The Fourfold Gospel: Jesus as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer and Coming King (Pure Gold Classics) - Softcover

Simpson, A.B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882703366 ISBN 13: 9780882703367

Publisher: Bridge-Logos, Inc., 2007

Synopsis

Based on Simpson's religious experiences, four points were crystallized and publicly conveyed as the distinctive doctrinal conviction of his movement. These four points, which comprise the fourfold gospel, focus on Christ as the Saviour, Sanctifier, Healer, and as the coming King. Concerning Christ as the Saviour, the simple way of faith was emphasized along with the experience of regeneration and the joyful assurance of the forgiveness of sins.

About this title

About the Author

Albert Benjamin Simpson (1843–1919) was born to parents of Scottish descent and grew to become one of the most respected Christian figures in American evangelicalism. A much–sought–after speaker and pastor, Simpson founded a major evangelical denomination, published more than seventy books, edited a weekly magazine for nearly forty years, and wrote many gospel songs and poems.

The first few years of his life were spent in relative simplicity on Prince Edward Island, Canada, where his father, an elder in the Presbyterian Church, worked as a shipbuilder and eventually became involved in the export/import industry. To avoid an approaching business depression, the family moved to Ontario, where the younger Simpson accepted Christ as his Savior at age fifteen and was subsequently "called by God to preach" the gospel of Christ.

Simpson went on to pastor New York's 13th Street Presbyterian Church. However, in 1881, he resigned and began to hold independent evangelistic meetings in New York City. A year later, the Gospel Tabernacle was built, and Simpson began to turn his vision toward establishing an organization for missions. Simpson helped to form and lead two evangelization societies: The Christian Alliance and The Evangelical Missionary Alliance. As thousands joined these two groups, Simpson sensed a need for the two to become one. In 1897, they became The Christian and Missionary Alliance.

Paul Rader, former pastor of the Moody Church in Chicago, once said: "[Simpson] was the greatest heart preacher I ever listened to. He preached out of his own rich dealings with God."

On October 28, 1919, Simpson slipped into a coma from which he never recovered. Family members recall that his final words were spoken to God in prayer for all the missionaries he had helped to send throughout the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bridge-Logos, Inc.
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0882703366
• ISBN 13: 9780882703367
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Chadwick Harold J.