Our Sufficiency in ChristCrossway, 1998 M07 10 - 288 páginas Christ's divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness. —2 Peter 1:3 Pure Christianity needs no embellishment whatsoever. We find complete sufficiency in Christ and His provision for our needs. But too many Christians have bought in to the notion that all the spiritual resources we gain at the moment of salvation are not adequate to meet the real needs in today's complex world. So they look for something more—an emotionally exciting and self-edifying experience not found in God's Word. This failure to understand the sufficiency of Christ has opened the door to all kinds of worldy influences, causing many modern believers to mix biblical truths with seemingly helpful man-made methods such as mysticism and psychology. As a result, they wallow in a watered-down, pseudo-Christanity that has been drained of its vitality, effectiveness, and security. In this book John MacArthur exposes the main ways Christians have displaced their spiritual resources and explains how to avoid making the same error. It will make you newly aware of how completely God provides—and give you a renewed understanding of what it means to be "complete in Christ." |
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... ended with a reference to 2 Peter 1 : 3 . That book dealt with the gospel message and explored the question of what it means to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ . The book struck an emotional chord , which was no 17 Preface.
... means to be complete in Christ . The failure of modern Christians to understand and appropriate the riches of Christ has opened the door to all kinds of aberrant influences . Bad doctrine , legalism , libertinism , humanism , and ...
... means - anything other than the sufficiency of their God . Refusing to rely solely on their ample spiritual resources brought them only failure and humiliation . Yet the church today is behaving exactly like Old Testament Israel . Where ...
... means , all the while possessing Christ , who is the key to every spiritual blessing . He alone fulfills the deepest longings of our hearts and supplies every spiritual resource we need . Believers have in Christ everything they will ...
Contenido
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Truth in a World of Theory | 73 |
Psychological Sanctification? | 91 |
BibleBelieving Doubters | 113 |
Religious Hedonism | 139 |
A Balance of Faith and Effort | 191 |
Spiritual Warfare Whos After Whom? | 211 |
Sufficient Grace | 239 |
Epilogue Perfect Sufficiency | 259 |
Endnotes | 265 |
Topical Index | 269 |
Scripture Index | 275 |
8 The Quest for Something More | 167 |