We seek happiness in this world and believe we have what it takes to live the good life, only to reap discontent and misery. In Christ Is All, and in All, Ralph Robinson provides the remedy by setting Christ before us as the all-sufficient One. Robinson begins by explaining from Colossians 3:11 how Jesus is the source and guarantee of every blessing for all who are joined to Him in faith. Robinson then spends the remainder of the book investigating a host of metaphors used throughout Scripture that highlight our greatest needs and shows how they are met in Jesus. Discussing how Christ is our life, food, light, shepherd, vine, and so much more, Robinson displays the supreme excellence of knowing our Lord. Read this book and be overwhelmed with the preciousness of Christ. And like Robinson, revel in Christ as the greatest treasure and value Him above all else.

Contents

To the Reader

1. Christ Is All, and in All
2. Christ a Christian’s Life (1)
3. Christ a Christian’s Life (2)
4. Christ a Christian’s Life (3)
5. Christ a Christian’s Food
6. Christ’s Righteousness a Christian’s Robe
7. Christ the Protector (1)
8. Christ the Protector (2)
9. Christ the Protector (3)
10. Jesus Christ the Physician
11. Christ the True Light
12. Jesus Christ the Great Shepherd
13. Jesus Christ the True Vine (1)
14. Jesus Christ the True Vine (2)
15. Christ a Horn of Salvation
16. Christ the Dew of Heaven
17. Christ the Chief Cornerstone (1)
18. Christ the Chief Cornerstone (2)
19. Christ the Chief Cornerstone (3)
20. Christ the Chief Cornerstone (4)
21. Christ the Chief Cornerstone (5)
22. Christ to the Wicked a Stone of Stumbling (1)
23. Christ to the Wicked a Stone of Stumbling (2)
24. Christ the Sun of Righteousness (1)
25. Christ the Sun of Righteousness (2)
26. Christ the Precious Ointment (1)
27. Christ the Precious Ointment (2)
28. Jesus Christ the Consolation of Israel (1)
29. Jesus Christ the Consolation of Israel (2)
30. Christ the Fountain Opened for Penitent Sinners
31. Christ the Lamb of God
32. Christ a Bundle of Myrrh
33. Christ the Way
34. Christ the Truth (1)
35. Christ the Truth (2)
36. Christ the Glory of His People (1, 2)
37. Christ the Gift of God
38. Christ the Author and Finisher of Our Faith
39. Christ the Rock
40. The Word of Christ the Sword of the Spirit (1)
41. The Word of Christ the Sword of the Spirit (2)
42. Jesus Christ the Desire of All Nations
43. The Covenant of Grace Established in Christ
44. Christ the Hope of Salvation
45. Jesus Christ as Rivers of Water in a Dry Land
46. Christ the Power of God
47. Christ the Wisdom of God (1)
48. Christ the Wisdom of God (2)
49. Christ the True Brazen Serpent
50. Jesus Christ the End of the Law
51. Christ the Holy One of God
52. Christ the Christian’s Spiritual Altar
53. Christ the Christian’s Passover

Endorsement

“Let not this book be received in vain which the good hand of providence now tenders unto you. This field is full of gospel treasures dug out of Scripture mines for your enriching in the knowledge of Christ. And what knowledge is so necessary, excellent, or profitable? For from hence do issue all things which pertain unto life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). Hereby our love to Christ is enflamed, our longings after Him enlarged, our faith in Him confirmed, our joys in Him raised; yea, by the knowledge of Him He is possessed and improved, both for growth in all graces, augmenting of all spiritual comforts, and preparation for everlasting glory.”
—Simond Ash, Edmund Calamy, and William Taylor

About the Author

Ralph Robinson (1614–1655) was a graduate of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and pastored a Presbyterian congregation at St. Mary Woolnoth, London. He was one of the Puritan ministers who objected to the execution of King Charles in 1649 and suffered imprisonment in the Tower of London for involvement in efforts to restore the Stuart monarchy in 1651. The Westminster divine Simon Ash described Robinson as an exemplary family man, pastor, and friend who was fitted “with gifts more than ordinary.” Robinson was forty-one years old when he died.