Believers hear the voice of Christ calling them to come to Him with their burdens (Matt. 11:28). So they come to Him and lay their guilt upon Him. They lay down their sins at the Cross of Christ and He bears them on his shoulders. This is faith’s great and bold confidence in the grace, faithfulness and the truth of God. They stand by the cross and say, ‘He was bruised for my sins, and wounded for my transgressions, and the chastisement of my peace was upon Him. He was made sin for me. So He is able to bear my sins. He calls me to lay the burden of them on Him.’ This is the believer’s daily work. This is what it means to know Christ crucified. - John Owen-Communion with God [p.144]

There is nothing that Jesus Christ is more delighted with than with His saints should always hold communion with Him by giving Him their sins and receiving His righteousness. This greatly honors Him and gives Him that glory that is His due. What great dishonor we do to Christ to try and get rid of our sins in any other way. ’Lord, this is your work. This is what you came in the world to do. You call for my burden which is too heavy for me to carry. Take it, blessed Redeemer, and give me Your righteousness.’ Then Christ is honored. The glory of His meditation is given to Him when we walk with Him in this way. This greatly endeavors the souls of the saints to the Lord Jesus and constrains them to value Him highly.- - John Owen,Communion with God

Christ is honored by His saints all over the world. The great solemn worship of the Christian church lies in honoring and glorifying the Lord Jesus (Phil. 3:8; Song 5:9-16). Believers heartily approve of this righteousness, this way of being accepted by God, because it brings glory to God. When they were under the guilt of sin, they were puzzled as to how they could be saved and God’s justice, faithfulness and truth glorified. Believers see that, by this righteousness, all the properties of God are greatly glorified in the pardon, justification and acceptance of sinners. This is, then, the first way by which the saints hold daily fellowship with the Lord Jesus. Believers continually keep alive in the hearts a sense of guilt and evil of sin, even when they are fully assured of their acceptance with God. A sense of pardon takes away the horror and fear, but not a due sense of the guilt of sin. David said, ‘My sin is ever before me’. Believers set sin before them, not to terrify themselves but so that they are always aware of the evil of it. Christ has certainly and really answered the justice of God for our sins. This is the believer’s full assurance of faith.-John Owen-Communion with God [p. 143]