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John Flavel
John Flavel
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
PHILIPPIANS 2:8
John Flavel shows Christ as the fountain of true joy, secured for His people by His humiliation and exaltation. By humiliation, Flavel means the incarnation—Christ’s birth, ministry, and death. And by exaltation, Flavel means the four stages of resurrection, ascension, intercession, and return in judgment. This twofold act of 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.”
“For years I’ve benefited from the writings of John Flavel and the Puritans. In this volume, Flavel guides us on a Christological journey that addresses some of our most pressing theological issues today. Stephen Yuille hopes that we will 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
JOHN FLAVEL (1628-1691) was an English Puritan who became a nonconformist after the Great Ejection of 1662. He waited ten years before being licensed to preach again, and then only in his own home. When collected in the nineteenth century, his writings filled six volumes. Flavel’s writings are known for their practical nature. He was instrumental in promoting the happy union of Presbyterians and Congregationalists.