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John Gill

The Necessity of Good Works unto Salvation, Considered

John GillTHE NECESSITY OF GOOD WORKS UNTO SALVATION, CONSIDERED: OCCASIONED BY SOME Reflections and Misrepresentations of Dr. Abraham Taylor, in a Pamphlet of his lately published, called, An Address to young Students in Divinity, by way of Caution against some Paradoxes, which lead to Doctrinal Antinomianis... Read More
Paris Reidhead

The Deceitfulness of the Human Heart

Paris ReidheadThe Deceitfulness of the Human Heart By Paris Reidhead* Will you turn please, if you have your Bible to Jeremiah, Chapter 17. Many of you have been in attendance on each of the Sunday evenings when we have been speaking from these themes, Scriptures intended to Awaken Sinners. I am sure that what is... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Mystery of the Gospel

T. Austin-Sparks"The mystery of the gospel" (Eph. 6:19). "I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God" (Acts 20:27). "...in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will" (Eph. 1:11). We have remarke... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

Defeat at Ai

T. Austin-SparksWe are going at this time to be in the seventh chapter of the Book of Joshua, which chapter, as you will know, contains the story of Israel's defeat at Ai, but before we go on with that I want to refresh your memories with words from the Letter to the Ephesians: "Finally, be strong in the Lord, and ... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

God's New Israel - Part 4

T. Austin-SparksAt the commencement of these messages we made one statement which was to cover all that follows. That declaration was that the New Testament is built upon the ground of the Old Testament; that is, that what God was doing in a temporal and earthly way then, He is doing in a heavenly and spiritual way... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

He Must Reign

T. Austin-Sparks"He must reign, till He hath put all His enemies under His feet" (I Corinthians 15:25). In these past messages our eyes have been turned to that Throne that was seen by Ezekiel through the open heaven, with the 'appearance as of a Man upon it above'. And we have seen, I trust, how everything that fo... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

Its Nature

T. Austin-SparksIn the first message of this series we laid the Scriptural foundation with John 4:21,23, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 28:19-20 and Acts 15:17. We concentrated our attention upon the very great significance of three words spoken by our Lord to the Samaritan woman in the context of the great transition: "Th... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

James - The Lord's Brother

T. Austin-SparksRead: John 7:5; 1 Cor. 15:7; Gal. 1:18,19; Acts 12:17, 15:13, 21:18. Let us remind ourselves of the particular object that we have in view in this message on Horizons. We are pointing out that Resurrection - the Resurrection of Christ - sets the sphere within which, and by which, everything in the N... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Church: Its Birth, Vocation And Completion

T. Austin-SparksWhy the Church? The greatest concern or interest of God is His Son. The second greatest interest or object with God in this universe is the Church. And in the Scriptures those two are put together. Here is the statement: “He... gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, th... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Cross And The Nations

T. Austin-SparksHaving seen that the first sphere in which the Cross has its expression in its various relationships is the Church, we now come to its place in the nations of the world. It must be recognized at the outset that, in the intention of God, the Cross does not pass THROUGH the Church to the nations, but ... Read More

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