Sermons & Devotionals by T. Austin-Sparks
T. Austin-Sparks
The Resurrection, Ascension and Exaltation of Christ
We have now reached so far on in our consideration as to make wise and profitable a brief review before we take the next specific steps. We began these meditations by noting that the Bible focuses everything upon a primal rift and rupture in Heaven and then on earth, or, before the present created o... Read More
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The Retrospective Feature
I want at this point to return for a few moments to the matter of the boards of the Tabernacle, referred to in our first chapter, when we saw God's provision for reinforcing the corners, the turning-points, with an extra board. Turning-points or angles are always danger spots, and the Lord has alway... Read More
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The Return of Grace
We proceed to a further small fragment in this great matter which has been opened to us concerning the change from the old Israel to a new Israel, which was declared by the Lord Jesus Himself when He said to the leaders and representatives of the old Israel: "The kingdom of God shall be taken away f... Read More
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The Revelation of the Father (John 16:1 - 17:26)
Reading: John 16:1 - 17:26 I want you just to pass your eye over that prayer again - "He said, Father... O Father... I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them... As thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee... Father, that which thou hast given me... O righteous Father." "I manifested thy name... I made k... Read More
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The Rights of God
There are three short series of passages of Scripture in connection with each of these to which I would direct you at the outset. The Christ Col. 1:13-18; Heb. 2:5-10,16; Eph. 1:22; 4:10. The Church Eph. 1:22; 2:14-16; 3:20-21. The Antichrist 1 John 2:18-22; 4:2-3; 2 Thess. 2:3-10. There is a prelim... Read More
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The Rights of God and Grace
Reading: Luke 4:17–27. “And there was delivered unto Him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenheart... Read More
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The Rule of Heaven will Divide Between the Evil and the Good, Between the Leaven and the Unleavened Bread
The Gospel by Matthew, chapter thirteen, and verse thirty-three: "Another parable spake He unto them; 'The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened'" (ASV). This is the fourth parable on the kingdom, and like the ones befo... Read More
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The Saving Power of Divine Vision (Proverbs 29:18)
(A Message as Spoken) "Where there is no vision, the people perish" ("the people cast off restraint" - R.V.). (Proverbs 29:18). That verse might be translated, "Where there is no vision, the people disintegrate" or "fall apart" or "go to pieces". Whether that be the right translation or not, it is q... Read More
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The School of Sonship unto Adoption
READING: Rom. 8:14,17,19,21,23,29; Gal. 4:5-7; Eph. 1:5-6; Heb. 1:1-2; 3:6-8,14-15; 5:8-14; 12:5-7,9,11. Continuing our contemplation of the spiritual house, we are now to consider the matter of the School of sonship unto adoption. I hesitate to go over the ground of technical differences in terms b... Read More
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The Sealing of His Brethren
“...In whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, — in whom, having also believed, YE WERE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE, WHICH IS AN EARNEST OF OUR INHERITANCE, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, unto the praise of his glory” (Eph. 1:13,14). S... Read More
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The Secret Revealed
“...it hath now been revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit”; “According to the purpose of the ages (R.V. margin) which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Eph. 3:5,11). As we now arrive at the very heart of the whole matter, it is necessary to repeat, firstly, that the Apostl... Read More
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The Sending Out of Spies
We are continuing in the first five chapters of the Book of Joshua, but I want to read two verses from the New Testament: "By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been compa... Read More
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The Serpent, The Curse: Jesus Lifted Up
(6) The Serpent, the Curse: Jesus Lifted Up "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life" (John 3:14,15). Here is the Old Testament background, which we have in the twenty-first chapter of the B... Read More
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The Servant
Reading: Isa. 52:13-15; 53:1-12. "Behold, my servant..." (Isa. 52:13). "Behold, the Lamb of God" (John 1:29). "Behold, the man!" (John 19:5). "Behold, your King!" (John 19:14). We are going to be quite brief and simple in what we say in the fourfold connection of service represented here - so very f... Read More
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The Servant's Continual Need of Grace
Reading: Luke 9:28-36; Matt. 17:1-9; Mark 14:66-72; 2 Pet. 1:18. One would not put these Scriptures together in this way - for it would seem rather unfair to Peter - but for the fact that this account given in "Mark" of Peter's denial was virtually Peter's own record of what took place. The great in... Read More
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The Servant's Hands
"Moses put of the blood... upon the thumb of their right hand" (Lev. 8:24). "If thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off" (Matt. 5:30). "Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities" (Acts 20:34). "We toil, working with our own hands" (1 Cor. 4:12). "Let him that stol... Read More
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The Setting and Background of the Issue
Reading: Matt. 4:8-10; 1 Cor. 15:28; Revelation 21:22; 22:3. "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." "... That God may be all in all." "... The Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof." These closing words of the New Testament in the book of the Reve... Read More
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The Shepherd of Israel
Reading: John 10 The heart of this chapter is in verse eleven: "I am the good shepherd". Let us put alongside of that the following passages of Scripture: "Thou leddest thy people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron" (Psalm 77:20). "He led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in... Read More
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The Shining Face
Read: Daniel 1:8-16; Acts 6:15; 7:56 "When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tables of Testimony in his hand, he did not know that the skin of his face shone and sent forth beams by reason of his speaking with the Lord. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, behold the skin of his ... Read More
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The Shining Of The Light
"Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee" (Isaiah 60:1). We have said a good deal about the ground and nature of this light. We now go on to ask, and briefly to answer, the question: What is this light which is come, and the glory which is risen? And I have ... Read More
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T. Austin Sparks (1888 – 1971)
He was ordained as a Baptist pastor at the age of 24, and from 1912 to 1926 led three congregations in Greater London. During these years, he was also closely related to Jessie Penn-Lewis and her publication and speaking ministry, the "Overcomer Testimony."Among the many books that he wrote, at least three are regarded as Christian classics: The School of Christ, The Centrality and Supremacy of the Lord Jesus Christ and We Beheld His Glory. The primary theme of Sparks' books is the exaltation of the Lord Jesus Christ. He mentored Watchman Nee for many years and was very influential in his understanding of the Church Life.
Recommends these books by T. Austin Sparks:
Daily Open Windows: Excerpts from the Messages of T. Austin-Sparks
Discipleship in the School of Christ by T. Austin Sparks
More of Christ: From "The Stewardship of the Mystery" by T. Austin Sparks
"Mr Sparks", as he was affectionately known, was born in London, England in 1888. He came to know Christ as a teenager and later became a Baptist pastor. However, his "ecclesiastical" career took a decidedly different direction when a physical crisis brought him to a place of brokenness.
At the same time God also delivered him from his previous prejudice against anything that was related to the "deeper life". As a result, he joined Jessie Penn-Lewis in the ministry of the spiritual growth of believers; a ministry to which he devoted his life and which also cost him his reputation and his career in the denominational circles of England.
He was based in southeast London at Honor Oak Christian Fellowship which is where Watchman Nee met and fellowshipped with him during a visit to England in 1933. Nee's refusal to disavow Austin-Sparks later became the grounds for him being disfellowshipped by the Taylor Brethren. It has been said that Watchman Nee considered Austin-Sparks as his spiritual mentor, and their fellowship appears to have been rich and fruitful.