin.
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"When faith rests in God and in Christ with delight, desire and satisfaction, it is called love.
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"Now this freedom of our Father's family which we have as sons and children, being adopted by Christ through the Spirit, is a spiritual largeness of heart by which the children of God freely, willingly, genuinely without fear, terror, bondage or constraint, set out in Christ to live a life of holy obedience.
This is our liberty in our Father's family, "

"The liberty of sons is in the inward spiritual freedom of their hearts gladly and willingly obeying God in everything.
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"No sooner does the soul begin to feel the life of a promise warming his heart, freeing him from fear, worries and troubles, than it may know, and it ought to know, that the Holy Spirit is doing his work.
This will add to the believer's joy and lead him into deeper fellowship with the Holy Spirit, "

"To persuade a poor, sinful soul that God in Jesus Christ loves him, delights in him, is well pleased with him and only has thoughts of kindness towards him is an inexpressible mercy.
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"Without the comfort and strength of the Holy Spirit, we will either despise afflictions or collapse under them and God's purpose in sending them to us will be defeated.
" As one of my seminary professors said, decades ago, "John Owen never met a word he didn't like.
" You get a good dose of this when you dive into "Communion with the Triune God" edited by Kelly M.
Kapic, professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain Georgia, and Justin Taylor, executive vice president of book publishing at Crossway.
Thispage paperback was initially penned by John Owen in, Kapic and Taylor have done a wonderful service byupdating the language to modern English,smoothing out some of the texture that would seem glitchy to modernday readers,adding footnotes that define Owen's difficult words and translating his quotations that were in Latin and Greek,a snazzy, helpful introduction that explains what Owen was up to, his key thoughts, and the way he was working out his thinking, anda useful set of notes on how they edited

the volume that concludes with a detailed outline of the book.
Of all of Owen's works, this edition is likely one of the most readable,



Kapic summarizes the major theme of the book by pointing out that "union is a unilateral action of God, Communion with God, however, is distinct from union.
Those who are united to Christ are called to respond to God's loving embrace, While union with Christ is something that does not ebb and flow, one's experience of communion with Christ can fluctuate".
A second theme that courses through the book is that communion and worship is trinitarian, Kapic does a solid job explaining how Owen works this out, making distinctions between the persons of the Trinity without devaluing any of them.




The book, written in a time without internet distractions, orhour cable news diversions, is meticulous in it's developments and details.
Owen, as he is known to do, trails off into subpoints, subsubpoints, and digressions, But the work Kapic and Taylor have done helps keep the reader on track, For those of us who are slow readers, I took the book one chapter at a sitting, I was able to make my way through in less than a month,



One of my favorite lines in "Communion with the Triune God" is when Owen observes that God "loves life, grace and holiness into us he loves us also into covenant loves us into heaven".
That sets down the foundation of much that is in the work, I'm glad I read through it, and am deeply grateful for the help Kapic and Taylor gave, I recommend the book. The first two sections on communion with the father and son were probably groundbreaking at some point but are now familiar concepts that have become the foundations of reformed theology and hundreds of books about God and Christ.
Im glad Ortland has revived Owens interpretation of communion with Christ since theological study has tended to emphasis his atonement over his intercession.
I enjoyed the last section on the Holy Spirit and am disappointed the reformed tradition has failed to preserve theology that is rich in its understanding of providence and justification while also recognizing the working of the Spirit in our lives.
Im looking forward to reading more about how our perception of the trinity affects our perception of human relationships and power dynamics Simply Trinity by Matthew Barrett.
In some spaces, there can tend to be a neglect for the workings of the Spirit in favor of the grandiosity of a transcendent God and conquering savior, leading us to value propositional enlightenment and theological rightness above all else.
I think theres something to be said for those who think this imbalance could be leading to neglecting efforts to pursue God through following the Spirits work in peacemaking, reconciliation, consoling the vulnerable/sufferers/doubters, and cultivating spaces where members of the body can steward their gifts without hinderance.
Excellent. This book will inform your mind and warm your heart with the knowledge of our Triune God, Maybe the very best book I've read so far, If you're reading this, you should probably go buy a copy right now, For those who wish to stand on the shoulders of giants, John Owen is a good place to start.
JI Packers best dead friend is thoroughly Biblical and carries forward the great Trinitarian orthodoxy of the early church and the doctrines of sin, grace, sovereignty, and more rediscovered under the ruble of Roman papery during the Reformation.


The book is both Trinitarian and Christcentric in nature, The Puritan takes up the work of proclaiming each person of the Godheads work in redemption and in fellowship with those that the Son has purchased.
While Owens writing style is not always the clear, his content and clarity are profoundly molded by scripture and pristine in nature.
For those who seek to better know God, this is an edifying and instructive work, .