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An Excerpt From The Essential Newness of the New Creation by T. Austin-Sparks
The following paragraph is an excerpt from a 5 chapter book by Brother Sparks entitled "The Essential Newness of the New Creation". This particular paragraph is from the 5th chapter called "The Cross and Total Abandonment to the Lord". I wanted to post this particular paragraph because of where the Lord has had my heart for the last several months as it relates to seeking value and fulfillment in the world. The bottom line is that there is none to be found, this is a bankrupt creation that has nothing more than empty promises to offer. This paragraph, at the very least, begs the question from our hearts "what to we expect from the world?" [...]
Continue reading...A New Creation by T. Austin-Sparks – First published in “A Witness and A Testimony” magazine, 1937
30. September 2008
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The all-inclusive rule of the new creation is that “all things are of (out from) God.” Concerning this fact the Apostle Paul uses the word “but” – “But all things are of God” – as though he would anticipate, intercept, or arrest an impulse to rush away and attempt life or service upon an old [...]
Continue reading...Conversion & Salvation by T. Austin-Sparks – First published in “A Witness and A Testimony” magazine, 1948
13. September 2008
In the beginnings of the Church, we are told that the disciples continued in the apostles’ teaching. This implies something more than conversion; so that, clearly, conversion is not everything. We must beware of confounding beginnings with ends. Conversion is but initiation, it must never be regarded as synonymous with salvation. Conversion is a crisis [...]
Continue reading...NEW: The Lie & The Light by Jason Henderson – Download & Read for FREE!
6. July 2008
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This book deals with the the Serpent's lie in the garden and how it infected the Adamic Man with a virus of self-obsession. This lie was not just something that Adam believed. This lie was the lens through which Adam came to believe all things. It is the presupposition behind all presuppositions, the starting place of all natural thought. And so it is only dislodged from the soul with the coming of The Light. As such, it cannot be corrected or improved, but must find its end in the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, displaced by the Person who said “I am the Light”. This title is available to download and read for free by clicking [...]
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Luke 16:13 “No servant can serve two masters…”
26. June 2008
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Luke 16:13 “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” Man only has two options for service. Man can choose to embark on a life long mission to serve himself, hopelessly laboring in an attempt to finish something that is not able to be finished, not ever. Or, he can serve God by laying down his life in exchange for the ever-ongoing revelation of what has been finished. [...]
Continue reading...NEW: A Verse by Verse Exegesis of Hebrews by JW Luman – Download & Read for FREE!
23. June 2008
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From the Author: My desire was to get right down into the heart of this letter verse by verse and word by word, to hear the very heart of this writer and to understand what the Spirit in him and by him was saying and is now saying to those who have an ear to hear and a heart to know Christ, the Living Word. We are not offering to you, the reader, another version or revision of the scripture, although we have been extremely careful to maintain the integrity of each word as to its original meaning and definition. We are offering to you what we believe to be a true verse by verse exegesis of this letter by carefully following the central theme of the letter from start to finish, which is “God hath spoken in Son” (Heb. 1:2). May you and I be open to hear what He hath said. [...]
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Taking Heavenly Ground by T. Austin-Sparks – First published as an Editorial in “A Witness and A Testimony” magazine, 1956
13. June 2008
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In our Editorials we have referred much to the tragedy of spiritual conditions, particularly to the divided state of Christians. It is a matter which no one really concerned for God's glory can easily set aside, or fail to have as a constant burden. Reflection upon this whole matter leads to the prayerful desire to be able to do something toward what the Bible calls 'healing the hurt of My people'. This can be carried little or no further than an appeal, but in so far as this small instrumentality can affect the Lord's people, we venture to make such an appeal. As we see it, there are only two grounds of hope in this direction, but if they were taken we are certain that a wholly new and fruitful situation would arise. The first part of the appeal, therefore, is that the people of God, and particularly those in responsibility among them, shall - Take Heavenly Ground [...]
Continue reading...Life & Death by T. Austin-Sparks – First published in “A Witness and A Testimony” magazine, 1946
3. June 2008
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"For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; and he died for all, that they which live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again. Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more. Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new. But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation" (2 Cor. 5:14-18). The Invasion of Death I want to try and put the meaning of that portion of Scripture into a simple, concise form of explanation. You see that its main theme is life and death. Now, the Bible teaches that death was not natural, it did not belong to the constitution of things. It was not a law which God put into man and nature, that after a certain time he and it should die. Death is not a natural law originally. [...]
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The Cross of Christ:
"It is of far reaching importance and vital consequence to recognize that the Person of our Lord cannot really be known and understood apart from the Cross. It is equally of consequence to realize that the Cross is only really understood and adequatly appreciated when the Person of Christ is discerned. These two work hand-in-hand and are mutually dependent."
From "The Centrality and Universality of the Cross" This and other titles from T. Austin-Sparks are now available to read online at Cross-Eyed Publishing.
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18. October 2008
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