Category: Chambers, Oswald

Notes on Ezekiel

Notes on Ezekiel – Chambers, Oswald Notes on Ezekiel Oswald ChambersCopyright 1948, Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: KJV, RV Introduction Source The material in Notes on Ezekiel is taken from lectures by Oswald Chambers at the Bible Training College, London,1 between January and June 1914. Publication History • As articles: These notes on the […]

Studies in the Sermon on the Mount

Studies in the Sermon on the Mount – Chambers, Oswald Studies in the Sermon on the Mount Oswald Chambers Copyright 1929 (Fourth Edition) Oswald Chambers Publications Association  Scripture versions quoted: KJV, RV, and ASV (1901) Introduction Source Oswald Chambers’ talks on the Sermon on the Mount were given at the League of Prayer’s1 annual summer […]

Notes on Jeremiah

Notes on Jeremiah – Chambers, Oswald   Notes on Jeremiah Oswald ChambersCopyright 1936 Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture translations quoted: kjv, rv   Introduction Source Notes on Jeremiah is from lectures that were part of Oswald Chambers’ study of the Four Great Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel) in the biblical theology class at the Bible Training […]

Notes on Isaiah

Notes on Isaiah – Chambers, Oswald   Notes on Isaiah Oswald ChambersCopyright 1941, Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: kjv, rv   Introduction Source The Notes on Isaiah are taken from lectures by Oswald Chambers at the Bible Training College in 1912 and 1913. 1 Publication History • As articles: This material was first published […]

Workmen of God

Workmen of God – Chambers, Oswald Workmen of God The Cure of SoulsOswald Chambers Copyright Oswald Chambers Publications Association 1937Scripture versions quoted: KJV; RV; ASV   Introduction Source The material in Workmen of God is from lectures given during March and April 1911 at Speke Hall, Batter sea, London—headquarters of the League of Prayer.1 Publication […]

So Send I You

So Send I You – Chambers, Oswald So Send I You The Secret of the Burning HeartOswald ChambersCopyright 1930, Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: kjv; rv Introduction Source These lectures were given at the Bible Training College,1 London, from February to June 1915. Publication History The lectures were originally published as a book in […]

The Servant as His Lord

The Servant as His Lord – Chambers, Oswald The Servant as His Lord Oswald Chambers Copyright: Oswald Chambers Publication Association 1959Scripture versions quoted: kjv, rv Introduction The Servant as His Lord (1959) combines four book lets previously published individually in the “sixpenny series. ” Over the years, Mrs. Chambers amalgamated a number of smaller books […]

Shade of His Hand

Shade of His Hand – Chambers, Oswald Shade of His Hand Talks on the Book of EcclesiastesOswald Chambers Copyright, Oswald Chambers Publications Association 1924, 1936Scripture versions quoted: kjv, rv Introduction Source This material is taken from talks on Ecclesiastes given by Oswald Chambers to British Common wealth soldiers at Zeitoun, Egypt, 1 September 24 through […]

The Shadow of an Agony

The Shadow of an Agony – The Shadow of an Agony Through the Shadow of anAgony Cometh RedemptionOswald Chambers Copyright Oswald Chambers Publications Association, First Edition 1918;Third Edition 1933; Fourth Edition 1942Scripture versions quoted: kjv; rv. Introduction Source The Shadow of an Agony is from talks on redemption given by Oswald Chambers to soldiers at […]

Run Today’s Race

Run Today’s Race – Chambers, Oswald Run Today’s Race A Word from Oswald Chambersfor Every Day of the YearCopyright © 1968 Oswald Chambers Publications Association Ltd.Scripture versions quoted: kjv; rv Introduction Source Quotations are drawn from the lectures and sermons of Oswald Chambers. Publication History • As a book: Run Today’s Race was first published […]

The Philosophy of Sin

The Philosophy of Sin – Chambers, Oswald The Philosophy of Sin and otherStudies in the Problems ofMan’s Moral LifeOswald Chamber Copyright 1937, Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: kjv, rv Introduction Source The Philosophy of Sin is taken from lectures by Oswald Chambers at the Bible Training College, 1 London, and at other meetings. Publication […]

The Psychology of Redemption

The Psychology of Redemption – Chambers, Oswald The Psychology of Redemption Oswald Chambers Copyright- Oswald Chambers Publications Association, 1922 Second Edition, 1930, Third Edition, 1935 Scripture versions quoted: JKV, RV, moffatt Introduction Source The material in The Psychology of Redemption is taken from lectures at the Bible Training College, London,1 from April 15 through June […]

The Place of Help

The Place of Help – Chambers, Oswald The Place of HelpA Book of Devotional ReadingsOswald Chambers Copyright Oswald Chambers Publications Association 1935Scripture versions quoted: KJV, RV, moffatt , ASV (1901) Introduction Source This material is gathered from Sunday sermons in various churches in Britain between 1908 and 1915; lectures at the Bible Training College; 1 […]

Our Portrait in Genesis

Our Portrait in Genesis – Chambers, Oswald Our Portrait in GenesisOswald Chambers Introduction                 Source The material in Our Portrait in Genesis is from lectures by Oswald Chambers to his Old Testament studies class at the Bible Training College, 1 London, from September 1914 to January 1915 and from April to July 1915. Publication History […]

Our Brilliant Heritage

Our Brilliant Heritage – Chambers, Oswald Our Brilliant Heritagecontaining alsoGrow Up into HimandAs He WalkedOswald Chambers Our Brilliant Heritage, 1929, Talks on the Gospel Mystery of SanctificationGrow Up into Him, 1931, Talks on Christian HabitsAs He Walked, 1930, Talks on Christian ExperienceThis edition copyright 1965, Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationCombined hardback edition first published in 1965Scripture […]

Not Knowing Whither

Not Knowing Whither – Chambers, Oswald Not Knowing WhitherThe Steps of Abraham’s FaithA Series of Studies in the Life of AbrahamOswald Chambers Copyright 1934, Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: kjv, rv Father, the narrow pathTo that far country show;And in the steps of Abraham’s faithEnable me to go,A cheerful sojournerWhere’er Thou bidst me roam,Till, […]

My Utmost for His Highest

My Utmost for His Highest – Chambers, Oswald My Utmost for His HighestSelections for the YearOswald Chambers Copyright 1927 by Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: kjv; RV;  moffatt Introduction Source These readings are selected from lectures and ser- mons given by oswald chambers from 1910 until his death in 1917. Publication history   . […]

The Initiative against despair

The Initiative against depression

The Initiative against depression – Chambers, Oswald February 17 Arise and eat. 1 kings 19:5 The angel did not give Elijah a vision, or explain the scriptures to him, or do anything remarkable; he told Elijah to do the most ordinary thing, viz. , to get up and eat. If we were never depressed we […]

The Inspiration of spiritual Initiative

The Inspiration of spiritual Initiative – Chambers, Oswald February 16 Arise from the dead. Ephesians 5:14 All initiative is not inspired. A man may say to you buck up, take your disinclination by the throat, throw it overboard, and walk out into the thing! That is ordinary human initiative. But when the spirit of god […]

Am I my brother’s keeper?

