STUDIES ON SAVING FAITH Part IV 14. ITS ATTAINMENT In writing to a company of the saints an apostle was inspired to declare, "Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform (or "finish") it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6). That is what disting... Read More
THE HOLY SPIRIT Chapter 32 Honoring The Spirit It seems fitting that we should close this lengthy discussion upon the Person, office, and operations of the Holy Spirit by dwelling upon what is due Him from those in whom He has wrought so graciously, for it is very evident that some recognition and r... Read More
The main business and the principal concern of the Christian should be that of thanking, praising and adoring that blessed One who has saved him with an everlasting salvation, and who, to secure that salvation, left Heaven’s glory and came down to this sin-cursed earth, here to suffer and die the aw... Read More
All of the gifts of God are given to us according to His grace. That is, you cannot earn the gift, you cannot merit the gift, or else it would not be a gift. It is something that God has given to us and as a gift it must be received. And so, you have to set aside, in your own mind, your worthiness o... Read More
IMMIGRANTS Immigrants in Immanuel's land should lose no time in having their places secured as only one vessel shall ever leave our shores for that country. Vessel's name Gospel ship (Rom. 1:16) Port - which it leaves City of Destruction (2 Pet. 3:10) Bound for Immanuel's Land (Heb. 11:16) Time of s... Read More
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 1—Chapter 31 OF THE DISTINCT PERSONALITY, AND DEITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. What only remains now to be considered, under the article of the Trinity, are the personality and divinity of the Holy Ghost; to prove that he is a Person, a distinct Person, from the Father and... Read More
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 4—Chapter 3 OF THE EXHIBITIONS OF THE COVENANT OF GRACE UNDER THE MOSAIC DISPENSATION Having traced the manifestation and application of the Covenant of Grace from the times of our first parents, through the patriarchal state, to the times of Moses; I shall now cons... Read More
From A Witness and A Testimony magazines, 1943-1945 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... Read More
READING: Rom. 8:19,21-23, Heb. 1:2; 2:5-8, 9-11; 3:1,7-8; 12:5-6; Rev. 12:5. In our previous meditation, we were occupied with the School of sonship unto adoption. We are now going to follow that on to the next stage. We were seeing a little of the nature, meaning and need for transition from spirit... Read More
"...and by me sends forth the knowledge of Him, a stream of fragrant incense, throughout the world. For Christ’s is the fragrance which I offer up to God, whether among those in the way of salvation, or among those in the way of perdition; but to these it is an odour of death, to those of life." (2 ... Read More
STUDIES ON SAVING FAITH Part IV 14. ITS ATTAINMENT
THE HOLY SPIRIT Chapter 32 Honoring The Spirit
The Snare of Service
The Gift of Exhortation
Immigrants
Of the Distinct Personality, and Deity of the Holy Spirit.
Of the Exhibition of the Covenant of Grace Under the Mosaic Dispensation.
From the Wilderness to the Land
Graduation from the School of Sonship
The Incense-Bearer (2 Corinthians 2:14-16)