God For Us

by C. H. Mackintosh

Publisher:

Loizeaux Brothers

Overview

“How much is wrapped up in these few words—God for us!” begins Mackintosh in his exposition of Romans 8. This short book, whose title is derived from the phrase “God for us,” found in Romans 8:31, identifies the constancy of God’s faithfulness and the numerous instances of it throughout the Bible. Ultimately, Mackintosh outlines a salvation which comes without qualifiers or compromises. Despite every reason why God should be against us, God is for us.

Contents

Top Highlights

“These objections will not stand in the judgment, nor keep thee out of the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone. Remember this. Yes, ponder it deeply. Let not the devil, let not thine own heart deceive thee. What does Abraham say to the rich man, in Luke 16? ‘They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them.’ Why does the rich man not reply, ‘They cannot understand them?’ He dare not.” (Page 22)

“But when ‘the wonderful works of God’ were to be published—when the blessed story of love was to be told out—when the heart of God towards poor guilty sinners was to be revealed, was one language enough? No! ‘Every nation under heaven’ must hear, and hear, too, in their own mother tongue.” (Page 19)

“If God be for us, then it follows, of necessity—blessed necessity—that neither our sins, nor our iniquities, nor our guilt, nor our ruined nature, nor Satan, nor the world, nor any other creature can possibly stand in the way of our present peace and our everlasting felicity and glory.” (Page 1)

“because I was not one of the elect. I longed to flee from the wrath” (Page 5)

“Hence, therefore, it must have sounded passing strange in his ear, to hear ‘a teacher come from God’ giving utterance to the great fact that God loved not merely the Jewish nation, nor yet some special portion of the human race, but ‘the world.’ No doubt, such a statement would add not a little to the amazement felt by this master in Israel at being told that he himself, with all His religious advantages, needed to be born again in order to see or enter the kingdom of God.” (Page 3)

Praise for the Print Edition

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

Product Details

• Title: God For Us
• Author: C. H. Mackintosh
• Series: C. H. Mackintosh Collection
• Publisher: Loizeaux Brothers Publications
• Pages: 23

About C. H. Mackintosh

Charles Henry MacKintosh was a nineteenth century Christian preacher, dispensationalist, writer of Bible commentaries, magazine editor and member of the Plymouth Brethren.