John Owen was the greatest Puritan thinker of the 17th century. He was born in 1616. He was probably the greatest pastor-theologian among the Puritans. He outlived all eleven of his children. The last thing he prepared for publication was called Meditations on the Glory of Christ. It was his dying testimony and his way of preparing for the unspeakably great moment of meeting the Lord face to face. It is a 160-page exposition of John 17:24, “Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory.” He believed that the secret to personal holiness and enduring all the pressures and pains of this life was “A constant contemplation of the glory of Christ that is made in the Gospels”. He gives us five ways that we can behold the glory and beauty of Jesus Christ. It is well worth your time to practice.
1. Fix it in mind that this glory of Christ in the divine constitution of His person is the best, most noble, useful, beneficial object that we can have in our thoughts and affections.
2. Diligently study the Scripture and the revelations that are made of this glory of Christ in them.
3. Having attained the light of the knowledge of the glory of Christ from the Scripture, or by the dispensation of the truth in the preaching of the gospel, meditates frequently upon it.
4. Let your occasional thoughts of Christ be many, and multiplied every day.
5. See to it that all thoughts concerning Christ and His glory are accompanied with admiration, adoration, and thanksgiving.
Longing to see Christ's precious glory,
Pastor Bill
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