Category: Writings by C. H. Mackintosh.
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Simon Peter — His life and its lessons. Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, Chapter 9
We are now called to consider the intensely interesting subject of Simon Peter’s restoration, in which we shall find some points of the utmost practical importance. If in his fall we learn the frailty and folly of man, in his restoration we learn the grace, wisdom, and faithfulness of our…
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Simon Peter — His life and its lessons. Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, Chapter 8
We have now to follow our beloved apostle into the darkest and most humbling scene in his entire history — a scene which we could hardly understand or account for if we did not know something of the infinite depths of divine grace on the one hand, and, on the…
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Simon Peter — His life and its lessons. Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, Chapter 7
The close of Matthew 14 presents a scene in the life of our apostle on which we may dwell with profit for a few moments. It furnishes a very fine illustration of his own touching inquiry, “Lord, to whom shall we go?” Our Lord having fed the multitude, and sent His disciples…
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Simon Peter — His life and its lessons. Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, Chapter 6
At the close of John 6 we have a very clear and beautiful confession of Christ from the lips of our apostle — a confession rendered all the more touching and forcible by the circumstances under which it was delivered. Our blessed Lord, in His teachings in the synagogue at Capernaum, had…
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Simon Peter — His life and its lessons. Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, Chapter 5
We must still linger a little over the deeply interesting and instructive scene in the sixteenth chapter of Matthew. It brings before us two great subjects, namely, “the Church,” and “the kingdom of Heaven.” These things must never be confounded. As to the first, it is only to be found…
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Simon Peter — His life and its lessons. Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, Chapter 4
The more deeply we ponder the history of professing Christians, whether as furnished by the pen of inspiration, or as coming within the range of personal observation, the more fully we must see the vast importance of a complete break with the world, at the outset. If there be not…
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Simon Peter — His life and its lessons. Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, Chapter 3
We closed our last paper with these suggestive words, “They forsook all and followed Him” — words expressive, at once, of thorough separation from the things of time and of nature, and of wholehearted consecration to Christ and His interests. Both these we see in Simon Peter. There was a deep and…
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Simon Peter — His life and its lessons. Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, Chapter 2
The notice which we have of our apostle, in John 1, is very brief indeed, though, doubtless, there is much wrapped up in it. “Andrew first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to…
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Simon Peter — His life and its lessons. Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, Chapter 1
We propose, in dependence upon the Spirit’s guidance, to write a few papers on the life and ministry of the blessed servant of Christ whose name stands at the head of this paper. We shall trace him through the Gospels, through the Acts, and through the Epistles, for he appears…
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Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, Pre-Millennial Doctrine or Waiting for the Son?
Revelation 1:5-7. In a day like the present, when knowledge on every question is so widely diffused, it is most needful to press upon the conscience of the Christian reader the vast distinction between merely holding the doctrine of the Lord’s second coming and actually waiting for His appearing (1 Thessalonians 1:10).…
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Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, Christian perfection: What is it?
There are few thoughtful students of the New Testament who have not, at some time or another, felt a little perplexed as to the real force and application of the word “perfect,” which is of frequent occurrence. This word is used in such a variety of connections that it is…
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Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, 11 Papers On The Lord’s Coming. 11
CONCLUDING REMARKS We must now draw this series of papers to a close; and it is with a strong feeling of reluctance that we do so. The theme is intensely interesting, deeply practical, and abundantly fruitful. Moreover, it is very suggestive, and opens up an extensive field of vision for…
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Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, 11 Papers On The Lord’s Coming. 10
THE TALENTS It only remains for us now to consider that portion of our Lord’s discourse in which He again takes up the deeply solemn subject of ministerial responsibility during the time of His absence. That this stands closely connected with the hope of His coming is evident from the…
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Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, 11 Papers On The Lord’s Coming. 9
THE TEN VIRGINS We now approach that solemn section of our Lord’s discourse in which He presents the kingdom of Heaven under the similitude of “ten virgins.” The instruction contained in this most weighty and interesting parable is of wider application than that of the servant to which we have…
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Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, 11 Papers On The Lord’s Coming. 8
CHRISTENDOM What varied thoughts and feelings are awakened in the soul by the very sound of the word “Christendom”! It is a terrible word. It brings before us, at once, that vast mass of baptized profession which calls itself the Church of God, but is not; which calls itself Christianity,…
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Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, 11 Papers On The Lord’s Coming. 7
THE JEWISH REMNANT Matthew 24:1-44 forms a part of one of the most profound and comprehensive discourses that ever fell on human ears — a discourse which takes in, in its marvellous sweep, the destiny of the Jewish remnant; the history of Christendom; and the judgment of the nations. At the…
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Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, 11 Papers On The Lord’s Coming. 6
THE JUDGMENT There is something peculiarly painful in the thought of having so frequently to come in collision with the generally received opinions of the professing Church. It looks presumptuous to contradict, on so many subjects, all the great standards and creeds of Christendom. But what is one to do?…
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Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, 11 Papers On The Lord’s Coming. 5
THE TWO RESURRECTIONS It may be that some of our readers will feel startled by the title of this section. Accustomed, from their earliest days, to look at this great question through the medium of christendom’s standards of doctrine and confessions of faith, the idea of two resurrections has never…
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Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, 11 Papers On The Lord’s Coming. 4
“THE COMING” AND “THE DAY” We must now ask the reader to turn with us for a little to the two Epistles to the Thessalonians. As we have already remarked, these Christians were converted to the blessed hope of the Lord’s return. They were taught to look for Him day…
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Miscellaneous Writings, Book 3, By C. H. Mackintosh, 11 Papers On The Lord’s Coming. 3
THE DOUBLE BEARING OF THE FACT Having, as we trust, fully established the fact of the Lord’s coming, we have now to place before the reader the double bearing of that fact — its bearing upon the Lord’s people, and its bearing upon the world. The former is presented, in…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 