Description
Although sanctified by the Spirit of Christ, Christians must continually battle against indwelling sin. It is no surprise that as the Christian life is chiefly characterized by faith and repentance, the Christian’s struggles are largely with manifestations of doubt and fear. Unfortunately, these enemies of Christianity have wounded the character and weakened the comfort of many children of God.
In Christ Our Rest, David Pitcairn exposes the sad prevalence and the destructive influence of doubts among Christians, and traces them to their various causes. He writes each of his sixteen chapters as letters addressed to a dear friend, mixing scriptural exposition with tender encouragement and exhortation. He presents the gospel, both in its doctrines and in its privileges, so that the faith of the doubtful may find strength and believers may have their attention continually directed to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Pitcairn masterfully highlights the fullness and freeness of Christ’s work as the only source of a satisfying rest for the soul.
Table of Contents:
- The Existence of Doubts Is Not Incompatible With a State of Grace, Part 1
- The Existence of Doubts Is Not Incompatible With a State of Grace, Part 2
- The Various Kinds of Doubts That are Prevalent Among Professing Christians
- The Pernicious Influence of Doubts – They Dishonor God
- The Pernicious Influence of Doubts – They are Prejudicial to the Christian Character and Comfort of the Doubter
- Doubts are Injurious to the Christian Character and Comfort of the Doubter – They Cool the Ardor of His Love to God and Man
- Doubts are Injurious to the Christian Character and Comfort of the Doubter – They Check His Spirituality and Heavenly-Mindedness
- Doubts are Injurious to the Christian Character and Comfort of the Doubter – They Damp and Darken His Hopes For Eternity
- The Pernicious Influence of Doubts – They Exhibit the Religion of Christ to the World in a False and Forbidding Point of View
- The Causes and the Cures of Doubts – Physical or Natural Causes
- Spiritual Causes of Doubts, and Their Cures – The Hidings of God’s Face
- Spiritual Causes of Doubts – The Temptations of the Devil
- Moral Causes of Doubts, and Their Cures
- Religious Causes of Doubts, and Their Cures – Imperfect and Inaccurate Views of the Person of Christ
- Religious Causes of Doubts – Imperfect and Inaccurate Views of the Work of Christ, and of His Qualifications for the Work
- Religious Causes of Doubts – Imperfect and Inaccurate Views of the Sinner’s Warrant to Believe in the Savior
Author
David Pitcairn (d. 1870) served as minister of Evie and Rendall, in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.