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CHRIST AND HIS THREEFOLD OFFICE & CHRIST HUMBLED YET EXALTED
JOHN FLAVEL abridged by J. Stephen Yuille
TWO OUTSTANDING VOLUMES DRAWN FROM THE CLASSIC 'THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE'
(1) CHRIST AND HIS THREEFOLD OFFICE
Flavel explores the glory of Christ becoming a man “to qualify and prepare Him for a full discharge of His mediatorship, in the office of our Prophet, Priest, and King.”
“Salvation,” says Flavel, “is revealed by Christ as a Prophet, procured by Him as a Priest, applied by Him as a King. In vain it is revealed, if not purchased; in vain revealed and purchased, if not applied.”
Flavel’s treatment of the subject is polemical when necessary and painstakingly detailed when he believes the truth is at stake. It is an act of adoration, of meditations upon “the transcendent excellency of Jesus Christ.”
Table of Contents:
The Excellence of the Subject
Christ’s Essential Glory
The Covenant of Redemption
God’s Admirable Love
Christ’s Wonderful Person
The Authority of the Mediator
The Consecration of the Mediator
The Nature of Christ’s Mediation
The First Branch of Christ’s Prophetical Office: The Revelation of God’s Will
The Second Branch of Christ’s Prophetical Office: The Illumination of Man’s Understanding
The Nature and Necessity of Christ’s Priesthood
The First Act of Christ’s Priestly Office: Oblation
The Second Act of Christ’s Priestly Office: Intercession
The First Effect of Christ’s Priesthood: A Full Satisfaction
The Second Effect of Christ’s Priesthood: A Blessed Inheritance
The Kingly Office of Christ: Executed Spiritually upon the Redeemed
The Kingly Office of Christ: Executed Providentially for the Redeemed
“It’s difficult to find a more compelling, heart-searching, affection-producing, and biblically sound expositor of experiential Christianity than the seventeenth-century English Puritan John Flavel. Combining pastoral warmth and theological depth, Flavel sought to display the loveliness of Christ as Mediator so that the believer might grow in greater spiritual maturity and conformity to Him. I cannot commend Flavel highly enough!” — Brian H. Cosby, senior minister of Wayside Presbyterian Church, Signal Mountain, Tennessee; and author of John Flavel: Puritan Life and Thought in Stuart England and Suffering and Sovereignty: John Flavel and the Puritans on Afflictive Providence
(2) CHRIST HUMBLED YET EXALTED
John Flavel shows Christ as our fountain of true joy: secured for his people by his humiliation and his exaltation. By humiliation, Flavel means the incarnation - Christ’s birth, ministry, and death - by exaltation he means the four stages of resurrection, ascension, intercession, and His return in judgment.
Flavel shows this twofold act (humiliation and exaltation) is the foundation of our joy because through them Christ has removed our debt and secured our inheritance. “The believer knows,” says Flavel, “that however sweet his communion with Christ is in this world, yet that communion he will have with Christ in heaven will far excel it.”
Table of Contents:
Christ’s Humiliation
A Humble Life
A Prayer of Commendation
A Commemorative Sign
Christ’s Agony
The Nature of Christ’s Death
A Lonely Death
A Lowly Death
A Prayer for Forgiveness
A Promise of Salvation
A Cry of Forsakenness
A Cry of Anguish
The Completion of Christ’s Work
Christ’s Burial
The Blessed Ends of Christ’s Humiliation
Christ’s Exaltation
Christ’s Resurrection
Christ’s Ascension
Christ’s Present Session
Christ’s Triumphant Return
“For years I’ve benefited from the writings of John Flavel and the Puritans, and I’ve often done that through the labors of Stephen Yuille. In this volume, Yuille takes us to Flavel, who guides us on a Christological journey that addresses some of our most pressing theological issues today: a Christology that begins in eternity past in the covenant of redemption; ministry set within the biblical framework of prophet, priest, and king; and the example of Christ’s humiliation that results in His exaltation and ours. Yuille’s hope for us is that we digest Flavel’s sermons and ‘get them deeply fixed upon [our souls] by the Spirit of the Lord, turning them into life and power’ within us.” — Adam Embry, author and editor of An Honest, Well Experienced Heart: The Piety of John Flavel
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