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John Owen on SermonAudio
How Spiritual Mindedness Is Life And Peace

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 30:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: How Spiritual Mindedness Is Life And Peace Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Sunday Service Date: 9/16/2025 Bible: Romans 8:6 Length: 30 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Spiritual Worship's Affect on the Spiritual Minded

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 45:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Spiritual Worship's Affect on the Spiritual Minded Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/16/2025 Length: 45 min.

Understand the Bible
Be killing sin, or it will be killing you

Understand the Bible

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 32:27


Join me to read John Owen's classic book "The Mortification of Sin in Believers". This book is one of the best that have ever been written about how to live a holy life. The second chapter covers why mortification is a duty even of the 'best' / most holy believers. In this chapter we look at: * How sin remains in us once we have come to Christ;* Therefore, we always need to be fighting against it to mortify it.* If we do not, sin will continue to grow and grow and lead us to worse temptations.* Being a Christian gives us the moral strength to oppose sin.* If we do not mortify sin, it will rot our souls.You can download a copy of the book (for free) from this website.Note: this week, I recorded the livestream so I could post it here as well as uploading it to the YouTube channel. I'm planning to do this for each subsequent session!Understand the Bible is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Understand the Bible at utbible.substack.com/subscribe

The Magazine Podcast
The Socinian Menace

The Magazine Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 28:22


The system of false teaching known as Socinianism proved a thorn in the side of the Reformed churches for more than two centuries. Even today, the essential tenets of Socinianism are still with us, and aspects of it pop up in the teaching of such movements as Unitarian Universalism, 'Oneness' Pentecostalism, Christadelphianism, and among the Jehovah's Witnesses.  As such, it is well for us to take a closer look at this movement, its key commitments, and how it emerged in the context of Reformation-era Europe.    Banner resources relevant to Socinianism: – The Works of John Owen, Volume 12: The Gospel Defended (Clothbound, 639 pages) – The Works of Andrew Fuller (1 Volume, 1012 pages) – William Cunningham, Historical Theology (Clothbound, 1408 pages)   John Owen's (tragically amusing) presentation of John Biddle's Socinianism, in the form of a satirical catechism, can be found on pages 588 to 590 of The Works of John Owen, vol. 12: The Gospel Defended.  This week's podcast artwork features an image of a plaque in the Sozzini's palace in Siena which depicts Fausto and Lelio Sozzini. The etching on the plaque claims that 'During ages of fierce despotism, with their new doctrines they awoke the free thought'.    Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (print/digital/both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine Leave us your feedback or a testimony: www.speakpipe.com/magazinepodcast

John Owen on SermonAudio
The True Notion of Spiritual Things

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 23:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The True Notion of Spiritual Things Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/10/2025 Length: 23 min.

Covenant Podcast
Nehemiah Coxe's Covenant Theology with Barcellos, Miller, & Orozco

Covenant Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 59:08


Over three centuries after its initial publication, Nehemiah Coxe's seminal work "A Discourse of the Covenants" remains as vital as ever in understanding Baptist Covenant Theology. Paired with John Owen's Exposition of Hebrews 8:6-13, this twentieth anniversary edition of Covenant Theology from Adam to Christ features updated content and indices. In this conversation, Richard Barcellos, Ron Miller & Fransico Orozco discuss the history of this book's initial publication, Coxe's view of the Abrahamic covenant, and more. For more information about CBTS, visit: https://cbtseminary.org

John Owen on SermonAudio
Causes and Occasions of the Decay of Holiness

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 59:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Causes and Occasions of the Decay of Holiness Subtitle: Apostasy From the Gospel Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/9/2025 Length: 59 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Apostasy From Evangelical Worship

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 13:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Apostasy From Evangelical Worship Subtitle: Apostasy From the Gospel Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/9/2025 Length: 13 min.

Covenant Podcast
Nehemiah Coxe's Covenant Theology with Barcellos, Miller, & Orozco

Covenant Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 59:08


Over three centuries after its initial publication, Nehemiah Coxe's seminal work "A Discourse of the Covenants" remains as vital as ever in understanding Baptist Covenant Theology. Paired with John Owen's Exposition of Hebrews 8:6-13, this twentieth anniversary edition of Covenant Theology from Adam to Christ features updated content and indices. In this conversation, Richard Barcellos, Ron Miller & Fransico Orozco discuss the history of this book's initial publication, Coxe's view of the Abrahamic covenant, and more. For more information about CBTS, visit: https://cbtseminary.org

John Owen on SermonAudio
Spiritual Renewal or Mere Conviction?

