tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235004913006993996.post6862679531214386690..comments2023-06-12T06:34:08.204-04:00Comments on The Oak Log: Sincerity not enoughJude St.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625638135630628734noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235004913006993996.post-37541809088910002922011-04-18T23:42:37.526-04:002011-04-18T23:42:37.526-04:00I've been reading through "Of Communion W...I've been reading through "Of Communion With God" by John Owen. This quote below goes well with this post...I think:<br /><br />"Herein is love," saith the Holy Ghost, "not that we loved God, but that he loved us" first, 1 John 4:10,11. Now, thou wouldst invert this order, and say, "Herein is love, not that God loved me, but that I love him first." This is to take the glory of God from him: that, whereas he loves us without a cause that is in ourselves, and we have all cause in the world to love him, thou wouldst have the contrary, —namely, that something should be in thee for which God should<br />love thee, even thy love to him; and that thou shouldst love God, before thou knowest any thing lovely in him,—namely, whether he love thee or no.<br /><br />I struggle with this every time I pray. I think and feel the inadequacy of my approaching Him reasoning that I should go get myself fixed up first and then come back and pray. So tragically backwards!thepuritanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01506741847404847622noreply@blogger.com