Am I my brother’s keeper? – Chambers, Oswald February 15 None of us liveth to himself. Romans 14:7 Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible for other souls spiritually before god? For instance, if i allow any private deflection from god in my life, everyone about me suffers. We sit together in […]

The discipline of heeding

The discipline of heeding – Chambers, Oswald February 14  What i tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the house- tops. Matthew 10:27 At times god puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed him. Song birds are […]

The devotion of hearing

The devotion of hearing – Chambers, Oswald February 13 For thy servant heareth. 1 Samuel 3:10 Because i have listened definitely to one thing from god, it does not follow that i will listen to everything he says. The way in which i show god that i neither love nor respect him is by the […]

Must I listen?

Must I listen? – Chambers, Oswald February 12 And they said unto moses, speak thou with us and we will hear: but let not god speak with us, lest we die. Exodus 20:19. We do not consciously disobey god, we simply do not heed him. God has given us his commands; there they are, but […]

Is your hope In God Faint and dying?

Is your hope In God Faint and dying? – Chambers, Oswald February 11   Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose imagination is stayed on thee. Isaiah 26:3 (rv mg) Is your imagination stayed on god or is it starved? The starvation of the imagination is one of the most fruitful sources of exhaustion […]

Is your Imagination of God starved?

Is your Imagination of God starved? – Chambers, Oswald February 10   Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things. Isaiah 40:26. The people of god in isaiahs day had starved their imagination by looking on the face of idols, and isaiah made them look up at the heavens; that […]

Are you exhausted spiritually?

Are you exhausted spiritually? – Chambers, Oswald February 9 The everlasting god . . . Fainteth not, neither is weary. Isaiah 40:28. Exhaustion means that the vital forces are worn right out. Spiritual exhaustion never comes through sin but only through service, and whether or not you are exhausted will depend upon where you get […]

Instantaneous and Insistent sanctification

Instantaneous and Insistent sanctification – Chambers, Oswald February 8  And the very god of peace sanctify you wholly. 1 Thessalonians 5:2324 When we pray to be sanctified, are we prepared to face the standard of these verses? We take the term sanctification much too lightly. Are we prepared for what sanctification will cost? It will […]

The discipline of dejection

The discipline of dejection – Chambers, Oswald February 7 the discipline of dejection but we trusted . . . And beside all this, to-day is the third day. . . . Luke 24:21 Every fact that the disciples stated was right; but the inferences they drew from those facts were wrong. Anything that savours of […]

Are you ready to be of Offered?

Are you ready to be of Offered? – Chambers, Oswald February 6  I am already being poured out as a drink offering. 2 timothy 4:6 (rv mg) I am now ready to be offered(kjv). It is a transaction of will, not of sentiment. Tell god you are ready to be offered; then let the consequences […]

Are you ready to be of Fered?

Are you ready to be of Fered? – Chambers, Oswald February 5 Yea, and if i be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, i joy, and rejoice with you all. Philippians 2:17. Are you willing to be offered for the work of the faithful to pour out your life blood as a […]

The overmastering majesty of personal power

The overmastering majesty of personal power – Chambers, Oswald February 4 For the love of christ constraineth us. 2 corinthians 5:14 Paul says he is overruled, overmastered, held as in a vice, by the love of Christ. Very few of us know what it means to be held in a grip by the love of […]

The recognized ban of relationship

The recognized ban of relationship – Chambers, Oswald February 3 We are made as the filth of the world. 1 Corinthians 4:13 . These words are not an exaggeration. The reason they are not true of us who call ourselves ministers of the complete works of Oswald chambers 745 the gospel is not that Paul […]

The constraint of the call

The constraint of the call – Chambers, Oswald February 2 The constraint of the call woe is unto me, if i preach not the gospel! 1 Corinthians 9:16 Beware of stopping your ears to the call of god. Every- one who is saved is called to testify to the fact; but that is not the […]

The call of God

The call of God – Chambers, Oswald February 1  For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel. 1 corinthians 1:17. Paul states here that the call of god is to preach the gospel; but remember what Paul means by the gospel, viz. , the reality of redemption in our lord Jesus […]

Do you see your calling ?

Do you see your calling ? – Chambers, Oswald January 31 Separated unto the gospel. Romans 1:1 Our calling is not primarily to be holy men and women, but to be proclaimers of the gospel of god. The one thing that is all important is that the gospel of god should be realised as the […]

The dilemma of obedience

The dilemma of obedience – Chambers, Oswald January 30  And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. 1 Samuel 3:15 God seldom speaks to us in startling ways, but in ways that are easy to misunderstand, and we say, i wonder if that is gods voice? Isaiah said that the lord spake to him with […]

But It Is hardly credible that one could be so positively Ignorant!

But It Is hardly credible that one could be so positively Ignorant! – Chambers, Oswald January 29 who art thou, lord? Acts 26:15 the lord spake thus to me with a strong hand. There is no escape when our lord speaks. He always comes with an arrestment of the understanding. Has the voice of god […]

But It Is hardly credible that one could so persecute Jesus!

But It Is hardly credible that one could so persecute Jesus! – Chambers, Oswald January 28 Saul, saul, why persecutest thou me? Acts 26:14. Am i set on my own way for god? We are never free from this snare until we are brought into the experience of the baptism of the holy ghost and […]

Look again and think

Look again and think – Chambers, Oswald January 27  Take no thought for your life. Matthew 6:25. A warning which needs to be reiterated is that the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things entering in, will choke all that god puts in. We are never free from […]

Look again and consecrate

Look again and consecrate – Chambers, Oswald January 26 If god so clothe the grass of the field, . . . Shall he not much more clothe you? Matthew 6:30. A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us if we are not simple. How are we going to be simple with the […]

Leave room For God

Leave room For God – Chambers, Oswald January 25 But when it pleased god . . . Galatians 1:15 As workers for god we have to learn to make room for god to give god elbow room. We calculate and estimate, and say that this and that will happen, and we forget to make room […]

He overmaster Indirection

He overmaster Indirection – Chambers, Oswald January 24 I have appeared unto thee for this purpose. Acts 26:16 The vision Paul had on the road to damascus was no passing emotion, but a vision that had very clear and emphatic directions for him, and he says i was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. Our […]

Transformed by Insight

Transformed by Insight – Chambers, Oswald January 23 We all, with open face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the lord, are changed into the same image. 2 corinthians 3:18. The outstanding characteristic of a christian is this unveiled frankness before god so that the life becomes a mirror for other lives. By […]

What am I looking at?