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 20:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Spiritual Renewal or Mere Conviction? Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Sunday Service Date: 9/8/2025 Length: 20 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
How Do I Keep My Thoughts On Spiritual Things?

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 45:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: How Do I Keep My Thoughts On Spiritual Things? Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/7/2025 Length: 45 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded Chapter 1

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 23:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded Chapter 1 Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/5/2025 Bible: Romans 8:6 Length: 23 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Directions for the exercise of our thoughts on things above.

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 33:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Directions for the exercise of our thoughts on things above. Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/4/2025 Length: 33 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Life and Death, Natural and Spiritual, Compared

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 41:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Life and Death, Natural and Spiritual, Compared Subtitle: The Holy Spirit & Regeneration Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/2/2025 Length: 41 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Are Our Affections In Fact Spiritual?

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 19:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Are Our Affections In Fact Spiritual? Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/1/2025 Length: 19 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
The Holy Spirit's Work in the New Birth, Regeneration

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 62:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Holy Spirit's Work in the New Birth, Regeneration Subtitle: The Holy Spirit & Regeneration Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 9/1/2025 Length: 62 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
The Work of the Spirit Prior to the New Birth

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 43:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Work of the Spirit Prior to the New Birth Subtitle: The Holy Spirit & Regeneration Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/31/2025 Length: 43 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Augustine's Conversion Examined

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 43:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Augustine's Conversion Examined Subtitle: The Holy Spirit & Regeneration Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/31/2025 Length: 43 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
How Do Our Affections Become Spiritual?

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 16:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: How Do Our Affections Become Spiritual? Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/31/2025 Bible: Romans 8:6 Length: 16 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Apostasy From Evangelical Worship

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 13:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Apostasy From Evangelical Worship Subtitle: Apostasy From the Gospel Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/29/2025 Length: 13 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Uncured enmity in the minds of many against spiritual things,

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 64:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Uncured enmity in the minds of many against spiritual things, Subtitle: Apostasy From the Gospel Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/28/2025 Length: 64 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Our Duty If This Nation Fails To Repent

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 54:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Our Duty If This Nation Fails To Repent Subtitle: God's Severity Against Nations Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/27/2025 Length: 54 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
The Causes from Which Reformation May Be Expected

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 5:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Causes from Which Reformation May Be Expected Subtitle: God's Severity Against Nations Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/27/2025 Length: 5 min.

Utah Golf Radio
Ep 1098: McMillan Wins the Battle of the Shanes, Moves on to Quarters

Utah Golf Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 20:39


Former two-time UGA Senior Player of the Year Shane McMillan takes out Shane Flowers in the opening round of match play at the Senior State Am at Bonneville and moves on the the quarter finals. John Owen, Brigham Gibbs and Darrin Overson highlight a busy 32-to-8 day. Number 1 seed Craig Wilson leads the way in the Super Senior division, and the semis are set in the Legends. McMillan joins the pod. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

John Owen on SermonAudio
The Nature Of National Repentance and Reformation

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 13:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Nature Of National Repentance and Reformation Subtitle: God's Severity Against Nations Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/26/2025 Length: 13 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
The Equity of God's Call to Repentance

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 23:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Equity of God's Call to Repentance Subtitle: God's Severity Against Nations Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/25/2025 Length: 23 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
What Evidences Does This Nation Have Of Coming Judgment

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 17:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: What Evidences Does This Nation Have Of Coming Judgment Subtitle: God's Severity Against Nations Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/23/2025 Length: 17 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Evidences That A Nation's Judgments Are Forthcoming

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 18:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Evidences That A Nation's Judgments Are Forthcoming Subtitle: God's Severity Against Nations Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/21/2025 Length: 18 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
God's Judgment Against Sinful Churches and Nations - to the reader

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 8:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: God's Judgment Against Sinful Churches and Nations - to the reader Subtitle: God's Severity Against Nations Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/19/2025 Bible: Luke 13:1-4 Length: 8 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
God in His dealing with sinful churches and nations - I

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 58:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: God in His dealing with sinful churches and nations - I Subtitle: God's Severity Against Nations Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/19/2025 Bible: Luke 13:1-5 Length: 58 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
The Corruption and Depravity of the Mind of the Natural Man

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 119:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Corruption and Depravity of the Mind of the Natural Man Subtitle: The Holy Spirit & Regeneration Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/12/2025 Length: 119 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Why Did the Catholic Church Embrace Images of Jesus?

