Sermons & Devotionals by T. Austin-Sparks
T. Austin-Sparks
A Vital Ministry in a Day of Transition (Matthew 11:13-14)
''Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord'' (Malachi 4:5). ''For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John." ''And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come'' (Matt. 11:13-14). Elijah and John the Baptist are... Read More
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A Voice Which May Be Missed
"For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him" (Acts 13:27). The above statement as a whole carries a significance which embraces a very great deal of history, but its dire... Read More
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Abel and the Law of Life
Reading: Gen. 4:3-6, 8-10; I John 3:12; John 7:44; Acts 7:52; John 4:23; Romans 8:2. In our previous meditation we were drawn to take account of the sevenfold working of the law of life. We spoke of the Lord Jesus as the prism of life, in and through whom life is broken up into its components, in wh... Read More
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Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (Psalm 91)
"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty" (Psalm 91:1). It is most instructive and inspiring to read the Psalms, when we remember that they would have formed the main spiritual food for the Lord Jesus, when, as a Man, He walked this earth. S... Read More
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About Theodore Austin-Sparks
T. Austin-Sparks was born in London, England in 1888 and was educated in both England and Scotland. At the age of 25 he was ordained as a pastor, however, a few years later his "career" took a decidedly different direction when a crisis brought him to a place of brokenness and he left the denominati... Read More
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Abraham - A Great Pioneer
Reading: Hebrews 11:13-16 We return now to Abraham as one of the representative pioneers of the heavenly way. We begin by reiterating one thing which was so true of Abraham, but which must be true, and is always true, of every spiritual pioneer, of every one who is moving on to explore and exploit t... Read More
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Abraham and the Law of Life
Reading: Romans 8:2; Galatians 2:19-20. The next aspect of the sevenfold law of life is represented by Abraham. We are introduced to Abraham at the end of the eleventh chapter of Genesis. In speaking of that aspect of the law of life represented by Noah, we were considering the necessity for being o... Read More
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Abraham's Seed
We are considering the deeper and fuller meaning of what came in on the day of Pentecost - the nature and order of an entirely new day in this world's history, that nature and order being essentially spiritual: a new order and character introduced by the advent of the Holy Spirit to constitute every... Read More
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Adam and the Law of Life
Reading: Gen. 3:1-7; 22-24; Romans 8:1-2. The longer one lives and the more one thinks about things, the surer one becomes that the supreme issue which governs everything between God and man is that of life. Our Scripture says here that life is a law, and it further says that that life is in the han... Read More
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All Things in Christ
We take the Epistles and we think of them as having to do within the building of the Church and the churches, the superstructure of Christianity, and so we take the technique of the Acts and the Epistles as a technique, as a system of doctrine and a system of practice, a system of Christian order, a... Read More
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Alone? - Not Alone!
From "This Ministry" - Messages given at Honor Oak - Volume 3 "I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord" (1 Kings 18:22). "I, even I only, am left" (1 Kings 19:10,14). "Yet will I leave me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal" (1 Kings 19:18). "Then he mustered... Read More
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An Apostle's Supreme Ambition (Philippians 3:10)
"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death" (Philippians 3:10). There are few words in his writings which reveal how committed to the Lord Jesus this man was. The whole context is one consummate outpouring of his h... Read More
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An Appreciation of T Austin-Sparks
Reprinted from "A Witness And A Testimony" magazine, July-August 1971. After forty years of active association with brother Austin-Sparks in the things of God, it fell to me to lead the praiseful funeral service on April 19th, 1971 when a large number gathered at Honor Oak to magnify the Lord for ou... Read More
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An Ark of Acacia Wood
We are occupied with the greatness and the glory of Jesus Christ. So far we have been looking at this matter in a comprehensive way. We have been considering the immense vocation of the Son of God in this universe, and from the greatness of that vocation we have come to see something of the greatnes... Read More
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An Impossible Situation was Turned into a Glorious Possibility by the Presence of the Lord Jesus
Well, it is very good to be here tonight, and we want to thank our dear friends for inviting us. And what we have just listened to forms a very good background to what I have to say to you. In thinking about this feast today, and about a little word that I might say to you, there came to my mind thr... Read More
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An Open Heaven
We have been led to think in these meditations about being in the School of Christ, where all the learning, all the instruction, all the discipline, is toward knowing Christ, learning Christ; not learning about Christ, but learning Christ. That is the point of greatest difficulty in trying to make t... Read More
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An Open Heaven (Revelation 22:4)
"His servants shall serve him; and they shall see his face" Revelation 22:4 With the book of Genesis and the book of the Revelation we have the whole bound of human history and, as we read through the Scriptures, the matter which governs in this long record of human life is that of THE FACE OF GOD. ... Read More
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Apprenticeship for the Kingdom of God
“And he goeth up into the mountain, and calleth unto him whom he himself would: and they went unto him. And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach” (Mark 3:13,14). The thought of “apprenticeship” is, of course, something included and implied in ... Read More
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Are You Risen-Ones With Christ?
Will you please turn to the Letter to the Colossians, chapter three, verses one through four. "If ye then be risen with Christ." That is how our translation puts it. But, literally, it ought to be in the form of a question. The question is: Have ye been risen with Christ? Have ye really risen with C... Read More
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As It Was in the Beginning - The Cross
When we refer to the “beginning” — meaning the beginning of Christianity — we, of course, instinctively think of Pentecost, that advent of the Holy Spirit. We then proceed to think of the early record of the Holy Spirit’s “Acts”. For a return to or recovery of such a condition there is often express... 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.