Category: Writings by C. H. Mackintosh.
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“FIVE WORDS”. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
1 Corinthians 14:19. It is often wonderful to mark the way in which the words of Scripture seize upon the heart. They are “as goads and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies.” At times some brief sentence or clause of a sentence will lay hold upon the heart,…
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THE WORK OF GOD IN THE SOUL. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
We have from time to time written about the work of God for us. This work lies at the very foundation of all true practical Christianity and personal religion. The knowledge of what has been accomplished by the atoning death of Christ is essential to the soul’s peace and liberty.…
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WHAT SHOULD I READ?. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
A Question for the Times The question which forms the heading of this paper is one of real weight and practical importance. There is much more involved in it than we might want to admit. It is a common saying, “Show me your company and I will tell you what you are.”…
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JOHN THE BAPTIST. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
It is not our object in the following pages to dwell upon the ministry of the Baptist, nor yet upon the place which he filled in the history of God’s dealings with Israel, deeply interesting as all this might be and profitable too, inasmuch as his ministry was solemn and…
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“LET US GO AGAIN”. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(Acts 15:36) “Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the Word of the Lord and see how they do.” A motto for the evangelist is the expression, “to preach the gospel in the regions beyond.” This is the grand object of the…
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AN EARNEST APPEAL. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
Christian reader, I feel constrained to make an earnest appeal to your heart and conscience in the presence of Him to whom you and I are responsible and to whom our hearts and ways are fully known. I do not mean to judge you or speak ill to you. Neither…
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“WHAT WAIT I FOR?”. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(Psalm 39:7) This is a searching question for the heart, but it is oftentimes a most necessary one, inasmuch as we may constantly detect ourselves in an attitude of waiting for things which, when they come, prove not to be worth waiting for. The human heart is very much like…
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“HAVE FAITH IN GOD”. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
How prone we are in moments of pressure and difficulty to turn the eye to some creature resource! Our hearts are full of creature confidence, human hopes and earthly expectations. We know comparatively little of the deep blessedness of looking simply to God. We are ready to look anywhere and…
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A SLEEPLESS NIGHT. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(Read Esther 6) “On that night could not the king sleep.” How was this? What was it that drove sleep from the monarch’s eyes and slumber from his eyelids? Why could not the mighty Ahasuerus enjoy a mercy which was the portion of the very least of his subjects? Some may…
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ALONE WITH JESUS. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
John 8:1-11. The more closely and prayerfully we study the four Gospels, the more clearly do we see the distinct design of the Holy Spirit in each, and the perfect way in which He has pursued and carried out that design even in the most minute details. The grand theme…
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PETER ON THE WATER. (Read Matthew 14:22-33), Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
There are two ways in which we may view the interesting portion of Scripture given above. We may read it from a dispensational standpoint as bearing upon the subject of God’s dealings with Israel. Also, we may read it as a portion directly bearing on the subject of our own…
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STEPHEN. (Acts 7:55-60), Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
There are two grand facts which characterize Christianity and mark it off from all that had gone before. These are, first, Man glorified in heaven, and secondly, God dwelling in man on the earth. These are stupendous facts, divinely glorious and fitted to produce the most powerful effect upon the…
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A HEART FOR CHRIST. (Read Matthew 26), Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
In this solemn chapter we have a great many hearts revealed. The heart of the chief priests, the heart of the elders, the heart of the scribes, the heart of Peter, the heart of Judas. But there is one heart in particular, unlike all the others, and that is the…
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ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS, (READ PSALM 67). Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
It would help to give clearness and definiteness to missionary effort to keep fully before our minds God’s original purpose in sending the gospel to the Gentiles, or the nations. This we have stated in the most distinct manner in Acts 15, “Simeon has declared,” says James, “how God at the…
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Cloven Tongues, Acts 2:1-11. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
It will greatly enhance the grace of this lovely passage of Scripture to bear in mind what it was that rendered the cloven tongues necessary. In Genesis 11 we have the inspired record of the first grand effort of the children of men to establish themselves in the earth, to form a…
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THE TWO ALTARS. (EXODUS 20:24-26), Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
“An altar of earth thou shalt make to Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings, thy sheep and thine oxen: in all places where I record My name I will come to thee, and I will bless thee.” If anything could enhance the value or…
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THE DIVINE ANATHEMA. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
“If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha” (l Corinthians 16:22). The position which this solemn anathema occupies is truly remarkable. In the course of his lengthened epistle, the apostle had to rebuke and correct many practical evils and doctrinal errors. There were divisions…
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CHRIST AND HIS YOKE. (MATTHEW 11:28-30), Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
“Come to Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and l will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest to your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden…
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“LOOPS OF BLUE”. (EXODUS 26:4), Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
In contemplating the structure of the tabernacle in the wilderness, we may observe what an important place was assigned to the “loops of blue.” By means of them and the “taches of gold,” the curtains were joined together and the manifested unity of the whole structure preserved. These loops and…
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THE SYMPATHY AND GRACE OF JESUS. (Read carefully Matthew 14:1-21 and Mark 6:30-44) Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
In these two parallel scriptures we are presented with two distinct conditions of heart which both find their answer in the sympathy and grace of Jesus. Let us look closely at them and may the Holy Spirit enable us to gather up and bear away their precious teaching! It was…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 