What am I looking at? – Chambers, Oswald January 22  Look unto me, and be ye saved. Isaiah 45:22 Do we expect god to come to us with his blessings and save us? He sayslook unto me, and be saved. The great difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on god, and it is his blessings that […]

Recall what God remembers

Recall what God remembers – Chambers, Oswald January 21 I remember . . . The kindness of thy youth. Jeremiah 2:2 Am i as spontaneously kind to god as i used to be, or am i only expecting god to be kind to me? Am i full of the little things that cheer his heart […]

Vision and darkness

Vision and darkness – Chambers, Oswald January 19  An horror of great darkness fell upon him. Genesis 15:12. Whenever god gives a vision to a saint, he puts him, as it were, in the shadow of his hand, and the saints duty is to be still and listen. There is a darkness which comes from […]

It Is the lord!

It Is the lord! – Chambers, Oswald January 18  Thomas answered and said unto him, my lord and my god. John 20:28 Give me to drink. How many of us are set upon jesus christ slaking our thirst when we ought to be satisfying him? We should be pouring out now, spending to the last […]

The vocation of the natural life

The vocation of the natural life – Chambers, Oswald January 17 But when it pleased god . . . To reveal his son in me . . . Galatians 1:1516. The call of god is not a call to any particular service; my interpretation of it may be, because contact with the nature of god […]

The voice of the nature of God

The voice of the nature of God – Chambers, Oswald January 16   I heard the voice of the lord saying, whom shall i send? Isaiah 6:8 When we speak of the call of god, we are apt to forget the most important feature, viz. , the nature of the one who calls. There is the […]

Do you walk In white?

Do you walk In white? – Chambers, Oswald January 15  Buried with him . . . That . . . Even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4. No one enters into the experience of entire sanctification without going through a white funeral8 the burial of the old life. If there […]

Called of God

Called of God – Chambers, Oswald January 14 Whom shall i send, and who will go for us? Then said i, here am i; send me. Isaiah 6:8 god did not address the call to Isaiah; isaiah over- heard god saying who will go for us? The call of god is not for the special […]

Have you ever been alone with God?

Have you ever been alone with God? – Chambers, Oswald January 13 When he was alone, . . . The twelve asked of him. . . . Mark 4:10 His solitude with us. When god gets us alone by affliction, heartbreak, or temptation, by disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted affection, by a broken friendship, or […]

Have you ever been alone with God?

Have you ever been alone with God? – Chambers, Oswald January 12  When they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. Mark 4:34 Our solitude with him. Jesus does not take us alone and expound things to us all the time; he expounds things to us as we can understand them. Other lives […]

What my obedience to God costs other people

What my obedience to God costs other people – Chambers, Oswald January 11 They laid hold upon one Simon, . . . And on him they laid the cross. Luke 23:26 If we obey god it is going to cost other people more than it costs us, and that is where the sting comes in. […]

The opened sight

The opened sight – Chambers, Oswald January 10 Their eyes, . . . That they may receive . . . Acts 26:18 This verse is the grandest condensation of the propaganda of a disciple of Jesus Christ in the whole of the new testament.The first sovereign work of grace is summed up in the words […]

Does my sacrifice live?

Does my sacrifice live? – Chambers, Oswald January 8 And Abraham built an altar . . . And bound Isaac his son. Genesis 22:9 This incident is a picture of the blunder we make in thinking that the final thing god wants of us is the sacrifice of death. What god wants is the sacrifice […]

Intercessory IntrospectIon

Intercessory IntrospectIon – Chambers, Oswald January 9 And i pray god your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless. 1 thessalonians 5:23 Your whole spirit . . . The great mystical work of the holy spirit is in the dim regions of our personality which we cannot get at. Read the 139th psalm; […]

Intimate with Jesus

Intimate with Jesus – Chambers, Oswald January 7 Have i been so long with you, and yet hast thou not known me? John 14:9 These words are not spoken as a rebuke, nor even with surprise; Jesus is leading philip on. The last one with whom we get intimate is Jesus. Before pentecost the disciples […]

Worship

Worship – Chambers, Oswald January 6 And he . . . Pitched his tent, having bethel on the west, and ai on the east: and there he builded an altar. Genesis 12:8 (rv ) Worship is giving god the best that he has given you. Be careful what you do with the best you have. […]

The afterwards of the Life of power

The afterwards of the Life of power – Chambers, Oswald January 5 whither i go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. John 13:36 And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, follow me. Three years before, Jesus had said follow me, and peter had followed easily, the […]

Why cannot I Follow thee now?

Why cannot I Follow thee now? – Chambers, Oswald January 4  Peter said unto him, lord, why cannot i follow thee now? John 13:37 There are times when you cannot understand why you cannot do what you want to do. When god brings the blank space, see that you do not fill it in, but […]

Clouds and darkness

Clouds and darkness – Chambers, Oswald January 3 clouds and darkness are round about him. Psalm 97:2  A man who has not been born of the spirit of god will tell you that the teachings of jesus are simple. But when you are baptised with the holy ghost, you find clouds and darkness are round […]

Will you Go out Without knowing?

Will you Go out Without knowing? – Chambers, Oswald January 2 He went out, not knowing whither he went. Hebrews 11:8 Have you been out in this way? If so, there is no logical statement possible when anyone asks you what you are doing. One of the difficulties in christian work is this question what […]

Let us keep to the point

Let us keep to the point – Chambers, Oswald January 1  My eager desire and hope being that i may never feel ashamed, but that now as ever i may do honour to christ in my own person by fearless courage. Philippians 1:20 (moffatt) My utmost for his highest. My eager desire and hope being […]

My Utmost for His Highest

My Utmost for His Highest – Chambers, Oswald My Utmost for His HighestSelections for the YearOswald Chambers Introduction Source These readings are selected from lectures and sermons given by Oswald chambers from 1910 until his death in 1917. Publication history  .As a book: my utmost for his highest was first published in 1927. My utmost […]

Education In holy habit

Education In holy habit – Chambers, Oswald Psalms 86:11; 143:10 Educative evangelism Versus emotional evangelism after a great crisis, such as an experience of salvation or sanctification, the danger is that we fix ourselves there and become spiritual prigs. A spiritual prig is one who has had an experience from god and has closed down […]

Our lord on how to think

Our lord on how to think – Chambers, Oswald Matthew 6:19–24 We so readily look upon our lord as saviour in the fundamental way that we are apt to forget he is much more than saviour, he is teacher as well. In the same way we are familiar with the fact that all Christians have […]

The mind of Christ

The mind of Christ – Chambers, Oswald Philippians 2:5–8 Have this mind in you, which was also in christ jesus . . . (rv) We are apt to forget that the mind of christ is super natural, his mind is not a human mind at all. Never run away with the idea that because you […]

