The Assembly of God. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. IIIMackintosh, Charles Henry
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The Assembly of God. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. III
Mackintosh, Charles Henry
Theology
Here, then, we have fully before us the solid foundation of the
Christian's position and the Christian's peace. It is all of God, from
first to last. The _will_, the _work_, and the _witness_ are all divine.
The Lord be praised for this glorious fact! What should we do, what
would become of us, were it otherwise? In this day of confusion, when
souls are tossed about by every wind of doctrine--when the beloved sheep
of Christ are driven hither and thither, in bewilderment and
perplexity--when ritualism with its ignorant absurdities, and
rationalism with its impudent blasphemies, and spiritualism with its
horrible traffic with demons, are threatening the very foundations of
our faith, how important it is for Christians to know what those
foundations really are, and that they should be consciously resting
thereon!
PART III.
We would recall for a moment to the reader's attention the third point
in our subject, namely, "The witness of the Holy Ghost in Scripture." We
feel it to be of too much importance to be dismissed with such a cursory
glance as we were able to give it at the close of our last paper.
It is absolutely essential to the enjoyment of settled peace that the
heart should rest _solely_ on the authority of Holy Scripture. Nothing
else will stand. Inward evidences, spiritual experiences, comfortable
frames, happy feelings, are all very good, very valuable, and very
desirable; indeed we cannot prize them too highly in their right place.
But, most assuredly, their right place is not at the foundation of the
Christian position. If we look to such things as the ground of our
peace, we shall very soon become clouded, uncertain, and miserable.
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