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 10:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Why Did the Catholic Church Embrace Images of Jesus? Subtitle: The Chamber of Imagery Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/12/2025 Length: 10 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
The Nature, Causes, and Means of Regeneration

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 86:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Nature, Causes, and Means of Regeneration Subtitle: The Holy Spirit & Regeneration Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/11/2025 Length: 86 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Proof That Most Men Do NOT Believe Forgiveness.

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 29:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Proof That Most Men Do NOT Believe Forgiveness. Subtitle: John Owen - Forgiveness of Sin Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/8/2025 Length: 29 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Principles of Gospel Power

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 4:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Principles of Gospel Power Subtitle: The Chamber of Imagery Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/6/2025 Length: 4 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Loss of Experiential Religion Leads to Idolatry

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2025 5:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Loss of Experiential Religion Leads to Idolatry Subtitle: The Chamber of Imagery Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/5/2025 Length: 5 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Love of the World and Vanity of Mind - Apostasy from the Gospel

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 63:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Love of the World and Vanity of Mind - Apostasy from the Gospel Subtitle: Apostasy From the Gospel Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/5/2025 Length: 63 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Evidences That There is Forgiveness in God

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 16:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Evidences That There is Forgiveness in God Subtitle: John Owen - Forgiveness of Sin Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 8/1/2025 Length: 16 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Continuance in waiting necessary to peace and consolation

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 5:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Continuance in waiting necessary to peace and consolation Subtitle: John Owen - Forgiveness of Sin Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/17/2025 Bible: Psalm 130:4 Length: 5 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Forgiveness Only Revealed To Faith

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 7:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Forgiveness Only Revealed To Faith Subtitle: John Owen - Forgiveness of Sin Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/17/2025 Length: 7 min.

Christadelphians Talk
The significance of the Reformation. with John Owen

Christadelphians Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 39:34


A @Christadelphians Video: # SummaryThe presentation discusses the significance of the Reformation, highlighting its historical context and impact on modern Christianity. It covers key figures like Martin Luther, John Wycliffe, and William Tyndale, focusing on their challenges to the Catholic Church's authority and the role of the printing press in spreading Reformation ideas. The presentation also critiques the doctrines of the Catholic Church, particularly the selling of indulgences, and emphasises the importance of scripture as the ultimate authority in Christianity.# Highlights-

John Owen on SermonAudio
The Renovation of Our Affections, Permanent or Temporary

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 23:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Renovation of Our Affections, Permanent or Temporary Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/16/2025 Length: 23 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Are The Objects of Our Thoughts Spiritual?

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 73:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Are The Objects of Our Thoughts Spiritual? Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/15/2025 Length: 73 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
What is Required For Our Affections to be Spiritual?

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 16:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: What is Required For Our Affections to be Spiritual? Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/15/2025 Length: 16 min.

John Owen on SermonAudio
Ways God Uses To Draw Our Affections From This World

John Owen on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 46:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Ways God Uses To Draw Our Affections From This World Subtitle: Spiritual Mindedness Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/12/2025 Length: 46 min.