Thinking Godliness

Thinking Godliness – Chambers, Oswald Philippians 4:5–8; 3:7–14 In physical life we do best those things we have habitually learned to do, and the same is true in mental and spiritual life. We do not come into the world knowing how to do anything; all we do we have acquired by habit. Remember, habit is […]

What to think about

What to think about – Chambers, Oswald Philippians 4:8 Never run away with the idea that it does not matter much what we believe or think; it does. What we think and believe, we are; not what we say we think and believe, but what we really do think and believe, we are; there is […]

The way of a soul

The way of a soul – Chambers, Oswald Ephesians 5:14–18 The way of the awakening of the soul (ephesians 5:1415) Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead . . . (ephesians 5:14) What is possible in the way of habits a good many of us are in the condition that st. Augustine described […]

Natural Growth In supernatural Grace

Natural Growth In supernatural Grace – Chambers, Oswald 1 Peter 2:7–12 Our Lord’s maximsConsider the lilies of the field, how they grow.Behold the fowls of the air.Become as little children Our lord did not point out wonderful sights to his disciples all the time; he pointed out things that were apparently in significantlilies and grass […]

Attention

Attention – Chambers, Oswald 1 Timothy 4:11–16 Attention is never possible without conscious effort; interest frequently is, we can take up a book and our interest is riveted at once. Naturally we never attend to anything, we are like children, and children do not attend until they are taught to. We all have certain native […]

Behavior

Behavior – Chambers, Oswald 1 Thessalonians 2:10 The fundamental resources of personality Behaviour means in its widest application every possible kind of reaction to the circumstances into which you may be brought. There are resources of personality known only to god. Psalm 139 is the prayer of a man asking god to explore him where […]

Dust and divinity

Dust and divinity – Chambers, Oswald Genesis 2:7[N.B.—a ll divisions of the human personality are arbitrary.] Genesis 2:7 reveals that man is made up of dust and divinity. This means that in practical psychology we must always make allowance for the incalculable. You cannot exhaust mans nature by examining his dust qualities, nor by describing […]

Habit

Habit – Chambers, Oswald In the conduct of life, habits count for more than maxims, because habit is a living maxim, become flesh and instinct. To reform ones maxims is nothing; it is but to change the title of the book. To learn new habits is everything for it is to reach the substance of […]

Freedom of the will

Freedom of the will – Chambers, Oswald Psalm 27:4–6 The subject of human free will is apt to be either understated or overstated. No man has the power to act an act of pure, unadulterated, free will. God is the only being who can act with absolute free will. The bible reveals that man is […]

Direction of the will

Direction of the will – Chambers, Oswald John 7:17 (cf. john 5:19, 30) The will to do If any man willeth to do his will . . . (rv) In john 7:17, our lord is not so much laying down the principle that obedience is the gateway to knowledge, as specifically stating that the only […]

The will In discipleship

The will In discipleship – Chambers, Oswald Luke 9:61–62 Beware of thinking of will as a faculty. Will simply means the whole nature active. We talk about people having a weak will or a strong will, it is a misleading idea. When we speak of a man having a weak will, we mean he is […]

The Moral Foundations of Life

The Moral Foundations of Life – Chambers, Oswald The Moral Foundations of LifeA Series of Talks on the Ethical Principlesof the Christian LifeOswald Chambers Introduction Source This material is from notes of lectures at the bible training college,1 london, 191115. Publication history  . As articles: in the bible training course (btc) monthly journal,2 august 1933 […]

The graciousness of uncertainty

The graciousness of uncertainty – Chambers, Oswald It is not yet made manifest what we shall be. 1 john 3:2 (rv) we are apt to look upon uncertainty as a bad thing, because we are all too mathematical and common sense. We imagine we have to reach an end; so we have, but a particular […]

The Graciousness of Uncertainty

The Graciousness of Uncertainty – Chambers, Oswald Foreword to the First Edition Do you know the clear water of a mountain stream running through the shadowy places of the trees and of the brown and green mosses? Here and there is a crystal pool, hidden beneath a rock still it seems, like a mirror while […]

Do you Continue to go with Jesus?

Do you Continue to go with Jesus? – Chambers, Oswald Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. Luke 22:28 we are apt to imagine that our lord was only tempted once and that then his temptations were over. His temptations went on from the first moment of his conscious life to […]

Will you go out without Knowing?

Will you go out without Knowing? – Chambers, Oswald Abraham . . . Went out, not knowing whither he went. Hebrews 11:8 That is true either of a fool or a faithful soul. One of the hardest lessons to learn is this one that abrahams life brings out. He went out of all his own […]

Now Is It Possible

Now Is It Possible – Chambers, Oswald And i pray god your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our lord jesus christ. 1 thessalonians 5:23 We never can be faultless in this life, but gods book brings out that we must be blameless, that is, undeserving of censure […]

The Making of a Christian

The Making of a Christian – Chambers, Oswald i The ascendancy which he exercised in thus drawing men away from worldly callings and hopes into association with himself is quite indefinite, and even in yielding to it, the disciples could have no distinct idea what it involved. Dr. Denney9 1. Days of his flesh The […]

The worker and things as they are

The worker and things as they are – Chambers, Oswald 2 Corinthians 6:110 We have an idea that we have to alter things, we have not; we have to remain true to god in the midst of things as they are, to allow things as they are to trans- mute us. Things as they are […]

The Message of Invincible Consolation

The Message of Invincible Consolation – Chambers, Oswald Kathleen daily PrayerFather lead me day by day,Ever in Thine own sweet way;Teach me to be good and true,Show me what I ought to do. In Loving Memory ofKathleen Mary Cheal Clarke7From God 27th December, 1924To God 29th September, 1930 Again I shall behold thee, daughter true;The […]

The dedication of Following

The dedication of Following – Chambers, Oswald 1. The followers of gods life Be ye therefore followers of god. . . . (Ephesians 5:1) The one striking thing about following is we must not find our own way, for when we take the initiative we cease to follow. In the natural world everything depends upon […]

Can you Come down?

Can you Come down? – Chambers, Oswald Mark 9:229 the test of spiritual life is the power to descend; if we have power to rise only, there is something wrong. We all have had times on the mount when we have seen things from gods standpoint and we wanted to stay there; but if we […]

The Ministry of the Unnoticed

The Ministry of the Unnoticed – Chambers, Oswald I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily. Hosea 14:5 (rv ) The new testament notices things which from our standpoint do not seem to count. For instance, our lord called only twelve disciples, but what about all those other disciples […]

If god is love—why?

