Sermons & Devotionals by T. Austin-Sparks
T. Austin-Sparks
The Voice of Jeremiah (continued) II
"They knew not... the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath" (Acts 13:27). Two Realms of Glorying "Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in ... Read More
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The Voice of Jeremiah (continued) III
"They knew not... the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath" (Acts 13:27). The Two Rolls (Jeremiah 36) When the Apostle Paul made this reference to the Prophets, he was bringing their ministry right up to date some seven hundred years after the days of the Prophets. Thus he showed that... Read More
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The Voice of Jeremiah (continued) IV
"They knew not... the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath" (Acts 13:27). The Peril of Self-interest "Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not" (Jeremiah 45:5). When the Apostle Paul used the words of our title to the "Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and God-fe... Read More
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The Voice of Jonah
"They knew not... the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath" (Acts 13:27). All that the majority of Christians, and others, know about the Prophet Jonah is the quite general substance of the little book that goes by his name. It is that he was commanded to go to Nineveh and deliver a s... Read More
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The Voice of Micaiah
"They knew not... the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath" (Acts 13:27). "How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?" (1 Kings 22:16). This is a thrilling story, and it reads like a drama. Micaiah is - so far as the re... Read More
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The Voice of the Son of God
Reading: John 5:25, 28; 11:43; 6:63, 65; 8:43; 10:4,5; 10:16. It is well known that with John 11 a transition has taken place. Up to chapter 10 a series of spiritual truths and principles has been very largely enunciated and made practical in relation to a number of individuals. With chapter 10 thos... Read More
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The Voices of the Prophets
"They knew not... the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath" (Acts 13:27). "God having... spoken... in the prophets... in divers manners" (Hebrews 1:1). Our object in these chapters will be to see what those divers voices and manners of God's speaking mean for us in our time and our li... Read More
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The Warfare
A Peculiar Warfare We come now to the warfare, the warfare related to the full testimony of the Lord or the Lord's testimony in fullness and completeness. Let me say again at once that this is a peculiar warfare. There is a warfare relating to the salvation of the unsaved, which involves all who see... Read More
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The Waters of Jericho
Reading: 2 Kings 2:19-22; Romans 8:20-25, 1-2, 6. While Elisha tarried at Jericho the men of the city came to him concerning the state of the waters, and the effect of that state upon all the fruit of the land, in that it fell before its time, and never came to perfection. It is necessary for us, in... Read More
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The Way of its Attainment
Reading: Rev. 4:8-11; 5:1-14; 7:9-17. Without attempting to go back over the ground which we have covered in these studies, I want to try, for a few moments, to indicate to you what it is that I feel the Lord has brought for our attention at this time. I think it can be best gathered up in this way.... Read More
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The Way to Divine Knowledge
Reading: 2 Cor. 3; Rom. 8:19,29; 5:17-19; 3:12; 4:6; Gen. 2:17; 3:4-7. In those passages you have the parts of a wonderful revelation. First of all, there is God’s thought and intention: His Son, His image, His fullness; the standard, the model, the completeness. Then you have believers conformed to... Read More
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The Way to God's End
We are not going to read at the moment, but we shall have the book of Joshua open before us, for reference as we go along. THE END OF THE WAY It is necessary for us at the outset, before considering the way to the end, to bring the end of the way right into view. We commenced by noting that God bega... Read More
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The Way to God’s Fulness
The Epistle to the Colossians is a wonderful unveiling of the fulness of God in Christ, while in the Epistle to the Ephesians we see the church as the fulness of Him Who fills all in all. “In Whom (in Christ) we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the Image of the... Read More
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The Way to Heavenly Fullness - Part 1
Reading: 1 Kings 19:9-10; 2 Kings 19:29-31; Isaiah 59:17; John 2:14-17 The word we see to be common to those passages strikes the keynote for our present meditation: The Zeal of the Lord, or: The way to Heavenly Fullness. Heavenly fullness in a very real and special way is set before us in the life ... Read More
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The Way to Heavenly Fullness - Part 2
The exemplification of this zeal in the life of Elisha Reading: 1 Kings 19:9-10,14; 2 Kings 19:29-31; Isaiah 59:17; John 2:14-17. The key to the life of Elijah may very well be found in this utterance of his: “I have been very jealous for the Lord…” (1 Kings 19:14). I think those two words explain E... Read More
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The Way to Heavenly Fulness
Reading: 1 Kings 19:9, 10. “And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said unto him, “What doest thou here, Elijah?” And he said, ‘I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant,... Read More
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The Well Within (John 4:14)
"The water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up into eternal life." (John 4:14) "And Isaac digged again the well of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them up..." (Genesis 26:18) The Word makes it clear th... Read More
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The Wisdom of the World
Reading: 1 Cor. 1:1-31, 2:1-5, 3:18-23. As we meditate in the first letter to the Corinthians, it grows upon us that the background of the letter is represented by the word “wisdom”. It seems quite clear that it was that which took hold of the apostle as summing up the situation at Corinth, and dema... Read More
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The Wisdom Which is From Above
Reading: 1 Cor. 2:1-16; 3:1-4, 18-23. The real trouble at Corinth was that the habit of looking at everything as a philosophy, which had reached such a height of development amongst the Greeks, had been carried into the realm of Christianity, and Christianity was being considered by them in the ligh... Read More
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The Wonderful Balance in the Life of the Lord
How poised He was, how balanced! Take the matter of mind, heart and will, and you find in His case those three were perfectly balanced. We are very different naturally. I suppose people as a whole can be divided up into three classes. Firstly, those who are more in the realm of their head than anywh... 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.