Eric Gilmour
BURNT || THE SACRED CENTER OF CHRIST'S HEART

Eric Gilmour

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 41:24


BURNT: The Sacred Center of Christ Leviticus 1 “All the offerings taken together give us a full view of Christ—as many mirrors arranged to reflect in various ways the figure of that true and perfect sacrifice.” —C.H.M. (C.H. Mackintosh)   A Story of Pure Devotion My mind recalls a young, dark-haired Canadian girl, whose beauty lay not so much in her features as in the quiet creativity of her words. She was a writer of poetry and prose, able to describe a moment with the grace of a Victorian novelist. My eyes would often drift to the tattered journal she carried—the weight of it owed not to its binding, but to the sheer volume of ink pressed upon its pages. She never parted with it. Its contents, I am certain, were treasures untold. One random Saturday turned quietly unforgettable when I asked why she had left her cherished treasury behind. “I burnt it,” she said. I gasped at the waste. “Why?” She looked directly into my eyes. “Some things,” she whispered, “are for Him alone.” The hours, thoughts, pains, sorrows, joys, and life lessons she penned rose to His eyes alone. Her ink became incense. Her intent was to give her most cherished work to Him—and this, she did.   What Is Burnt Is Gone When something is truly burnt, it passes beyond possession. It can no longer be handled, owned, or used. It is consumed. Surrendered to the flame, it becomes smoke ascending, curling upward— beyond the reach of man, beyond sight of man, beyond the control of man. It cannot be claimed by anyone but the heavens to which it ascends. This fully and finally.   The Burnt Offering Such is the burnt offering of old. It is an offering for God alone. Unlike the other sacrifices, it is laid upon the stones for one purpose only: to rise to God. It is the first of the offerings described in Leviticus. When the animal is burnt, it passes beyond possession. It can no longer be handled, owned, or used. It is consumed. Surrendered to the altar, it has become smoke—ascending, curling upward— beyond the reach of man, beyond the sight of man, beyond the control of man. It cannot be claimed by anyone but the God to whom it ascends—fully and finally.   Christ, the Sacred Burnt Offering This is a divine type and shadow, revealing to us the sacred center of Christ's heart— the sacred center of His manifold sacrifice. When Christ was laid on the altar of the cross, He could no longer be handled, owned, or used. He was, in a real sense, consumed by death. Surrendered to God, He became a sweet-smelling savor, curling upward— beyond the reach of man, beyond the sight of man, beyond the control of man. He could be claimed by none but His Father, to whom He ascended fully and finally. Christ, the final burnt offering—an obedience to God, just for God. Ephesians 5:2 — “…a sacrifice to God.”   Commentary from the Saints C.H. Mackintosh writes: “It was exclusively for God. God alone was the object of Christ in the burnt offering aspect of His death.” “Here is the deep-toned devotion of the heart of the Son presented to, and appreciated by, the heart of the Father.” In the burnt offering, Christ's charms shine bright through His unshakable devotion to His Father. Spurgeon notes: “The burnt offering was all for God. So was Christ. His death was above all things God-ward.” The Holy Spirit reveals to us in this shadow that Christ loved the Father before the church. What excellency! What beauty and perfection! Surely His love to the Father is sufficient to rouse love in our hearts. Mackintosh continues: “The true believer finds in the cross that which captivates every affection of his heart… There are heights and depths in the doctrine of the cross which man never could reach.”   Christ's Willing Offering The offering of Himself to His Father was voluntary. He was not forced or coerced. He revealed: “No one takes My life from Me. I lay it down of My own initiative.” (John 10:18) Matthew Henry writes: “Voluntary. What is done in religion, so as to please God, must be done by no other constraint than that of love.” His offering was not laborious duty but loving devotion.   The World Sees Waste—Heaven Sees Worship The natural mind calls this—not cooked but burnt—a waste. But Christ's loving devotion to His Father transforms what the natural man sees as waste into worship. John 14:31 — “So that the world will know that I love the Father.” The sacred center of His sacrifice was this public display of affectionate devotion to His Father. He didn't merely accept God's will—it was His intention, His motive, His reason. (See Hebrews 10:5–10; John 6:38–39; 10:17–18; Luke 22:42) John Owen describes it: “The free act of love to the Father.” Spurgeon echoes: “He came not with sigh but a song to do His Father's will.” Owen again: “The greatest demonstration of the love of Christ unto the Father is His giving Himself up to the death of the cross, to manifest what love and accomplish His will.”   The Burnt Sacrifice Was Innocent The burnt sacrifice, as the chapter foreshadows, had to be an innocent other. Christ was not only innocent—oh, much more—He was without defect. He fit the foreshadow perfectly. He alone is clean inside and out. Mackintosh: “No one had ever perfectly, invariably, from first to last, without hesitation, without divergence, done the will of God.” “It was no surface work with Him… The more the depths of His being were explored, the more clearly was it manifest that pure devotion to the will of the Father…”   Every Part of Him Aflame I mean to exalt Christ's burning love for God and His voluntary offering of Himself to God alone as the sacred center of our revelation of what Christ is actually like. Every part of Him aflame to God. Oh, how unlike us is Christ. By this, we know what love for God looks like: the surrender of our whole selves. Romans 12:1 — “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” Though our love is but the flicker of a faint flame, His sacred center quickens our hearts. For He exemplifies a love that stands apart from all others—ascending to God in fragrant flame. No portion eaten. No fragment withheld. No part left over. Every sinew of His sacred humanity—thoughts, deeds, motives, breath, blood— all offered up to God.   