If god is love—why? – Chambers, Oswald December 14, 1916, Alexandria, Egypt. also given at Zeitoun . It is easy to say god is love when there is no war and when everything is going well; but it is not so easy to say when everything that happens actually gives the lie to it. For […]

Keep yourselves in the love of God

Keep yourselves in the love of God – Chambers, Oswald Jude 20–21 Keep yourselves in the love of god. The love of god! We have lost it to-day; we have turned our back on the ocean and are looking out over barren colourless hills for the oceans fulness. We need converting againturning round, and there […]

The Love of God

The Love of God – Chambers, Oswald God is love. God is love. No one but god could have revealed that to the world, for men, and we all indeed, see nothing but its contradiction in our own limited world of experience. It needs but little imagination to construe the life of hundreds of this […]

The Love of God

The Love of God – Chambers, Oswald The Love of Goda combined volume includingThe Love of GodThe Ministry of the UnnoticedThe Message of Invincible ConsolationThe Making of a ChristianNow Is It PossibleThe Graciousness of UncertaintyOswald Chambers Combined volume copyright © 1965, Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationPublished previously as individual booklets, the following titles were combined andpublished […]

Knocking at God’s Door

Knocking at God’s Door – Chambers, Oswald Knocking at God’s DoorA Little Book of PrayersOswald Chambers —————————————————————————————Copyright 1957 Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: kjv, rv Introduction Source The material in knocking at gods door is from the prayers oswald chambers recorded in his personal diary. The prayers from january through october reflect oswalds years […]

The unrealized logic of Prayer

The unrealized logic of Prayer – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XIIRomans 8:26–28 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit. Ephesians 6:18 praying in the holy ghost. Jude 20 Ephesians 6:18 and jude 20 are not quite identical with romans 8:26.In the former it is man praying in the atmosphere produced by the holy […]

The Key to service

The Key to service – Chambers, Oswald After Noon address at founder ’s day, the annual meetings of the PentecostalLeague of Prayer, London , may 5, 1915 Chapter XI Pray ye therefore the lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Matthew 9:38 This is the key to the whole […]

Intercession

Intercession – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XGenesis 18:23–33 And the lord went his way, . . . And Abraham returned unto his place. Genesis 18:33 The great difficulty in intercession is myself, nothing less or more. The first thing i have to do is to take myself to school. My first duty is not to assert […]

This day is that day

This day is that day – Chambers, Oswald address at autumnal gathering , League of Prayer, London , November 6, 1912Chapter IX And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, ver- ily, i say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the father in my name, he will give it you. John 16:23 Unperplexed […]

St. Paul’s intercession For instantaneous insistent sanctification

St. Paul’s intercession For instantaneous insistent sanctification – Chambers, Oswald Chapter VIII 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24 All through the bible the separation of a people by god is revealed, and the individual members of that people have to separate themselves to gods service. We are set apart that we may set ourselves apart. God who requires […]

Praying in the holy ghost

Praying in the holy ghost – Chambers, Oswald Chapter VII Praying in the holy ghost. Jude 20 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit. Ephesians 6:18 Praying in the holy ghost means the power given to us by god to maintain a simple relationship to jesus christ, and it is most difficult […]

Now this explains it

Now this explains it – Chambers, Oswald Chapter VI As thou, father, art in me, and i in thee, that they also may be one in us. John 17:21 The submissions of life (luke 2:51; john 19:11) We are not built for ourselves, but for god, not for service for god, but for god; that […]

After god’s silence—what?

After god’s silence—what? – Chambers, Oswald Chapter V Now jesus loved martha, and her sister, and lazarus. When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. John 11:56 The absence of audible response Jesus stayed two days where he was without sending a […]

The Curriculum of intercession

The Curriculum of intercession – Chambers, Oswald Chapter IV I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what i shall answer when i am reproved. And the l ord answered me, and said, write the vision, and make it […]

The secret of the sacred struggle For Prayer

The secret of the sacred struggle For Prayer — Chambers, Oswald Lecture:  Bible training college, may 7, 1915Chapter III Ephesians 6:1219 Paul takes the illustration of battle and applies it at once to what goes on in a saints life; the whole meaning of taking the armour of god is for prayer. Prayer is the […]

The secret of the sacred simplicity of Prayer

The secret of the sacred simplicity of Prayer – Chambers, Oswald Lecture: b Bible training college , April 6, 1915Chapter II Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Matthew 26:41 These words were spoken in the supreme moment of our lords agony; we […]

What’s the good of Prayer?

What’s the good of Prayer? – Chambers, Oswald Given to troops , November 4, 1915, and November 13, 1916YMCA camp, Zeitoun , EgyptChapter I 1 Timothy 2:1–8 Because We Need To (Luke 11:1)For Human Wits Have an End (Psalm 108:13,19, 28)For Human Wills Have an End (Romans 8:26)For Human Wisdom Has an End ( James […]

If Ye Shall Ask

If Ye Shall Ask – Chambers, Oswald If Ye Shall AskOswald Chamber Copyright © 1937 Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: kjv, rv ————————————————————————————— Introduction Source if ye shall ask is from lectures given at the bible training college, 1 London (191115); at league of prayer 2 gatherings in Britain; to British common- wealth troops […]

The disciple and the lord of destiny

The disciple and the lord of destiny – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XIIRevelation 3 His divine integrity These things saith he that is holy, he that is true . . . (revelation 3:7) (a) harmony with gods character these words suggest that our lords unlimited sovereignty over human souls rests upon moral fitness. In revelation 5 […]

The Philosophy of the Perfect life

The Philosophy of the Perfect life – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XIMatthew 19:16–22 The occasion of a conversation is in many respects as important to consider as its subject. The occasion of this conversation was the coming to jesus of a splendid, upright, young aristocrat who was consumed with a master passion to possess the life […]

The PhilosoPhy of discipleship

The PhilosoPhy of discipleship – Chambers, Oswald The quotations are from the book entitled The Following of Christ, by John tauter .Chapter X Let no man think that sudden in a minuteAll is accomplished and the work is done:—Though with thine earliest dawn thou shouldstbegin itScarce were it ended in thy setting sun. Discipleship must […]

The Philosophy of sacrificing

The Philosophy of sacrificing – Chambers, Oswald The quotations are from the book entitled The Following of Christ, by John tauter .Chapter IXMatthew 16:24–26“I Wonder If I Will or If I Won’t” God does not take the wilful wont out of us by salvation; at any stage we may say, no, thank you, i am […]

The Philosophy of love

The Philosophy of love – Chambers, Oswald The quotations are from the book entitled The Following of Christ, by John tauter .Chapter VIII Mark 12:2931 The way of the sovereign preference of the heart Lovest thou me? ( john 21:1517) and these are the right lovers of god, Who love god with their whole heart. […]

The Philosophy of reason

The Philosophy of reason – Chambers, Oswald The quotation are from the book entitled The Following of Christ, by john tauter .Chapter VII Essence of reason in the saint . . . Being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you. (1 peter […]

