Description
Biographical Introduction by William S. Barker. Bunyan wrote extensively on topical theological and practical matters, issues that faced the church in his time, which face us still. The Intercession of Christ is one of these works. In it Bunyan traces the nature of Jesus' intercession, who it should affect, the benefits it gives us and how effective that intercession is. Bunyan is also keen to show the interferences of the doctrine on such subjects as backsliding, how Christ's intervention is affected when we continue to sin, and there sins of God's people worse than the sins of others.
Table of Contents
Biographical Introduction 9
1 The Intercession of Christ Explained 17
What Is His Intercession? 18
What Does He Ask For? 19
‘Bring Them Home’ 19
‘Cleanse Them and Keep Them’ 19
‘Give Them More Grace’ 20
‘Preserve Them’ 21
What Does Christ’s Intercession Infer? 23
Saints Sin 23
We Need a Mediator 24
We Need a Blameless Intercessor 25
Christ Answers All Accusations Against Us 26
Believers Should not Rest at the Cross for Comfort 27
2 Benefi ts of Christ’s Intercession 29
What Does the Apostle Mean by ‘Save’? 29
Justifi cation 30
Preservation 31
What Does it Mean to Save to the Uttermost? 36
Persons Far from Christ 36
Things that Make Coming Hard 36
Why ‘Able’? 40
All-suffi cient Merit 40
Infi nite Power 41
3 Some Important Inferences 43
Justifi cation Will Stand with Imperfection 43
The Justifi ed Are Still Sinners 44
Imperfect in Graces 45
Imperfect in Duties 48
Satan Does not Give Up 49
He Does not Know Who Are Elect 50
He Wants to Defi le and Affl ict the Church 50
The Danger of Self-suffi ciency 50
God Hates the Sin of His People 51
Christ Begins and Completes Our Salvation 52
All Glory to Jesus 54
Saints Need Christ to the End 55
4 The Persons Interested in Christ’s Intercession 57
Not Those Who Come Their Own Way 57
To God, but not to Christ 57
To Christ, but not to God by Him 58
Those Who Come as God Intends 60
Newly Awakened 62
The Returning Backslider 76
The Upright Believer 80
5 Conclusions Touching These Persons 85
He Is no Fool that Comes to God by Christ 85
He Believes There Is a World to Come 88
Faith Is Strong and Forcible 88
Those Who Turn from Christ Have no Faith 90
The World to Come is Better 91
Most Men Are Mad 93
How God Determines Our End 95
6 Unfailing Effi cacy of Christ’s Intercession 99
An Unshakeable Covenant 100
Confirmed by an Oath 103
Grounded in the Life of Christ 104
A Life Laid Down and Taken Again 105
Our Intercessor Has the Final Word 107
Grounded Upon His Merits 109
7 Lessons Taught By This Part 113
Our Souls Are in a Deplorable Condition 113
Satan Does not Want to Lose Us 114
Christ’s Love Never Wearies 115
Christ Will Save Many 116
Honour Christ by Believing 117
Worthy Is the Lamb 118
8 The Use: Concluding Exhortations 119
Study the Priestly Offi ce of Christ 119
Apply This Truth to Yourself and Others 121
Product Details
Title: The Intercession of Christ: Christ, A Complete Saviour
Author: John Bunyan
Publisher: Christian Heritage
Pages: 128
Binding: Paperback
Size: 19.8 x 13.0 x 1.0 cm
ISBN: 9781845505448
