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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... prayer , the indwelling Holy Spirit , and all the other spiritual resources we find in Christ simply are not adequate to meet people's real needs . Entire churches are committed to programs built on the presupposition that the apostles ...
... prayer as the chief activities of church life . Many churches have de - emphasized preaching and worship in favor of en- tertainment , apparently believing they must lure converts by appealing to fleshly interests . As if Christ Himself ...
... praying with someone who is deeply hurting emotionally is too superficial . Only those who are trained in psychology - those with the secret knowledge - are qualified to help people with serious spiri- tual and emotional problems . The ...
... pray , fellow- ship , and be edified - and scattered to evangelize unbeliev- ers . Many today believe instead that church meetings should entertain unbelievers for the purpose of creating a good ex- perience that will make Christ more ...
... prayed the Ephesians would have the spiritual enlight- enment to comprehend the richness of its glory ( Eph . 1:18 ) . The concept of an inheritance from God had great significance to early Jewish believers in Christ because their Old ...
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 |