Still moving through Owen's On Communion with God, I am in the midst of a rich section that speaks of communion with the Lord Jesus in the grace of sanctification. Here Owen addresses how "believers look to the purifying efficacy of Christ's blood" on account of his fullness in reference to their condition. He cites texts like 1 John 1:7: "If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin."
This word in particular moves me this morning:
"One moment's communion with Christ by faith herein is more effectual to the purging of the soul, to the increasing of grace, than the utmost self-endeavors of a thousand ages."
Surely this is the stuff of walking by faith.
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