Status Updates From The Mortification of Sin

My coworker asked me a couple days ago what I was reading and I had the privilege to explain this book to her. She told me that it sounds great, but asked how do I, then, mortify sin? I told her I was about to get to that part. Chapter 7 plainly explains that despite ambitions and desires to be rid of sin, all of it is vain apart from Christ. The work of the Spirit is the most essential piece of mortification!

“We must hate all sin, as sin, and not just that which troubles us. Love for Christ, because He went to the cross, and hate for sin that sent Him there, is the solid foundation for true spiritual mortification. To seek mortification only because a sin troubles us proceeds from self-love.” - John Owen

“We must implant, promote the continual residence of, and cherish those graces that stand in direct opposition to the lust.”

“Mortification prunes all the graces of God, and makes room for them in our hearts to grow. The life and vigour of our spiritual life consists in the vigour and flourishing of the plants of grace in our hearts.”