Category: Writings by C. H. Mackintosh.
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THE TWO LINKS. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
There are two very important links in Christianity which we should seek to understand. First is the link of everlasting life; secondly, the link of personal communion. These links, being distinct, should never be confounded, and being intimately connected, should never be separated. The former is the ground of our security; the…
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EXHORTATION. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
There are few things less understood than the real nature of exhortation. We are apt to attach an idea of legal effort to that word which is quite foreign to it. Divine exhortation always assumes that a certain relationship exists, that a certain standing is enjoyed, that certain privileges are…
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PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
Deuteronomy 20:1-9. Privilege and responsibility! Yes, this is the divine order, and how important it is in dealing with the things of God to place them in the order in which He places them and leave them there! The human mind is ever prone to displace things. Hence it is…
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RESPONSIBILITY AND POWER. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
The question of man’s responsibility seems to perplex many minds. They find it difficult, if not impossible, to reconcile it with the fact of his total lack of power. If, it is argued, man is completely powerless, how can he be responsible? If he cannot of himself repent or believe…
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THE ALABASTER BOX. Matthew 26:6-13, Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
It is needful to bear in mind in this day of busy doing and restless activity that God looks at everything from one standpoint, measures everything by one rule, tries everything by one touchstone, and that touchstone, that rule that standpoint is Christ. He values things just so far as…
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JONATHAN. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(1 Samuel 18:1-4) “And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David: and Jonathan loved him as his own soul … Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him…
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PREACHING CHRIST: WHAT IS IT?. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
“Philip went down to Samaria and preached Christ to them” (Acts 8). This brief and simple statement embodies in it a grand characteristic feature of Christianity — a feature which distinguishes it from every system of religion that now exists or ever was propounded in this world. Christianity is not…
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OBEDIENCE: WHAT IS IT? AND ARE WE OBEDIENT?. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
It is of the greatest importance for the Christian to have a clear apprehension of the true character of Christian obedience. It is evident that I must be a Christian before ever I can obey Christ. A child can understand this. I must be in a position in order to…
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STABILITY AND PEACE. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(JOSHUA 1:9) “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the Lord thy God is with thee wheresoever thou goest.” Here lies the true secret of stability and peace at all times and under all circumstances. The authority…
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OBEDIENCE AND DEPENDENCE. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
We saw in the previous article that our God has, in His infinite mercy, provided for His people in this dark and evil world both authority and power — the authority of His Word and the power of His Spirit — for the path which they are called to tread…
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GRACE AND HOLINESS. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
Thank God we are under grace. But does this blessed fact weaken in any way the truth that “Holiness becomes God’s house forever?” Has it ceased to be true that “God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of his saints; and to be held in reverence of all…
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AUTHORITY AND POWER. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
If ever there was a moment in the history of the professing Church in which it was vital for people to have divine authority for their path and divine power to pursue it, this is the moment. There are so many conflicting opinions, so many jarring voices, so many opposing…
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RESTORATION. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(John 21:1-19) A careful study of these verses will enable us to trace in them distinct kinds of restoration, namely restoration of conscience, restoration of heart and restoration of position. The first of these, restoration of conscience, is all-important. It would be utterly impossible to over-estimate the value of a sound, clear,…
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A WORKMAN’S MOTTO. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (l Corinthians 15:58). Here we have an uncommonly fine motto for the Christian workman, and every Christian ought to be…
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ISOLATION. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
It is one of our great difficulties at the present moment — indeed it has ever been a difficulty — to combine a narrow path with a wide heart. There is very much on all sides tending to produce isolation. We cannot deny it. Links of human friendship seem so fragile; so…
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DEAD TO THE LAW. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
“For I through law, am dead to law, that I might live to God” (Galatians 2:19). This is a weighty word and much needed just now. The spiritual apprehension of the truth set forth will preserve the soul from two errors which are very common in the professing Church —…
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THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL (READ LUKE 10:25-35) We desire to dwell for a little upon two grand questions which are suggested and answered in our Lord’s interview with the lawyer, namely, What is written in the law? What is revealed in the gospel? These questions have only to be named…
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DELIVERANCE. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
When a Christian dies and goes to heaven he is completely delivered from the power of sin. It is manifestly impossible that sin can have any power or authority over a dead man. But it is not so readily seen or admitted that the believer, even now, is as thoroughly…
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SELF-SURRENDER. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(PHILIPPIANS 2) It is delightful to contemplate the moral triumphs of Christianity — the victories which it gains over self and the world, and the marvelous way in which such victories are obtained. The law said, “Thou shalt do this; and thou shalt not do that.” But Christianity speaks a…
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EPAPHRODITUS. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
We want the reader to turn with us to Philippians 2 and study the brief sketch of the interesting character of Epaphroditus. There is great moral beauty in it. We are not told very much about him, but in what we are told, we see a great deal of what is truly…
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