The Nature, Power, Deceit, and Prevalency of Indwelling Sin in Believers

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"The Nature, Power, Deceit, and Prevalency of Indwelling Sin in Believers" is a classic 17th-century Puritan theological work by John Owen that analyzes how remaining sin operates in Christians and how it must be spiritually opposed.

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instanceOf Christian non-fiction book ⓘ
Puritan literature ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
addressesAudience Christian believers ⓘ
aimsTo encourage active resistance to sin by grace ⓘ
equip believers to recognize operations of indwelling sin ⓘ
associatedWith English Puritan movement ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism

Reformed pastoral theology ⓘ
author John Owen ⓘ
centralTheme conflict between flesh and Spirit ⓘ
deceitfulness of the human heart ⓘ
necessity of continual spiritual vigilance ⓘ
remaining sin in believers after conversion ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
doctrinalContext Calvinist theology ⓘ
doctrine of sin ⓘ
emphasizes necessity of self-examination ⓘ
need for dependence on the Holy Spirit ⓘ
ongoing repentance in the Christian life ⓘ
spiritual watchfulness against temptation ⓘ
genre devotional theology ⓘ
pastoral theology ⓘ
historicalPeriod Post-Reformation era ⓘ
influencedTradition English-speaking Reformed spirituality ⓘ
Puritan devotional practice ⓘ
modern Reformed pastoral counseling ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryStyle didactic prose ⓘ
experimental divinity ⓘ
oftenPublishedWith Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers ⓘ
publicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers ⓘ
The Doctrine of the Saints’ Perseverance Explained and Confirmed ⓘ
religiousTradition Puritanism ⓘ
Reformed Christianity ⓘ
scripturalBasis Galatians 5 ⓘ
James 1 ⓘ
linked to: Epistle of James

Romans 7 ⓘ
Romans 8 ⓘ
theologicalDiscipline practical theology ⓘ
sanctification ⓘ
theologicalFocus Christian sanctification ⓘ
indwelling sin ⓘ
mortification of sin ⓘ
spiritual warfare ⓘ
theologicalPosition affirmation of the believer’s assurance despite indwelling sin ⓘ
affirmation of total depravity remaining in measure in believers ⓘ

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Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Nature, Power, Deceit, and Prevalency of Indwelling Sin in Believers ⓘ