The Philosophy of godliness

The Philosophy of godliness – Chambers, Oswald he quotations are from the book entitled The Following of Christ, by john tauter .Chapter VI Verily, verily, i say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that i do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because i go unto […]

The Philosophy of Following our lord

The Philosophy of Following our lord – the quotations are from the book entitled Theological germanica .Chapter V First, man must consider the teaching and the life of jesus christ, for he hath taught poverty and lived it. And a man should follow the teaching and the life, if he wisheth to be perfect, for […]

The Philosophy of discernment

The Philosophy of discernment – Chambers, Oswald Chapter IV A philosopher is a lover of wisdom, and spiritual philosophy means the love of wisdom not only in our heart life, but in our heads the last place a christian gets to. Usually we leave our heads barren, we simply use our brains to explain our […]

The Philosophy of the Fall—ii

The Philosophy of the Fall—ii – Chambers, Oswald The quotations are from the book entitled Theological germanica .Chapter III By the fall man not only died from god, but he fell into disunion with himself; that means it became possible for him to live in one of the three parts of his nature. We want […]

HIS YOUTH, AND PREPARATION FOR THE MINISTRY

HIS YOUTH, AND PREPARATION FOR THE MINISTRY – Robert Murray Mcchene Many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord. Luke 1:14,15 In the midst of the restless activity of such a day as ours, we feel it would be useful for ministers of Christ to trace […]

The Philosophy of the Fall—i

The Philosophy of the Fall—i – Chambers, Oswald The quotations are from the book entitled Theologian germanica .Chapter II Boundless inheritance of covetousness What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, i had not known sin, but by the law: for i had not known lust, except the law had said, […]

Two Kingdoms

Two Kingdoms – Oswald Chambers “My kingdom is not of this world.” John 18:36 “The great enemy to the Lord Jesus Christ in the present day is the conception of practical work that has not come from the New Testament, but from the systems of the world in which endless energy and activities are insisted […]

Trusting the Sovereignty of God

Trusting the Sovereignty of God – Oswald Chambers “It is only the loyal soul who believes that God engineers circumstances. We take such liberties with our circumstances, we do not believe God engineers them, although we say we do; we treat the things that happen as if they were engineered by men. “To be faithful […]

The Word must precede the work

The Word must precede the work – Oswald Chambers Today’s unheeded secret “My kingdom is not of this world.” John 18:36. “The great enemy to the Lord Jesus Christ in the present day is the conception of practical work that has not come from the New Testament, but from the systems of the world in […]

The Poor in Spirit

The Poor in Spirit – Oswald Chambers …The preaching of today is apt to emphasize strength of will, beauty of character — the things that are easily noticed. The phrase we hear so often, ‘Decide for Christ,’ is an emphasis on something Our Lord never trusted. He never asks us to decide for Him, but […]

The Missionary’s Predestined Purpose

The Missionary’s Predestined Purpose – Oswald Chambers The first thing that happens after we recognize our election by God in Christ Jesus is the destruction of our preconceived ideas, our narrow-minded thinking, and all of our other allegiances— we are turned solely into servants of God’s own purpose. The entire human race was created to […]

The Missionary’s Master and Teacher

The Missionary’s Master and Teacher – Oswald Chambers To have a master and teacher is not the same thing as being mastered and taught. Having a master and teacher means that there is someone who knows me better than I know myself, who is closer than a friend, and who understands the remotest depths of […]

The Missionary’s Goal

The Missionary’s Goal – Oswald Chambers “Behold, we go up to Jerusalem.” Luke 18:31. “In the natural life our ambitions alter as we develop; in the Christian life the goal is given at the beginning: Our Lord Himself. We start with Christ and we end with Him—’until we all attain to the stature of the […]

The Key to the Missionary’s Work

The Key to the Missionary’s Work – Oswald Chambers The key to the missionary’s work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and […]

The Key to the Missionary’s Message

The Key to the Missionary’s Message – Oswald Chambers The key to the missionary’s message is the propitiation of Christ Jesus— His sacrifice for us that completely satisfied the wrath of God. Look at any other aspect of Christ’s work, whether it is healing, saving, or sanctifying, and you will see that there is nothing […]

The Fool and the Wise

The Fool and the Wise – Oswald Chambers The Shame of the Gospel “A wise person who has built his life in confidence in God will appear a fool when he is among people who are sleek and cunning…. The wisdom of God arrant stupidity to the wisdom of the world, until all of a […]

The Eternal Goal

The Eternal Goal – Oswald Chambers “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience […]

The Divine Commandment of Life

The Divine Commandment of Life – Oswald Chambers Our Lord’s exhortation to us in Matthew 5:38-48 is to be generous in our behavior toward everyone. Beware of living according to your natural affections in your spiritual life. Everyone has natural affections— some people we like and others we don’t like. Yet we must never let […]

The Philosophy of Perfection

The Philosophy of Perfection – Chambers, Oswald Chapter I But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away. 1 corinthians 13:10 (rv) That which is perfectis a being, who hath comprehended and included all things in himself and his own substance, and without whom, and besides whom, […]

If Thou Wilt Be Perfect . . .

If Thou Wilt Be Perfect . . . – Chambers, Oswald If Thou Wilt Be Perfect . . .Talks on Spiritual PhilosophyOswald ChambersCopyright © 1939 Oswald Chambers Publications Association Introduction Source Lectures on biblical philosophy given at the bible training college,1 London, from January to July 1912. Publication history .as articles: first published as articles […]

Dimensions of effective redemption

Dimensions of effective redemption – Chambers, Oswald Lecture: November 20, 1914 John 3:16; Ephesians 3:18–19 By the dimensions of effective redemption, under- stand the redemption of god expressing itself in individual experience; but beware of limiting the redemption to our individual experience of it. 1. Breadth for god so loved the world . . . […]

Actually Born into redemption

Actually Born into redemption – Chambers, Oswald Lecture: November 13, 1914 John 3:4 The abiding reality is god, and he makes known his order in the fleeting moments. Redemption par- takes of gods character, therefore it is not fleeting; but we have the power and the privilege of exhibit- ing the redemption in the fleeting […]

The magnitude of redemption

The magnitude of redemption – Chambers, Oswald Lecture : December 4, 1914 1 Thessalonians 5:23 We cannot be deeply moved by nothing; neither can we deeply move ourselves by anything we say, unless something profound has first of all entered into us. For example, it takes a great deal of realising what the bible reveals […]

The Cross

The Cross – Oswald Chambers “Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree.” 1 Peter 2:24 “The Cross did not happen to Jesus: He came on purpose for it. He is ‘the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.’ The whole meaning of the Incarnation is the Cross. […]

The Basis for Forgiveness

The Basis for Forgiveness – Oswald Chambers “In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sins.” Eph. 1:7. “Beware of the pleasant view of the Fatherhood of God—God is so kind and loving that of course He will forgive us. That sentiment has no place whatever in the New Testament. “The only ground […]

