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Prophetic Ministry by [Theodore Austin-Sparks]

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The function of the Prophet has almost invariably been that of recovery. That implies that his business related to something lost. That something being absolutely essential to God's full satisfaction, the dominant note of the Prophet was one of dissatisfaction. And, there being the additional factor that, for obvious reasons, the people were not disposed to go the costly way of God's full purpose, the Prophet was usually an unpopular person.

But his unpopularity was no proof of his being wrong or unnecessary, for every Prophet was eventually vindicated, though with very great suffering and shame to the people.

If it be true that prophetic ministry is related to the need for the recovery of God's full thought as to His people, surely this is a time of such need! Few honest and thoughtful people will contend that things are all well with the Church of Christ today. A brief comparison with the first years of the Church's life will bring out a vivid contrast between then and the centuries since.

...there was at the beginning the supreme factor of an absolutely original and new apprehension of Christ and God's eternal purpose concerning Him. This revelation by the Holy Spirit came with devastating and revolutionizing power to the Apostles and the Church, and, rather than being a 'tradition handed down from the fathers', a ready-made system, all set and entered into as such, it was, for every one of them, as though it had only newly dropped from heaven - which, in fact, was true.

This movement of God, brought about by a mighty upheaving of all traditions and 'old' things by a practical experience of the Cross, was marked by three features: -
(1) Utter heavenliness and spirituality;
(2) Universality, involving the negation of all prejudices, exclusiveness and partiality; and
(3) The utter Lordship and Headship of Christ directly operating by the sovereignty of the Holy Spirit.

This was all gathered into a tremendous and overpowering initial and progressive realization of the immense significance of Christ in the eternal counsels of God, and therefore of the Church as His Body. Anything that corresponds to the results which characterized the beginning will - and does - correspond to the reason, namely, a getting back behind tradition, the set and established system, institutionalism, ecclesiasticism, commercialism, organizationalism, etc., to a virgin, original, new breaking upon the consciousness of God's full thought concerning His Son.

To bring into view this full purpose of God was the essence of the Prophet's ministry, and will always be so. We may not now speak of a special class as 'Prophets', but the function may still be operative, and it is function that matters more than office.

Forest Hill, London
JUNE, 1954
T. AUSTIN-SPARKS

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0086ROIPC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Book Ministry (May 27, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 27, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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PLEASE NOTE: All of T. Austin-Sparks ebooks are available for FREE on Austin-Sparks.Net. Printed copies of his books are also available free of charge by ordering from Emmanuel Church's catalog on our website.

Theodore W. 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 spiritual crisis brought him to a place of brokenness. He left the denomination with which he was involved and dropped the title of "Reverend".

Mr Austin-Sparks died in 1971 and left behind a treasury of messages filled with the Wisdom, Life and Revelation of Christ. We at Austin-Sparks.Net have greatly appreciated his messages ourselves, and we offer them here on the internet for the further establishing and strengthening of the Body, that in all things CHRIST might have the preeminence!

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Jeffrey Harley

Sparks wrote this years ago but speaks to me now!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 26, 2019

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Awesome read! I love T. Austin Sparks and in this book the Lord speaks to my current situation. Sparks wrote this a generation ago, but its speaking to me in the present. Awesome and must read!!

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batndwn

Nevertheless an excellent read.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 16, 2016

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A challenging book from the perspective of the God-centered life. I give it 4 stars because the further you read, the more you have to translate the author's dispensationalist theology into something more accurately describing Truth. Nevertheless an excellent read.

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Innocent Akahieobi

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 30, 2018

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The best of the series

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Apostle Barbara J. McKay

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 24, 2014

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Love this book, and it is a must read for any person flowing in the prophetic

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 13, 2016

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Can be difficult to read. Not that helpful for my situation, has been for a couple of my friends.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 6, 2015

good

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 14, 2020

Sparks does not disappoint in this review of the prophetic ministry. Carried through the Old Testament to the new. This is a book I plan to refer to and read again and again.

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Elisha French

Great teaching on the Prophetic

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 8, 2000

In a day when we have reduced the role of a prophet to just personal prophecies instead of the biblical call of one who speaks the word of God to his generation. This and John Bevere's "Thus saith the Lord?" are two of the best books I've read on this subject. This is a must read for anyone who is wondering if they are called to the prophetic ministry or are wondering what the ministry of a true prophet of God looks like.

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