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Love the Supreme Test of the Church

T. Austin-Sparks"His great love wherewith he loved us" (Eph. 2:4). We come now to the close of the New Testament, the consummation in the book of the Revelation. A great deal of reading ought to take place at this point for which we have not the time. Will you open the Word at the beginning of the book of the Revel... Read More
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Man Now Another Species than God Created

T. Austin-SparksThe above heading may be a little startling, but it will be as well for us at an early stage to realize that we are dealing with a matter of the most serious character. It is not merely that at some point man had a lapse, took a wrong turning, or became a delinquent, an offender. Neither is it only ... Read More
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The Centrality and Supremacy of Christ to the Individual Believer

T. Austin-SparksReading: Hebrews 1:1-14. We now go on to the second of the aspects of "Christ in you" and come to the familiar words of Gal. 2:20. "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith whic... Read More
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The Continuation of the Conflict in Relation to the Individual Believer

T. Austin-SparksWe are seeking to take a further step in the apprehension of what is related to this great and pressing matter, and are going to deal with the continuation of the conflict, with reference to its nature and its sphere. THE NATURE OF THE CONFLICT The work of the Lord Jesus in His Cross has now been se... Read More
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The Cross and Conformity to Christ

T. Austin-Sparkseading: Romans 6. “What we in glory soon shall be It doth not yet appear; But when our blessed Lord we see We shall His image bear.” [“Behold, What Love” by M.S. Sullivan] The words upon which we have based our meditations correspond with those words. “The earnest expectation of the creation waiteth... Read More
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The Cross and the Holy Spirit

T. Austin-SparksReading: Isaiah 61:1–62:1a. We come now to yet a further aspect of this so many-sided fruit of the Cross of the Lord Jesus. We remember that the first three verses of this sixty-first chapter of Isaiah, so full, were taken up by our Lord Jesus Himself. After His baptism the heavens were opened, and ... Read More
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The Cross and the New Man

T. Austin-SparksBy the simple diagram herewith inserted, [Click here] we have attempted to set forth the inner history of man both from God's standpoint and his own. Firstly, we have man "in the day that God created" him (Gen 5:1). His threefold nature is defined. 1.) Spirit: with three faculties, Conscience, Commu... Read More
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The Cross And The Satanic Kingdom

T. Austin-SparksFollowing closely upon what we said at the end of our last chapter, we come to the place and meaning of the Cross in the realm of principalities and powers, world rulers of this darkness, and hosts of evil spirits in the heavenlies (Eph. 6:12). Again, we must bear in mind that it is in and by the Ch... Read More
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The Crowning

T. Austin-Sparks"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me the Crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing" (2 Tim. 4:7-8). ... Read More
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The Divine Purpose and Principles Governing the Christian Life

T. Austin-SparksIt is most important that we should be alive to the fact that the Christian life is governed by purpose. The thought of 'purpose', indeed that very word itself, is much in view in the New Testament. Most of us are familiar with one statement relating thereto: "To them that love God all things work t... Read More

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