Jehoshaphat: A Word on World-Bordering
Overview
Jehoshaphat represents a lone follower of God amid a succession of evil kings. Normally, his name is buried in a chronology of idolatry, wickedness, and the outright desecration of God’s holiness. But Jehoshaphat chooses a different path. He serves as an example of godly living in a corrupt society. According to Mackintosh in Jehoshaphat: A Word on World-Bordering, Jehoshaphat is noteworthy not only for his remarkable reign, but because he serves as a metaphor for the church’s place in the modern world. In this way, his exposition of Jehoshaphat’s life extends from biographical tale to timely spiritual instruction.
Top Highlights
“‘His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord.’ When” (Page 5)
“To grow in the knowledge of truth is to grow in the knowledge of God, and to grow in the knowledge of God is to grow in practical holiness.” (Page 4)
“Communion with God is the great safeguard against all temptation;” (Page 22)
“The safest way therefore is, to be no debtor to the world.” (Page 7)
“The only effectual safeguard against evil is, to be in communion with God about it. When we look at evil in the light of the holiness of God, we not only look at the act, but at the principle; and if the principle be unsound, no matter what the result may be, we should have nothing to do with it. But to deal thus with evil requires much exercise of soul before God—much spirituality, much self-judgment, much prayer and watchfulness.” (Page 9)
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: Jehoshaphat: A Word on World-Bordering
- Author: C. H. Mackintosh
- Series: C. H. Mackintosh Collection
- Publisher: Loizeaux Brothers Publications
- Pages: 30
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