The School of Christ

by T Austin-Sparks
 

  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 – The Foundation of Spiritual Education
    The object of our schooling is first comprehensively presented – The pre-eminent mark of a life governed by the Spirit – The challenge and meaning of an open heaven – The ‘other-ness’ of Christ – The impossibility of reaching God’s standard ourselves – A final word and exhortation
  • Chapter 2 – Learning the Truth
    “I am… the Truth” – The need for a true foundation – Living by the truth – The abiding need of faith
  • Chapter 3 – Learning by Revelation
    God’s answer to a state of declension – Christ known only by revelation – Revelation bound up with practical situations
  • Chapter 4 – The House of God
    Bethel – The House of God – The corporate House of God – The altar – Baptism – The laying on of hands
  • Chapter 5 – The Light of Life
    The purpose of God – The place of the Shekinah Glory – No place for the natural man – How we get the light of life. (a) The crisis; (b) The process
  • Chapter 6 – An Open Heaven
    All things in Christ – The need of a new set of faculties – The breaking of the self-life – A new prospect for a new man – The mark of a life anointed by the Holy Spirit
  • Chapter 7 – Learning Under the Anointing
    The meaning of the anointing – “Lordship” and “Subjection” – The first lesson in the School of Christ – The Spirit’s Law or instrument of instruction
  • Chapter 8 – The Governing Law of Divine Love
    A zero point – The governing law – The glory of God.