A Few Notes from Leviticus 1 The offering was made morning and evening. He is this both day and night. In the noonday sun and in the blackest night. No shade of life would alter His surrender. The offering could be an ox or a bird. He is this in the great and the small. No action was too small to be wholly surrendered to God. The bird was plucked and unsevered. Christ had His beard plucked in mockery—and yet His divinity was never severed from His humanity. He died as the God-Man. The sinner laid his hand upon the sacrifice, symbolizing imparted guilt and acknowledgment of deserved death. A foreshadow of the One upon whom the Lord laid the iniquity of us all (Isaiah 53). The Subtle Trap of Looking to Ourselves Henry Martyn, a missionary to India, once wrote that when he tried to find comfort by examining his life and searching for evidences of grace, he actually lost the brokenness of spirit he longed to keep. The more he looked to himself, the less he could rest simply at the foot of the cross. Many of us try to find peace by measuring our own faithfulness: Have I prayed enough? Have I served enough? Have I conquered this sin consistently? We think that if we can point to enough evidence of our devotion, we will feel secure. But here is the irony: the more we look to our own performance, the more we lose humility, dependence, and the sweetness of simple trust in Jesus. It is a subtle trap. Even good things—prayer, ministry, obedience—can become props we lean on to feel worthy, rather than gifts that flow from grace. Martyn only found peace when he stopped searching for comfort in himself and began to pray as a dying man—helpless and needy—resting on Christ alone. This is the lesson: Our comfort never comes from our own faithfulness, but from Christ's faithfulness for us. Brokenness of spirit and assurance of love thrive best when we lay aside self-scrutiny and fix our gaze on the cross.   Christ in the Burnt Offering As a burnt ox – He gave all His strength and labor to God. As a burnt sheep – He meekly followed God to death, patient and quiet in suffering. As a burnt goat – Though sinless, He was thought to be a sinner, sent in the likeness of sinful flesh. As a burnt dove – He was pure, single-eyed, plucked, unsevered, and holy.   The Preacher's Duty The priests were to arrange the wood and position the sacrifice. John Gill sees this as a type of the preacher's duty: “Evidence given of Him in the gospel, in which He is clearly set forth in His person, nature, and offices.” Trapp agrees: “The minister must rightly divide and dispose the Word of God, and evidently set forth Christ crucified.” Trapp also writes of the fire consuming the sacrifice: “Typifying the scorching wrath of God upon Christ—or the ardent love of Christ to God.”   The Sweet-Smelling Savor In all this, we see the “sweet-smelling savor unto God.” Christ as the burnt offering: the perfect Man, without defect, pure in and out, in action and thought, motive and deed, great and small—voluntarily offering Himself in love and devotion to His Father. To miss this is to reduce the gospel to a scheme for man's relief. If we fail to see this, we are but a step away from shaping the gospel into a man-centered escape plan, robbing God of His rightful glory in the work of His Son. Spurgeon wrote: “Christ did not die out of mere pity for man, but first of all out of love for the Father.” The salvation of man was the love song of the Son to the Father.   Three Effects on My Soul Adoration of such a lovely individual A desire to receive Him as my own A longing to surrender myself As Matthew Poole writes: “To serve the Lord with all singleness of heart, without self-ends, and to be ready to offer to God wherein we ourselves should have no benefit.” God has graciously met our need— and may He give us an enlarged capacity to enter into and enjoy His provision.

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The Use of Faith During a Time of Spiritual Backsliding

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 16:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Use of Faith During a Time of Spiritual Backsliding Subtitle: Cases of Conscience - Owen Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/10/2025 Length: 16 min.

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Perilous Times - If Popery Should Return

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 14:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Perilous Times - If Popery Should Return Subtitle: Cases of Conscience - Owen Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/10/2025 Length: 14 min.

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Our Duty Under Dark Dispensations Case - 11

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 15:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Our Duty Under Dark Dispensations Case - 11 Subtitle: Cases of Conscience - Owen Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/9/2025 Length: 15 min.

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Christian's Duty in Light of the Conflict with Antichrist

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 12:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Narrated Puritan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Christian's Duty in Light of the Conflict with Antichrist Subtitle: Cases of Conscience - Owen Speaker: John Owen Broadcaster: The Narrated Puritan Event: Audiobook Date: 7/9/2025 Length: 12 min.