The Ruin of Satan and the Glory of Christ

Hereon depends the ruin of Satan and his kingdom. His sin, so far as we can conceive, consisted of two parts:

1. His pride against the person of the Son of God, by whom he was created. “For by him were all things created that are” (or were when first created) “in heaven, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or power,” Col. 1.16. Against him he lifted up himself; – which was the beginning of his transgression.
2. Envy against mankind, made in the image of God, of the Son of God the first born. This completed his sin; nothing was now left whereon to act his pride and malice.

Unto his eternal confusion and ruin, God, in infinite wisdom, unites both the natures he had sinned against in the one person of the Son; who was the first object of his pride and malice. Hereby his destruction is attended with everlasting shame in the discovery of his folly, wherein he would have contended with infinite wisdom, as well as misery, by the powers of the two natures united in one person. (John Owen, The Glory of Christ)

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5 Responses to “The Ruin of Satan and the Glory of Christ”

1. Bryan says:

   January 22, 2009 at 11:58 am

   Great stuff! Owen looks so gangster, I love it.
2. Sergio says:

   January 22, 2009 at 12:32 pm

   How did you ever get the sock cap over Owen’s curls?!?!?
3. Erik says:

   January 22, 2009 at 1:01 pm

   It is harder than you think Sergio. Owen clearly has the best Puritan lettuce available. I read that he rebuffed the dress code in Oxford and word jack boots and a hat tilted to the side. I can just see giving him knuckles in the hallway.
4. Toby says:

   January 23, 2009 at 1:59 pm

   “Unto his eternal confusion and ruin, God, in infinite wisdom, unites both the natures he had sinned against in the one person of the Son; who was the first object of his pride and malice. ”

   Great insight.

   Toby
5. Erik says:

   January 23, 2009 at 2:03 pm

   that’s why Owen gets the privileged spot of wearing the IC stocking cap.