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"The Rights of God"

"The Rights of God"

Theodore Austin-Sparks (1888–1971) was a British evangelist and author. Born in London, he became a Christian at seventeen while listening to street-preachers in Glasgow, and was ordained a Baptist minister at twenty-four. In 1926 he left the denomination and, with like-minded Christians, founded a conference and training centre at Honor Oak in south-east London. From there he published the free magazine "A Witness and A Testimony" until his death, and his conference ministry took him across Europe, North America and Asia. He asked that his messages be shared freely and word for word. Source: Wikipedia (summarized; CC BY-SA)

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First published
1936
Category
Devotional
Length
23k words · about 2 hours
Chapters
11
Narration
🎧 Lewis · British English

About this book

“The Rights of God” explores God’s claim to rule in His people and to have His purpose realized in the church, His spiritual house. Opening with 1 Corinthians 1 and the cross as the starting point of God’s work, it also traces Elijah’s prophetic witness and Christ’s perfect expression of the Father’s will. It calls readers to surrender human self-rule and live in dependence on God, so Christ may have pre-eminence in them. This book was first published in German as "Die Rechte Gottes" and was from notes taken from messages spoken in Switzerland in 1936. The reader should therefore not expect the usual T. Austin-Sparks style, and of course it is in a condensed form.

Contents

  1. Publisher's Introduction
  2. The Starting Point For The Working Of God
  3. Dependence Upon God 🔒
  4. The Place of God in His House 🔒
  5. Prophetic Service 🔒
  6. The Rights of God and Grace 🔒
  7. God's Rights in His House 🔒
  8. The Way to God's Fulness 🔒
  9. Bethel – God's House 🔒
  10. The Victory Over the Powers of Darkness 🔒
  11. Christ and the Rights of the Father 🔒

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