T. Austin-Sparks

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101.) Personal Testimony
      Years ago I was unquestionably stretched out to the full for God's best (as I trust I am now), and there was no doubt whatever as to my devotion to the Lord. I was right in the full tide of every kind of evangelical activity, and especially in conventions everywhere for the deepening of spiritual life. I was a member of many Missionary Boards and C ...read more

102.) Priesthood and Life
      What is a priest? He is not an official or a member of a religious caste, but a man who withstands death and ministers life. The one all-inclusive issue of the ages, the great purpose of God from eternity to eternity, can be described in New Testament language as eternal life. As soon as sin entered the world then death ensued, and so men needed an ...read more

103.) Remembering and Forgetting (Deuteronomy 8)
       Reading: Deuteronomy 8. "And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God hath led thee..." "Brethren, I count not myself yet to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things that are before, I press on toward the goal, unto the prize of the on-high calling of Go ...read more

104.) Reproduction by Divine Life (John 12:24)
       An organism is never an end in itself... and is never something for itself. It is a means to a larger end - a channel for larger purposes - and the object of an organism is to reproduce itself by life. That reproduction is always sacrificial. It always costs. It is always by the vessel's yielding up of itself in some way. That is to say, dea ...read more

105.) Resting in the Lord's Care
       "For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men" (1 Pet. 2:15). "For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully... For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps... ...read more

106.) Resurrection, the Hallmark of Sonship
       In the terrible darkness of the Cross, Jesus uttered the cry of desertion and forsakenness in which He could only use the term: "My God..." (Matthew 27:46), but before He died He was able to say: "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit" (Luke 23:46). After He had risen from the dead, among the first words that He spoke were these: "Touch me n ...read more

107.) Resurrection, the Hallmark of Sonship - 2
       "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matt. 27:46). "And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit" (Luke 23:46). "God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he raised up Jesus; as ...read more

108.) Resurrection: A Living Personal Reality
       Transcribed from a message given by T. Austin-Sparks in 1959. The spoken form has been retained verbatim. Words which were not clearly discernible have been enclosed in [square] brackets. Reading: 2 Kings 6:1-33 In the second book of the Kings, chapter six: 'And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwe ...read more

109.) Seeing Christ by Revelation (Matthew 16:13-17)
       He (the Lord Jesus) is the sum of all Divine thoughts, and the Incarnation is the supreme expression of this one thought of God, to be truly, adequately, fully, perfectly represented; so that it was possible for the Lord Jesus to say, ''He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father'' (John 14:9). There is the mystery of Christ. What is the mystery ...read more

110.) Significant Salutations
      Reading: Romans 16 This is a chapter which I expect you do not often read. The letter proper seems to end with the "Amen" of 15:33, and it is easy to regard the final chapter as of little importance. But even though it may be a struggle to read it, I suggest that the effort is well worth making. Like some of the Old Testament chapters devoted to ...read more

111.) Simulation - Exaggeration - Predomination
       Bible interpreters have been convinced that the words ostensibly addressed to "the king of Babylon" in Isaiah 14 have a larger context and can only be exhausted if seen to refer to some erstwhile angelic being. This conviction is strongly supported by other statements and allusions in different parts of the Bible, such as Jude 6, II Peter 2:4, Lu ...read more

112.) Some Principles of the House of God (2 Chronicles 3:1)
       Reading: Psalm 132 'Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite' 2 Chron 3:1 There is much related Scripture which we ought to read, but must only refer to ...read more

113.) Spiritual Understanding (Matthew 13)
       Reading: Matthew 13:1-9, 11, 14-15, 19, 23, 51 You will probably note that one word occurs in all these varied verses - the word 'understanding' in its different forms. I have recently been very much impressed with the necessity for spiritual understanding. This parable is, I expect, as familiar to you as any of the parables of the Lord Jes ...read more

114.) Spiritual Warfare (Luke 22:34)
       "If you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one" Luke 22:36. Later on Jesus said to those same disciples, "Put your sword back into its place, for all who draw the sword will die by the sword" (Matthew 26:52). There must be a good explanation for the Lord's earlier command that His disciples should be sure to be armed, and among other ...read more

115.) Spirituality: The Key to all That is of God
       A spiritual state is the key to all that is of God. Spirituality is the door, and the key to the door, beyond which lies everything that relates to God. Without spirituality there is no way through; the door is closed. The word ''cannot'' stands written as an impassable barrier - ''cannot understand or receive the things of the Spirit of God. '' ...read more

116.) Standing Firm in the Lord
       "He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up" (Exodus 36:20). "Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand" (1 Kings 18:15). "They stood every man in his place round about the camp" (Judges 7:21). "Behold, bless ye the Lord, all His servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lor ...read more

117.) Stephen - Thy Witness
       An Appeal for Spiritual Christianity Acts 22:20 (Acts 6 & 7) It would be difficult to find a Christian who did not hold Stephen in very high esteem. The reading of the account of his martyrdom, as that of a young man of great gifts and unimpeachable character, stirs every kind of emotion into intense reaction. Sorrow, grief, admiration, ang ...read more

118.) Stewardship (1 Corinthians 4:1,2)
       "Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful." (1 Corinthians 4:1,2) A steward is a man who, on the one hand, stands in a living relationship to all that his lord has and, on the other hand, has an equally close relationship to ...read more

119.) Take Your Share
       Reading: I Chronicles 15:1-2, II Timothy 2:1-3. And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. (I Chronicles 15:1-2). ...read more