The “Go” of Relationship

The “Go” of Relationship – Oswald Chambers Our Lord’s teaching can be summed up in this: the relationship that He demands for us is an impossible one unless He has done a supernatural work in us. Jesus Christ demands that His disciple does not allow even the slightest trace of resentment in his heart when […]

The “Go” of Reconciliation

The “Go” of Reconciliation – Oswald Chambers This verse says, “If you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you….” It is not saying, “If you search and find something because of your unbalanced sensitivity,” but, “If you…remember….” In other words, if something is brought to your […]

The “Go” of Preparation

The “Go” of Preparation – Oswald Chambers It is easy for us to imagine that we will suddenly come to a point in our lives where we are fully prepared, but preparation is not suddenly accomplished. In fact, it is a process that must be steadily maintained. It is dangerous to become settled and complacent […]

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving – Oswald Chambers Only by His wonderful grace can we see from His perspective, rejoice always, and continually give thanks. Only by His life in us can we walk in humility and live together in the victory of His cross. Only by His Spirit in us can we obey His Word and follow His […]

Taking a Stand

Taking a Stand – Oswald Chambers “Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their master … so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God.” Psalm 123:2. “This verse is a description of entire reliance upon God. Just as the eyes of the servant are riveted on his master, so our […]

Standing alone with God

Standing alone with God – Oswald Chambers “Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their master, . . . so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God. ” Psalm 123:2. “This verse is a description of entire reliance upon God. … Spiritual leakage begins when we cease to lift up […]

Service: Are we disciplined to obey God or impulse?

Service: Are we disciplined to obey God or impulse? – Oswald Chambers “For we are God’s fellow workers.” 1 Corinthians 3:9 “Beware of any work for God which enables you to evade concentration on Him. … The one concern of a worker should be concentration on God, and this will mean that all the other […]

Seeing God through the darkness

Seeing God through the darkness – Oswald Chambers “… we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead… in whom we trust that He will still deliver […]

Quotes by Oswald Chambers

Quotes by Oswald Chambers – Oswald Chambers “If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.” “If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then […]

Quotes by Oswald Chambers

Quotes by Oswald Chambers – Oswald Chambers discord to our ears. Don’t faint when you are rebuked, and don’t despise the chastening of the Lord. In your patience possess your souls.” “We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.” “Earnestness is […]

The Character of redeemed experience

The Character of redeemed experience – Chambers, Oswald Lecture : December 18, 1914 By redeemed experience is meant eternal life manifested in the fleeting moments of temporal life. What is not meant is the consciousness of feeling good, or the consciousness of the presence of god. If we mistake these feelings for eternal life, we […]

Persecution

Persecution – Oswald Chambers “Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen… disputing with Stephen. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke. “Then they secretly induced men […]

The ruling issues of redemption

The ruling issues of redemption – Chambers, Oswald Lecture: NNovember 6, 1914John 16:7–15 And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement. (rv ) The word convict means moral conviction, not logical conviction. When the holy spirit is come, he will convict a man […]

Our God-given Purpose

Our God given Purpose – Oswald Chambers ” …that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.” Eph 1:12 “The joy of anything… is to fulfill its created purpose: ‘that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.’ (Eph 1:12) “We are not […]

“The lord god omnipotent reigneth”

“The lord god omnipotent reigneth” – Chambers, Oswald Lecture :  October 30, 1914 O believe that the lord god omnipotent reigneth and redeemeth is the end of all possible panic, moral, intellectual or spiritual. We say we believe god, and give the lie to it with every breath we draw. For a man to believe […]

Relative redemptive reactions

Relative redemptive reactions – Chambers, Oswald Lecture : October 23, 1914 An abiding snare in dealing with christian doctrine arises from the tendency to bend the attention exclusively either to the objective or the subjective side. If we deal only with the objective, it produces the type of practical life that contradicts the creed believed […]

More than conquerors

More than conquerors – Oswald Chambers “Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” Romans 8:37 Paul is speaking of the things that might seem likely to separate or wedge in between the saint and the love of God; but the remarkable thing is that nothing can wedge […]

Redemption

Redemption – Chambers, Oswald Lecture :  October 16, 1914The Christian’s Greatest Trust 1. The cross and the fathers heart ( john 12:28; galatians 6:14) We can understand the attributes of god in other ways, but we can only understand the fathers heart in the cross of christ. The cross of christ is not the cross […]

Knowing & Doing God’s will

Knowing & Doing God’s will – Oswald Chambers “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23 “Our Lord never insists upon obedience; He tells us very emphatically what we ought to do, but He never takes means to make us do […]

Redemption

Redemption – Chambers, Oswald Lecture :  October 9, 1914 1. Redemption in realised revelation ( john 19:30) We can never expound the redemption, but we must have strong unshaken faith in it so that we are not swept off our feet by actual things. That the devil and man are allowed to do as they […]

His Propitiation

His Propitiation – Oswald Chambers “And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” 1 John 2:2. “The key to the missionary message is the propitiation of Christ Jesus. … The missionary message is the limitless significance of Jesus Christ as the […]

Thy Great Redemption

Thy Great Redemption – Chambers, Oswald Introduction Source thy great redemption is from lectures given by Oswald chambers from October to December 1914 in christian doctrine class at the bible training college.22 Publication history  .As articles: the lectures appeared as articles in the btc monthly journal23 April 1935 through march 1936. . As a book: […]

God’s Will? Or mine?

God’s Will? Or mine? – Oswald Chambers “The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight into what Jesus Christ teaches, he can only get it by obedience. If things are dark to me, then I may […]

God’s Moral Law

God’s Moral Law – Oswald Chambers “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” James 2:10. The moral law… takes no account of our heredity and infirmities, it demands that we be absolutely moral. The moral law never alters, either for the noblest or for […]

God’s Love & Human Sentiment

God’s Love & Human Sentiment – Oswald Chambers “A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isaiah 53:3. Oswald Chambers: “We are not acquainted with grief in the way in which Our Lord was acquainted with it; we endure it, we get through it, but we do not become intimate with it. “At the beginning […]

Giving your best

Giving your best – Oswald Chambers “Then Peter said, ‘Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.’” Acts 3:6 “Give to him who asks you.’ Why do we always make this mean money? Our Lord makes […]

Gethsemane

Gethsemane – Oswald Chambers “Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, . . . tarry ye here, and watch with Me.” Matthew 26:36, 38. “We can never fathom the agony in Gethsemane, but at least we need not misunderstand it. It is the agony of God and […]

Following the Shepherd

Following the Shepherd – Oswald Chambers “But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself.” Acts 20:24 “You will be more prosperous and successful, more leisure-hearted, if you never realize the call of God. But if once you receive a call from Jesus Christ, the memory of what God […]

