The All-Sufficiency of Christ . . .
Overview
The All-Sufficiency of Christ addresses what Mackintosh calls a lack of “settled peace” in the church: individuals who drift, worry, doubt, and feel external pressures on their salvation. Much of the anxiety stems from an awareness of the gap between the suffering in the world and the promises of God. The work of Christ resolves this conflict—Christ provides comfort by conquering evil. In The All-Sufficiency of Christ, Mackintosh succinctly outlines the ramifications of redemption in Christ for the world.
Top Highlights
“‘All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect [αρτιος], throughly furnished unto all good works.’” (Page 46)
“If Scripture can make a child ‘wise unto salvation,’ and if it can make a man ‘perfect,’ and furnish him ‘throughly to all good works,’ what do we want of human tradition or human reasonings?” (Page 46)
“If God has satisfied Himself about my sins, I may well be satisfied also.” (Page 6)
“He lives to keep us always right in heaven, and to set us right when we go wrong upon earth” (Page 33)
“‘Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this Man [Jesus Christ, dead and risen] is preached [not promised as a future thing, but proclaimed now] the forgiveness of sins; and by Him all who believe are [not shall be, or hope to be] justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.’” (Page 14)
Man’s complete ruin in sin, and God’s perfect remedy in Christ, are fully, clearly, and often strikingly presented [in Mackintosh’s writings].
—Andrew Miller, a leader of the Plymouth Brethren movement
- Title: The All-Sufficiency of Christ . . .
- Author: C. H. Mackintosh
- Series: C. H. Mackintosh Collection
- Publisher: Loizeaux Brothers Publications
- Pages: 48