생명의 말씀/C.H.Mackintosh130 Jericho and Achor — Privilege and Responsibility. Joshua 6 — Joshua 7. C. H. Mackintosh. Part 1 The christian reader will do well to turn, first of all, to the two chapters named above, and give them a careful reading. They furnish a very striking and impressive record of the double effect of God's presence with His people. In chapter 6 we are taught that the Divine Presence insured victory over the power of the enemy. In chapter 7 we learn t.. 2010. 1. 20. Jehoshaphat — Worldliness. C. H. Mackintosh. In tracing the inspired record of the houses of Israel and Judah, from the period of their separation, under Rehoboam, we can without difficulty recognize the marked distinction between them. The line of kings from Jeroboam to Hosea presents only a dark and sorrowful catalogue of evil-doers in the sight of the Lord: we look in vain for an exception. Even Jehu, who manifested s.. 2010. 1. 18. Work in its Right Place; or, Reflections on the Life and Times of Hezekiah. 2 Chronicles 29 - 32 and Isaiah 36 - 39. C. H. Mackintosh. There are two things to be specially guarded against by the Christian, viz., inactivity on the one haled, and ill-timed Service on the other. The former is a thing quite incompatible with the Christian character; the very same grace that makes us ashamed of our poor mean services, sends.. 2010. 1. 18. Christ in the Vessel. Mark 4: 35-41. C. H. Mackintosh. "Man's extremity is God's opportunity." This is a very familiar saying. It often passes among us; and, no doubt, we fully believe it; but yet, when we find ourselves brought to our extremity, we are often very little prepared to count on God's opportunity. It is one thing to utter or hearken to a truth, and another thing to realize the power of that truth. It is .. 2010. 1. 18. The Bible: Whence is it? - from heaven or of men? C. H. Mackintosh. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God." Precious words! Would they were more thoroughly understood in this our day! It is of the utmost possible importance that the Lord's people should be rooted, grounded and settled in the grand truth of the plenary inspiration of holy scripture. It is to be feared that laxity as to this most weighty subject i.. 2010. 1. 18. Bethany John 11 - 12. C. H. Mackintosh. Part 1 Turn with us to John 11 and John 12 — and if we mistake not, you will find therein a very rare spiritual treat. In chapter 11, we see what the Lord Jesus was to the family of Bethany; and in chapter 12 we see what the family of Bethany was to Him. The entire passage is full of the most precious instruction. In chapter 11 we have three great subjects pres.. 2010. 1. 18. The Three Appearings Hebrews 9: 24-28. C. H. Mackintosh. "For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: nor yet that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; for then must He often have suffered since the foundation of the wor.. 2010. 1. 18. The True Workman - his rebuffs, his resources, his returns. Matthew 11. C. H. Mackintosh. There is a never-failing freshness in every part of the Word of God, but especially in those portions of it which present to us the blessed Person of the Lord Jesus; which tell us what He was, what He did, what He said, how He did it, and how He said it; which present Him to our hearts in His comings and goings, and matchle.. 2010. 1. 15. "Thyself and the doctrine." - A word for the workman. C. H. Mackintosh. "Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine [or teaching]; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee" (1 Tim. 4: 16). These are solemn and weighty words for all those who labour in the Word and doctrine. They were addressed by the inspired apostle to his beloved son Timothy, and contain most precious i.. 2010. 1. 15. Saul of Tarsus C. H. Mackintosh. In contemplating the character of this most remarkable man, we may gather valuable principles of gospel truth. He seems to have been peculiarly fitted to show forth, in the first place, what the grace of God can do; and, in the second place, what the greatest amount of legal effort cannot do. If ever there was a man upon this earth whose history illustrates the truth that "salv.. 2010. 1. 15. "The regions beyond." 2 Cor. 10: 16; and "Let us go again" Acts 15: 36. C. H. Mackintosh. "The regions beyond." 2 Cor. 10: 16. "To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you.” These words, while they set forth the large-heartedness of the self-denying and devoted apostle, do also furnish a fine model for the evangelist, in every age. The gospel is a traveller; and the preacher of the gospel must be a traveller likewise. The divinely-qualified and divinely-sent ev.. 2010. 1. 14. "Ready" C. H. Mackintosh. We want the reader to dwell for a few moments on the little word "ready." If we mistake not, he will find it to be a word of immense depth and suggestive power, as used by the Holy Ghost in Scripture. We shall just now refer to four passages in which our word occurs; and may the One who penned these passages be pleased to open and apply them in divine power and freshness to the.. 2010. 1. 14. Each Member — A Help or a Hindrance: Which? A question for all in the assembly. C. H. Mackintosh. Of the many favours conferred upon us by our ever-gracious Lord, one of the very highest is the privilege of being present in the assembly of His beloved people, where He has recorded His name. We may assert with all possible confidence that every true lover of Christ will delight to be found where He has promised to be. Whatever may be the s.. 2010. 1. 14. "Publicly and from house to house" C. H. Mackintosh. The sentence which we have just penned is taken from Paul's farewell address to the elders of Ephesus, as recorded in Acts 20. It is a very suggestive sentence, and sets forth in a most forcible manner the intimate connection between the work of the teacher and that of the pastor. "I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you," says the blessed apostle, "but have showed you.. 2010. 1. 14. Prayer and the Prayer Meeting. C. H. Mackintosh. Part 1 In considering the deeply important subject of prayer, two things claim our attention; first, the moral basis of prayer; secondly, its moral conditions. 1. The basis of prayer is set forth in such words as the following: “If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you" (John 15: 7). Again, "Beloved, if our heart c.. 2010. 