The Man of God

by C. H. Mackintosh

Publisher:

Bible Truth Publishers

Overview

What is our identity in Christ? To answer the question, Mackintosh takes a cue from Paul’s epistles to Timothy. The first letter begins with instructions about Timothy’s role in a flourishing church. The second letter, however, describes a fractured and broken church in which Timothy barely copes. In this more difficult context, Paul implores Timothy to persevere in spite of challenging situations, and in doing so, to discover how God works through both individuals and broken communities. For this reason, Paul calls Timothy a “man of God.” Yet how does identity in God differ from human identity in nature? In the world? Apart from God? By drawing these contrasts, Mackintosh points to the lessons Timothy learned from Paul, and the lessons we can draw from their correspondence.

Contents

Top Highlights

“It is utterly impossible to over-estimate the importance of keeping a pure conscience before God, in all our ways. It is positively invaluable. It leads us to refer everything to God.” (Page 28)

“Still, the believer’s standing is in Christ, forever justified, accepted, perfect in Him.” (Page 25)

“What sweet relief for the poor burdened soul that has been vainly seeking, for years perhaps, to find peace in self improvement! What deliverance from the wretched thraldom of legality, in all its phases, to find out the precious secret that my guilty, ruined, bankrupt self—the very thing that I have been trying by every means in my power to improve, has been completely and forever set aside—that God is not looking for any amendment in it—that He has condemned it and put it to death in the cross of His Son!” (Page 18)

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death unto life’” (Page 14)

“He is enrolled as a citizen of heaven. His religion, his politics, his morals are all heavenly.” (Page 23)

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: The Man of God
• Author: C. H. Mackintosh
• Series: C. H. Mackintosh Collection
• Publisher: Loizeaux Brothers Publications
• Pages: 36

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.