The Character of Christ

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Weight 0.17 kg
Dimensions 12.1 × 1 × 18.1 cm
binding

Paperback

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Book

page-count

176

isbn

9781800403321

short-isbn

3321

topic

Jesus Christ, Sanctification

Recent Pub Date Year

2023

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Book Description

Most experienced Christians are familiar with the Fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians. Love, peace, patience, and so on are often considered both gracious marks of true Christian character and ideals to aim for. But what do they look like when lived to the fullest?

This book answers this question by studying the fullness of the Fruit of the Spirit in the life of Christ. In a warm and engaging style, Jonathan Cruse examines these godly attributes in the Lord’s example, comparing them with our own faltering efforts at holiness, and shows how only the power of God himself can truly conform us to Christ. The work is his, not ours – and this is good news for all those who yearn for greater sanctification.

About the Author

Jonathan Landry Cruse studied theology at Westminster Seminary California. He is an author, hymnwriter, and the pastor of Community Presbyterian Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Jonathan is husband to Kerri Ann and a father of three.

Table of Contents Expand ↓

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: This Is Not a How-to Book
    • Biblical and Christological Background
    • His Spirit, Our Spirit
  1. The Love of God Made Manifest
    • Defining Love
    • Discovering Love
    • Desiring Love
  2. The Joy of Your Master
    • The Embodiment of Joy
    • The Source of Joy
    • The Permanence of Joy
    • The Place of Joy
  3. He Himself Is Our Peace
    • Eternal Peace
    • Internal Peace
    • External Peace
  4. Consider Him Who Endured
    • Forbearance
      • Repent
      • Represent
    • Long-suffering
  5. When Kindness Appeared
    • Kindness Incarnate
    • Three Scenes
      • Kindly feeding
      • Kindly healing
      • Kindly forgiving
    • Just Be Kind?
  6. ‘Why Do You Call Me Good?’
    • Goodness in Creation and Providence
    • Goodness in Question
    • Goodness in Redemption
    • Goodness in Me
  7. Faithful to Him Who Appointed Him
    • The ‘What’ of Christ’s Faithfulness
      • He manifested God’s name
      • He preached God’s word
      • He kept God’s people
      • Objection(s)!
    • The ‘So What?’ of Christ’s Faithfulness
  8. ‘I Am Gentle’
    • Two Characteristics
      • Gentleness
      • Lowliness
    • An Imperative
    • An Invitation
  9. ‘Not My Will but Yours Be Done’
    • What It Is
    • Why We Need It
    • How We Get It
      • The life of Jesus
      • The life of Faith
  • Conclusion: Beautiful Saviour, Beautiful Saints
  • FOR FURTHER STUDY AND DISCUSSION

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