1. 14. "Peace" John 20: 19-21. C. H. Mackintosh. In the passage which stands at the head of this paper we have the word "peace," in a twofold sense, first, as applied to the inner life; and secondly, to the outer life of the Christian disciple. "Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus, and saith .. 2010. 1. 12. Our Standard and Our Hope. C. H. Mackintosh. There are two very important principles presented in Revelation 3: 3, 11, which are profoundly interesting, but clear, simple, easily grasped, and full of power, when understood — two distinct things which characterise the overcomer. The first is the truth that has been communicated; and the second, the hope that is set before us. We find these two things illustrated in Israe.. 2010. 1. 12. One-sided Theology [Calvinism and Arminianism] C. H. Mackintosh. We have lately received a long letter, furnishing a very striking proof of the bewildering effect of one-sided theology. Our correspondent is evidently under the influence of what is styled the high school of doctrine. Hence, he cannot see the rightness of calling upon the unconverted to "come," to "hear," to "repent," or to "believe." It seems to hi.. 2010. 1. 12. The Living God and a Living Faith. C. H. Mackintosh. There is one great substantial fact standing prominently forth on every page of the volume of God, and illustrated in every stage of the history of God's people — a fact of immense weight and moral power at all times, but specially in seasons of darkness, difficulty, and discouragement, occasioned by the low condition of things among those who profess to be on the Lord's side.. 2010. 1. 12. Living by Faith. C. H. Mackintosh. "The just shall live by his faith." This weighty statement occurs in the second chapter of the prophet Habakkuk; and it is quoted by an inspired apostle in three of his Epistles, namely, Romans, Galatians, and Hebrews, with a distinct application in each. In Rom. 1: 17 it is applied to the great question of righteousness. The blessed apostle declares himself not ashamed of the .. 2010. 1. 12. Life-works C. H. Mackintosh. "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all, especially unto them who are of the household of faith" Gal. 6: 10. If aught could enhance the value of these lovely words, it would be the fact of their being found at the close of the Epistle to the Galatians. In the progress of this very remarkable writing, the inspired apostle cuts up by the roots the entire system.. 2010. 1. 12. Landmarks and Stumblingblocks - The Doctrine of Election Misplaced. C. H. Mackintosh. "Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old have set in thine inheritance" (Deut. 19: 14). "Take up the stumblingblock out of the way of My people" (Isa. 57: 14). What tender care, what gracious considerateness, breathe in the above passages! The ancient landmarks were not to be removed; but the stumblingblocks were t.. 2010. 1. 12. John the Baptist — only "a voice" Questions and how to meet them. C. H. Mackintosh. I have been very much interested of late in looking at the excellent way in which John the Baptist met the various questions which came before him; for, alas! there were questions in his day, as there are in ours. What I specially refer to now is presented to us in John 1 and John 3. The first question which this dear and honoured servant of Chri.. 2010. 1. 12. Jehovah's Demand and Satan's Objections. "Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness" Exodus 5: 1. C. H. Mackintosh. What a volume of truth is contained in this sentence! It is one of those comprehensive and suggestive passages which lie scattered up and down the divine volume, and which seize, with peculiar power, upon the heart, and open up a vast field of most precious truth. It sets forth, in plain and for.. 2010. 1. 12. Israel and the Nations. Psalm 67. C. H. Mackintosh. It would greatly tend to give clearness and definiteness to missionary effort to keep fully before our minds God's original purpose in sending the gospel to the Gentiles, or nations. This we have stated in the most distinct manner in Acts 15. "Simeon hath declared," says James, "how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for His name." .. 2010. 1. 6. "There is one body" Psalm 93; 1 Corinthians 3: 16; 1 Corinthians 6: 19 C. H. Mackintosh. These scriptures set forth a truth which I believe to be of cardinal importance to every one of us, individually as well as corporately: the Church as a whole is the temple of God; and every believer is made such as really, as literally, as absolutely as the temple of old in which God dwelt, only, of course, in a different way.. 2010. 1. 6. "Holy Brethren" C. H. Mackintosh. "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus" (Heb. 3: 1). "And let us consider one another, to provoke unto love and good works" (Heb. 10: 24). The two passages we have just penned, are very intimately connected. Indeed, they are bound together by the simple fact, that the inspired writer makes use.. 2010. 1. 6. Grace and Government. C. H. Mackintosh. This title may possibly present a theme to which some of our readers have not given much of their attention; and yet few themes are more important. Indeed, we believe that the difficulty felt in expounding many passages of Holy Scripture, and in interpreting many acts of divine providence, is justly traceable to a want of clearness as to the vast difference between God in grac.. 2010. 1. 6. God's Fulness for an Empty Vessel. 1 Samuel 4 and 7. C. H. Mackintosh. The two chapters given above furnish a most impressive illustration of a principle which runs all through the inspired volume, namely, that the moment man takes his right place, God can meet him in perfect grace — free, sovereign, unqualified grace: the fullness of God waits on an empty vessel. This great principle shines everywhere from Genesis to Revelatio.. 2009. 12. 30. Eternal Punishment v Universalism an Annihilationism. John 3: 36. C. H. Mackintosh. I have been thinking a good deal of late, on the last verse of the third chapter of John. It seems to me to furnish a most powerful answer to two of the leading heresies of this our day, namely, Universalism on the one hand, and Annihilationism, on the other: "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; .. 2009. 12. 30. 이전 1 2 3 4 5 다음