Sermons & Devotionals by T. Austin-Sparks
T. Austin-Sparks
Christ and His Church Incognito
“...the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not” (1 John 3:1). In our pursuit of this enquiry into the differences between things now and as they were in the first years of Christianity let us at once make it clear that this is no idle wish to make comparisons and just leave it there. It is al... Read More
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Christ and the Rights of the Father
It is important to recognize that the Lord lived on this earth with a double purpose. For the first time there was a Man on this earth whose whole life was an expression of what God wanted, in Whom all the rights of God were fulfilled. This was what God had intended from the beginning. In Christ He ... Read More
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Christ Corporate is the Church
Reading: John 4:19-23; Exodus 25:8: "The woman saith unto Him, 'Sir, I perceive that Thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.' Jesus saith unto her, 'Woman, believe Me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither i... Read More
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Christ Crucified
When we were thinking about this matter in its wider range of the second man, the last Adam, our key phrase from Scripture was 1 Cor. 15:45 - "The last Adam became a life-giving Spirit." Then we proceeded to be occupied with the uniqueness of the Son of Man. We added to that 2 Cor. 5:16 - "Wherefore... Read More
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Christ Formed Within
Reading: Galatians 3. “…I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you” Galatians 4:19. The Resistance to Divine Purpose As we continue our meditation in relation to spiritual growth, spiritual full growth, recognising, as we have sought to do, the very great and serious place which the matter ... Read More
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Christ Greater Than All
Reading: Matthew 3:1-6, 13-17; 4:1-11. We are seeing that the Holy Spirit is taking up the history of the Lord Jesus and is repeating it in the lives of His people, and we come to the next chapter of the biography that He is writing in the hearts of believers. It is unfortunate that these chapters i... Read More
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Christ in Heaven and Christ Within
"Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places" (Eph. 1:20). "To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27). "What shall ... Read More
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Christ in You
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, al... Read More
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Christ is the Great Spiritual Order
Yesterday morning we took a general view of this House which was shown to Ezekiel. This morning we shall begin to consider it more in detail. We are going to return to chapter forty, verses three and four: And He brought me thither, and, behold, there was a Man, whose appearance was like the appeara... Read More
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Christ Our Life
Reading: Acts 16:6-13, 16-19, 23-26. Philippians 1:1-2. We are beginning a meditation in the Letter to the Philippians with its message as to how the Cross makes Christ our all, for that is what this Letter really does bring before us. Not any of us can preach from this Letter as the standard of our... Read More
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Christ Our Life (Colossians 3:4)
One of the main objects of the Holy Spirit is to get believers really identified with Christ as the risen and exalted Lord, and to make His risen life real in their experience. As the age moves toward its consummation - the manifestation of Christ - two features will become increasingly evident. On ... Read More
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Christ Our Mind
The note in chapter two of the Philippian Letter is the Cross making Christ's mind ours - Christ our mind. "...make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind." (verse 2). "Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality wit... Read More
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Christ Revealed as God's Pattern
For the many friends who have not been with us through the earlier gatherings, let me say the very briefest possible word by way of retrospect. We have been led at this time to be occupied with the revelation of Jesus Christ. We feel that the Lord has led us in this way with more than the object of ... Read More
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Christ Revealed as God's Provision
Now as we come to the close of this time together in which the Lord has been bringing anew into view the great end for which we, with all the saved, have been called - the great end of our salvation in the purpose of God, a very wonderful end - nothing other than union with Christ in His Throne in t... Read More
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Christ Revealed as God's Purpose
The Lord has led us in these days to be occupied with the revelation of Jesus Christ. So far, John the apostle has been our interpreter. We are going now to allow Paul to say something to us about this matter. I turn you, therefore, to his second letter to the Corinthians, chapter four at verse six:... Read More
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Christ the All-Dominating Object and Prize
What we have said about Christ as our mind leads us straight into chapter three of the Letter to the Philippians. Chapter three is the continuation of what is in chapter two. We recognize the convenience of chapter divisions, but we greatly regret them. They are not part of the original New Testamen... Read More
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Christ the Power of God (1 Corinthians 1:24, 2:2)
"But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks,Christ the power of God..." (1 Corinthians 1:24). "For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2). In many ways the explanation of Christ being the power of God consists in the fact that ... Read More
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Christian Service From God's Standpoint
What is the work of the Lord? What is Christian service from God's standpoint? It is contributing to the fullness of Christ. It is in the measure of each several part (of His Body) ministering to that end, that all things shall be summed up in Christ and that He shall be the fullness of all things. ... Read More
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Christianity - A Process of Transformation
Reading: 1 Corinthians 2. "We... are transformed into the same image" (that is: 'We pass from one form to another') 2 Corinthians 3:18. As I have moved about amongst Christians in many parts of this world, and in many situations, one thing has been growing upon me more and more strongly. In the pres... Read More
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Christ's Message to Ephesus
Now I think we can tackle this matter of Ephesus. We've been marching round Ephesus so far, now we try to get inside. I'll just read a part of the message, the second chapter, the book of the Revelation: "These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the mi... 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.