God has a house. But where? And who is invited in? In Thou and Thy House, Or The Christian at Home, Mackintosh contrasts the imagery of God’s house with the house of God’s servants—the church. He also incorporates the numerous instances of God’s home in the Bible—the tabernacle, the temple, the person of Christ, and the church. In the end, Mackintosh implores his readers to govern their own homes by using God’s house as the model.
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