The Necessity of Christ's Death, Exaltation and Intercession
Stephen Charnock
Public DomainPuritans
Chapters 82
- 1. It is not said, it is convenient or becoming. As it was said of his ≈ 3 min
- 2. It is said, he ought. Not an absolute, but a conditional ought; not ≈ 8 min
- 1. What kind of necessity this was. ≈ 22 min
- 2. Thing. To demonstrate this necessity. Having declared what kind ≈ 3 min
- 1. To suffer death was the immediate end of the interposition of ≈ 23 min
- 2. The veracity of God, in settling the penalty of death upon ≈ 16 min
- 3. The justice of God made the death of Christ necessary for our ≈ 42 min
- 1. Man had nothing to give. What was there he could call his own, ≈ 3 min
- 2. Nor could his repentance be a compensation. Bare grief for an ≈ 7 min
- 3. Nor could any after obedience to the law be a compensation for the ≈ 13 min
- 2. Nor could man give a full satisfaction by suffering, so as to obtain a ≈ 7 min
- 1. Not man. This is clear. All men were sunk into the gulf of misery, ≈ 3 min
- 2. Nor could angels be a sacrifice for us; because they were not of the ≈ 6 min
- 3. Ceremonial sacrifices, under the law, could not be sufficient for ≈ 26 min
- 4. It was necessary in regard of the offices of Christ. ≈ 10 min
- 5. The death of Christ was necessary upon the account of the ≈ 43 min
- 1. Let us here see the evil of sin. Nothing more fit to shew the ≈ 7 min
- 2. Let us not set up our rest in anything in ourselves, not in anything ≈ 3 min
- 3. Therefore, let us be sensible of the necessity of an interest in the ≈ 4 min
- 4. Let us value this Redeemer, and redemption by his death. Since ≈ 9 min
- 1. Some say his sufferings were not meritorious of his own glory; ≈ 3 min
- 2. Others say, Christ did merit this glory for himself. The oil of ≈ 7 min
- 3. Let this be as it will, yet the sufferings of Christ were a cause of his ≈ 6 min
- 1. In regard of his truth, the truth of his promise; his promise to him, ≈ 13 min
- 2. Upon the account of righteousness and goodness. ≈ 10 min
- 3. Upon the account of love to Christ. His paternal affection to his ≈ 39 min
- 3. As this glory was necessary on the account of God, and on the ≈ 23 min
- 1. His deity was glorified. ≈ 14 min
- 2. His humanity was really and intrinsecally glorified. There was a ≈ 43 min
- 1. The sending the Spirit. Indeed, since there could be no grace and ≈ 7 min
- 2. Consequent upon this was the communication of gifts for the ≈ 3 min
- 1. How groundless is the doctrine of transubstantiation. 'And to enter ≈ 3 min
- 2. How greatly is our nature dignified! He is entered into glory with ≈ 3 min
- 3. How pleasing to God is the redemption of man! Christ's glorious ≈ 4 min
- 4. How terrible should the consideration of the glory of Christ be to ≈ 51 min
- 1. Not only we apostles. The intercession of Christ is not so narrowed. ≈ 3 min
- 2. But we believers. It is the same we he speaks of in the first chapter; ≈ 3 min
- 3. We in particular. Every one who hath the like precious faith hath ≈ 23 min
- 1. The doctrine of the gospel indulgeth no liberty to sin: 'These things ≈ 3 min
- 2. Believers, while in the world, are liable to acts of sin. If any man; ≈ 3 min
- 3. Though believers do, through the strength of the flesh, subtlety of ≈ 3 min
- 4. Faith in Christ must be exercised as often as we sin: 'If any man ≈ 3 min
- 5. Christ is not an advocate for all men, but only for them that ≈ 3 min
- 6. The proper intendment of this office of Christ is for sins after a ≈ 3 min
- 7. No man can possibly be justified by his own works. We have an ≈ 3 min
- 8. Therefore observe further, that nothing of our own righteousness, ≈ 3 min
- 9. Christ is a person in the Godhead distinct from the Father: ≈ 3 min
- 10. How divine is the gospel! 'Sin not.' 'If any man sin.' It gives us ≈ 6 min
- 1. This office of advocacy belongs to him as a priest, and it is a part of ≈ 4 min
- 2. This, therefore, was the end of his ascension, and sitting down at ≈ 7 min
- 3. This advocacy is founded upon his oblation. He is our advocate, ≈ 3 min
- 4. The nature of this advocacy differs from that intercession or ≈ 3 min
- 1. An authoritative advocate. He intercedes not without a ≈ 7 min
- 2. He is a wise and skilful advocate. Every advocate must understand ≈ 7 min
- 3. He is a righteous and faithful advocate. He is as righteous in his ≈ 3 min
- 4. He is a compassionate advocate. His compassion to us is joined ≈ 7 min
- 5. He is ready and diligent. He is never out of the way when the cause ≈ 3 min
- 6. He is an earnest and pressing advocate. When an advocate hath ≈ 7 min
- 7. He is a joyful and cheerful advocate. He hath not a sour kind of ≈ 3 min
- 8. He is an acceptable advocate. He hath an active joy in his ≈ 4 min
- 9. He is the sole advocate. Those of Rome distinguish between ≈ 3 min
- 1. Christ is not an advocate in heaven in such a supplicating manner ≈ 3 min
- 2. Yet it may be a kind of petition, an expressing his desires in a ≈ 3 min
- 3. It is such a petition as is in the nature of a claim or demand. It is ≈ 7 min
- 4. This intercessory demand or asking is accompanied with a ≈ 4 min
- 5. It is a presenting our persons to God, together with his blood, in an ≈ 7 min
- 1. Because it is founded upon his death. As his oblation is of eternal ≈ 3 min
- 2. The exercise of this office must be as durable as the office itself. ≈ 3 min
- 3. This was both the reason and end of his advancement. The ≈ 10 min
- 1. This was typified.* The strength of his mediation was signified by ≈ 3 min
- 2. It was prophesied of Christ, Ps. 21:2, 'Thou hast given him his ≈ 3 min
- 3. God never denied him any request which he put up upon the earth ≈ 24 min
- 2. It must needs be efficacious in regard of the pleas themselves, the ≈ 31 min
- 1. For believers only. It is their peculiar privilege. It is not every name ≈ 3 min
- 2. For every believer particularly. The text intimates, 'We have an ≈ 10 min
- 1. Justification. ≈ 9 min
- 2. Daily pardon. This is principally intended in the text: 'If any man ≈ 3 min
- 3. Sanctification. As he is a priest set on the right hand of the throne ≈ 7 min
- 4. Strength against temptation. We have an enemy industrious to ≈ 3 min
- 5. Perseverance in grace. This follows upon the other. His prayer for ≈ 7 min
- 6. Acceptation of our services. As this advocate preserves our graces, ≈ 3 min
- 7. Salvation. This is the main end of his intercession, Heb. 7:25; he ≈ 52 min
| Author | Stephen Charnock |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | 1600s |
| Categories | Puritans · Christian Classics |
| Length | 82 chapters · ≈ 13 h 28 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · PDF |
| Status | Public Domain |
Public Domain.
