Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Inconceivably a better condition

If you can persevere through his tortuous sentence structure, John Owen's insight can take your breath away:

"A design in Christ shines out from [the Father], that was lodged there from eternity, to recover things to such an estate as shall be exceedingly to the advantage of his glory, infinitely above what first appeared, and for the putting of sinners into inconceivably a better condition than they were in before the entrance of sin. . . . To save sinners through believing, shall be found to be a far more admirable work than to create the world of nothing." (Communion with the Triune God, p195, 196)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Whoa. That's deep. I think he's right. What an incomprehensible plan.