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OWEN ARGUED THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CULTIVATE COMMUNION WITH THE SPIRIT WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO ENJOY HEAVEN ON EARTH. ELSEWHERE HE WROTE THAT IF WE DO NOT TRUST IN THE SPIRIT TO HELP US KNOW THE LORD, THEN WE MAY AS WELL BURN OUR BIBLES! WE MUST CULTIVATE FELLOWSHIP WITH THE SPIRIT BY READING OUR BIBLES ON OUR KNEES IN PRAYER AND BY PROMOTING GODLY LIVING THROUGH USING THE MEANS OF GRACE.
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your spiritual muscles in order to run the race set before you (Heb. 12:1-2). Take up and read, and learn to love the triune God and to walk with him in every area of life. Ryan McGraw is pastor of First orthodox Presbyterian Church in Sunnyvale, California; research associate, University of the Free State; adjunct professor of systematic theology, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is the author of The Foundation of Communion with God: The Trinitarian Piety of John Owen (his inexpensive book!) and A Heavenly Directory: Trinitarian Piety, Public Worship and a Reassessment of John Owen’s Theology (his expensive book!).
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Now you have a task set before you. The application of Owen’s principles stretches into every area of theology and into every part of the Christian life. To see what this looks like, you can begin by reading my very inexpensive book on Owen. To see how this works and why, you can read my very expensive book on Owen. However, the best way to grow in loving fellowship with all three divine persons is to start reading Owen himself, beginning with Communion with God. Owen will help you stretch your mind and train www.credomag.com | 31