Impeccable: The Person and Sinless Character of Our Lord Jesus Christ

by William Swan Plumer

Publisher:

Log College Press

, 2020

Overview

Who was Jesus Christ? No true Christian believes He was sinful. But could He have sinned? This book, originally published in 1876, was the most original of all of Plumer’s writings, defending the impeccability of Jesus Christ with exegesis, theological acumen, and logical precision. Plumer approaches this relevant topic from biblical, theological, and historical perspectives, and helps us think through the questions of sin, temptation, the will, and the deity and humanity of Jesus Christ. Edited by Dr. Miles Smith, with a foreword by Dr. Blair Smith.

Key Features

• Approaches this relevant topic from biblical, theological, and historical perspective.
• Shows how we need to keep in mind the relationship of the divine person.
• Exemplifies the type of spiritual leadership so desperately needed for the church.

Praise for the Print Edition

William Swan Plumer’s short treatise, Impeccable, contends for the ‘spotless rectitude’ of Christ Jesus. Plumer’s command of theology evidences his skill as a gifted scholar. His concern for the flock of God discloses the heart of a caring shepherd. And so, he writes with precision to enlighten the mind, with compassion to reinforce godly faith, and with ardor to remove any ‘uneasiness felt.’ Impeccable stands on its own as a compelling case for Christ as non potest peccare. But the short treatise offers more. The pastor scholar Plumer exemplifies the type of spiritual leadership so desperately needed for the church around the world today.

— David B. Garner, Ph.D., Academic Dean, Vice President of Global Ministries, and Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

William Swan Plumer (famous for his one volume Commentary on Psalms, said by Spurgeon to be the best) has, with perception and clarity, dealt with the essential issues in the Biblical teaching on the impeccability of Christ. He is right to the point in stating that ‘uncertainty is not necessary to freedom"; that is, his lack of indwelling sin and the intense holiness of his person never meant that he was not severely tempted to sin. Plumer properly shows how we need to keep in mind the relationship of the divine person to his two natures, and that he really was a true person – not a sort of machine. In his victory over the fiercest onslaughts of evil and temptation that ever came against a descendant of Adam lies our victory. Plumer will show you how!

— Douglas F. Kelly, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Reformed Theological Seminary

The re-publication of William Plumer’s nineteenth-century work on the sinlessness of Christ reaches into the vault of the historical past to bring out hidden treasure. Plumer’s work is brief but full of insight and breathes the air of wisdom of the church throughout the age. This little book is well worth the read.

— J. V. Fesko, Ph.D., Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi

Product Details

• Title: Impeccable: The Person and Sinless Character of Our Lord Jesus Christ
• Author: William Swan Plumer
• Publisher: Log College Press
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Pages: 83
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:MPCCBLPRSNCHRST
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-03-02T17:25:09Z

About William Swan Plumer

William Swan Plumer (1802-1880) was one of the few American Presbyterians to be elected Moderator of the General Assembly two times. He taught systematic theology at Western Theological Seminary in western Pennsylvania and Columbia Theological Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina. He loved to exalt the person and work of Jesus Christ, and wrote several books on this locus of theology. He was a gifted preacher, pastor, author, and theologian.