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Paris Reidhead

The Signs of the Times

Paris ReidheadThe Signs of the Times By Paris Reidhead* Will you turn please to Matthew, Chapters 23, 24, and 25. Now if I should read this as a Scripture reading, all we would need as a conclusion would be the Benediction; so I shan't do that. Perhaps that might give great profit. Today with all of the events tr... Read More
Robert Murray M'Cheyne

The Ark

Robert Murray M'CheyneIt is a wonderful fact of human nature that we learn far more easily from example than we do in any other way. Now, you have in this passage an example of a sinner saved by faith. It shows you how a sinner is saved. And as Noah fled into the ark which he had prepared, so should you. You too, have an... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

A Vision that Constitutes a Vocation

T. Austin-Sparks"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). We pointed out at the beginning of the previous chapter that the above statement indicates that there is someth... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

Discipline, Provisioning And Flexibility

T. Austin-Sparks“Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier” (2 Timothy 2:3,4). (A) Discipline In these well known words of Paul, we are introduced to the most important matter... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

In Relation to His Knowledge

T. Austin-Sparks"And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" (Gen. 2:16-17). "And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fr... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

In the Letters to the Corinthians (continued)

T. Austin-SparksWe have seen that, in the Letters to the Corinthians, the Christians are spiritually in the position corresponding to that of Israel in the wilderness. That means that we have to see how Christ is applied to that situation. Every part of the New Testament, i.e. every book, brings Christ into view in... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Coming Again Of The Lord Jesus

T. Austin-SparksSo we come to the last note of the octave of redemption: The Coming Again of the Lord Jesus. No attempt has been made to give a comprehensive presentation of any one of these aspects of redemption, but only to provide, if possible, a concise answer to the question asked about every one of them: Why ... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Cross and the New Man

T. Austin-SparksBy the simple diagram herewith inserted, [Click here] we have attempted to set forth the inner history of man both from God's standpoint and his own. Firstly, we have man "in the day that God created" him (Gen 5:1). His threefold nature is defined. 1.) Spirit: with three faculties, Conscience, Commu... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Crown of the Incorruptible

T. Austin-Sparks"An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you..." (1 Peter 1:4) The verdict of the long run, that is, what abides as incorruptible when all else has passed, is the verdict upon life and work. How much will be found afterwards to the praise and glo... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Crown Of The Incorruptible

T. Austin-Sparks"Our Saviour Christ Jesus... abolished death, and brought life and incorruption to light" (2 Timothy 1:10). "Now unto the King of the ages, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory unto the ages of the ages" (1 Timothy 1:17; R.V. margin). "But one hath somewhere testified, saying,... Read More

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