Elijah the Tishbite. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. V

· 1896

_A Nonprofit Organization, Devoted to the Lord's Work and to the Spread of His Truth_ The two chapters given above furnish a most impressive illustration of a principle which runs all through the inspired volume, namely, that the moment man takes his right place, God can meet him in perfect grace--free, sovereign, unqualified grace: the fulness of God waits on an empty vessel. This great principle shines everywhere from Genesis to Revelation. The word "principle" hardly expresses what is meant; it is too cold. We would speak of it as a grand, living, divine fact, which shines with heavenly lustre in the gospel of the grace of God and in the history of God's people collectively and individua…

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