As It Was in the Beginning
by T. Austin-Sparks
In this work by Austin-Sparks, he examines the continuity of things in Christianity, especially in that of truth in the form of Christ, salvation, the church, and how God is and orders us to minister.
From “A Witness and a Testimony” magazines, Sept-Oct 1963 to May-June 1964
As It Was in the Beginning
CONTENTS of As It Was in the Beginning
Baxter Directions for a Peaceful Death is an article of 15 points on a Christian approaching his death and what he should be thinking about. This theme is good for the sick, but everybody should also meditate on these things. (Baxter is reformed).
Chapter 1 – “As It Was in the Beginning…”
Chapter 2 – “As It Was in the Beginning…” (continued)
Chapter 3 – The Church and the World
Chapter 4 – Churches and Workers
Chapter 5 – Christ and His Church Incognito
Chapter 6 – The Meaning and Reality of Things
Chapter 7 – The Great Transition
Chapter 8 – The Great Transition (continued)
Chapter 9 – The Cross
Chapter 10 – Release by Illumination
More Works from Austin-Sparks
- Steele Love Enthroned
- Mackie The Gift of Tongues
- Austin-Sparks, T. – Theodore Austin-Sparks Library
- Austin-Sparks, T. – The Supreme Importance of the Incorruptible
- Austin-Sparks, T. – The School of Christ
- Austin-Sparks, T. – The Arm of the Lord
- Austin-Sparks, T. – Recovering of the Lord’s Testimony in Fullness
- Austin-Sparks, T. – Power With God
- Austin-Sparks, T. – Position and Power – The Power of His Resurrection
- Austin-Sparks, T. – Pioneers of the Heavenly Way
pc10 Sexual Purityis an exhortation to purity in sexual matters for the Christian. We look at various aspects of the issue.
Topics: It is not an impossible fight! | The Biblical Model | Homosexuality and Prostitution | Nudity and the Mind | Self-Stimulation | Resisting the Temptation.
Excerpts: Job 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? Job understood that sexual sin begins with the sight, and the seeing before desiring. Job made a covenant with himself, a commitment that he would not look on young women to desire them or to let his imagination run wild with them even their image or in his thoughts. Equally, Jesus taught us in Mat. 5:28 that even thinking sinful thoughts without doing them is as sinful as actually doing them. This is an amplification of Exo 20:17 “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife”. David saw before taking (2Sam 11:2).
Fasting is to teach us that the body does not control over us, and this is exactly what is necessary for people with this problem. This sin is pinned to the thoughts, “for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he” Pro 23:7. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” Phil 4:13.
Read the Tract: pc10 Sexual Purity.