Focusing our hearts

Focusing our hearts – Oswald Chambers “I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.“ Philippians 3:13-14 “When Paul […]

The Base impulse

The Base impulse – Chambers, Oswald Lord, Lord, when we are dead, remember notAll our lost sorrows and our soul’s endeavour,Better to bear the burden of our lot,Firmer to stand how strong the storm so-ever,Only remember all the agonyThou bearest in the Garden silently.And when the soul by death is freed again,Thou wilt not let […]

The Base impulse

The Base impulse – Chambers, Oswald But, ah, through all men some base impulse runsThe brute the father, and the men the sonsWhich if one harshly sets himself to subdue,With fiercer indolence it boils anew,He ends the worst who with best hopes began,How hard is this, how like the lot of man! Experimentally the meaning […]

Irresponsibility

Irresponsibility – Chambers, Oswald Every christian worker has to decide this question, viz. , is jesus christs mind infallible, or is the modern western mind infallible? The tendency abroad to-day is to think ourselves infallible, and the bible a jumble up of the most extraordinary stuff, good stuff, but we cannot be expected to accept […]

Missing it

Missing it – Chambers, Oswald Anything Jesus christ revealed may be missed. The disbelief of the human mind always wastes itself in the sentimental idea that god would never let us miss the greatest good. Jesus says he will, that is why we dont like him, and that is why the teaching of to-day is […]

Righteousness

Righteousness – Chambers, Oswald Bear in mind that our human life viewed from a moral standpoint is a tragedy, and that preaching precepts while we ignore the cross of jesus christ is like giving a pill to cure an earthquake, or a poultice for a cancer. Our attempts to face the problems of human life […]

Summum Bonum

Summum Bonum – Chambers, Oswald In speaking of the highest good as the theme of ethics, aristotle observes: every art and every kind of inquiry, and likewise every act and purpose, seems to aim at some good; and, since there are many kinds of actions, and many arts and sciences, it follows that there are […]

The Highest Good

The Highest Good – Chambers, Oswald The Highest Good Introduction Source The highest good is comprised of lectures in Oswald chambers christian ethics class at the bible training college, London, between 1911 and 1915. Publication history . As articles: the lectures were published as articles in the btc monthly journal15 from October 1936 through march […]

Psalm 128

Psalm 128 – Chambers, Oswald 1. Seemliness of sanctity blessed is every one that feareth the lord ; that walketh in his ways. (psalm 128:1) the remarkable thing about fearing god is that when you fear god you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear god you fear everything else. Blessed is every […]

Psalm 127

Psalm 127 – Chambers, Oswald 1. Direction by countenancing god except the lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the lord keep the city, the watch- man waketh but in vain. (psalm 127:1) for that ye ought to say, if the lord will, we shall live, and do this, or […]

Psalm 126

Psalm 126 – Chambers, Oswald 1. The emotion of deliveranc when the lord turned again the captivity of zion, we were like them that dream. (psalm 126:1) religion is never intellectual, it is always passionate and emotional; but the curious thing is that it is religion that leads to emotion, not emotion to religion. If […]

Psalm 125

Psalm 125 – Chambers, Oswald 1. The fastnesses of the godly They that trust in the lord shall be as mount zion which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. (psalm 125:1) The security of the eternal god is what we are to have confidence in, and the psalmist likens that security to the mountains, […]

Faith in the midst of Perverseness

Faith in the midst of Perverseness – Oswald Chambers “A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” Isaiah 53:3. Oswald Chambers: “The reason the experience of redemption is so easy is because it cost God so much… It is men like Job and the apostle Paul who bring us to the basis of things, not […]

Darkness that brings true Light

Darkness that brings true Light – Oswald Chambers “What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.” Matthew 10:27. “At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. ‘What I tell you in […]

Cultural Christianity

Cultural Christianity – Oswald Chambers 1. Missing it “And they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said to them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. […]

Bearing our cross

Bearing our cross – Oswald Chambers “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23 The test of our spiritual life is our understanding of the cross. The cross of Jesus is often wrongly taken as a type of the cross we […]

Are You Going on With Jesus

Are You Going on With Jesus – Oswald Chambers It is true that Jesus Christ is with us through our temptations, but are we going on with Him through His temptations? Many of us turn back from going on with Jesus from the very moment we have an experience of what He can do. Watch […]

Absoluteness of Jesus Christ

Absoluteness of Jesus Christ – Oswald Chambers “He shall glorify Me. John 16:14.“The pietistic [or emergent, universalist, mystical] movements of to-day have none of the rugged reality of the New Testament about them…. This type of experience is not supernatural nor miraculous, it did not cost the passion of God, it is not dyed in […]

Psalm 124

Psalm 124 – Chambers, Oswald 1. Alternative danger if it had not been the lord who was on our side, now may Israel say . . . (psalm 124:1) Facing an alternative is not to deal in supposition, but part of wisdom and understanding; supposition is wisdom gone to hysteria. In estimating the dangers which […]

10 POWERFUL QUOTES ON PRAYER

10 POWERFUL QUOTES ON PRAYER – Oswald Chambers 1. Our true character comes out in the way we pray. 2. Prayer imparts the power to walk and not faint. 3. Prayer is the answer to every problem there is. 4. Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer […]

Psalm 123

Psalm 123 – Chambers, Oswald This psalm represents the inner biography of faith. It is not easy to have faith in god, and it is not meant to be easy because we have to make character. God will shield us from no requirements of his sons and daughters any more than he shielded his own […]

Psalm 122

Psalm 122 – Chambers, Oswald 1. Gladness of comradeship  I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the lord . (psalm 122:1) God begins with us individually in the experience of conscious salvation, then he unites us to one another. Notice the altogetherness of the saints all through […]

Psalm 120

Psalm 120 – Chambers, Oswald We can judge a nation by its songs. The minor note is indicative of a crushed, but unconquered people. In the bible there is nothing altogether minor; nothing, that is, of the nature of despair. The bible deals with terrors and upsets, with people who have got into despairin fact, […]

The Highest Good

The Highest Good – Chambers, Oswald The Highest Goodcontaining alsoThe Pilgrim’s Song BookandThy Great RedemptionOswald ChambersThe Pilgrim’s Song Book 1940The Highest Good 1938Thy Great Redemption 1937Combined edition: copyright 1965 by Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: KJV and RV The Pilgrim’s Song Book Introduction Source The material in the pilgrims song book is from talks […]

The Certainties of the kingdom

The Certainties of the kingdom – Chambers, Oswald 1. The substratum of certainty (acts 17:2229) Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare i unto you. . . . For in him we live, and move, and have our being. (acts 17:23, 28) Substratum an under stratum or layer, a fundamental element that does not appear, […]

THE TWO BUILDERS

THE TWO BUILDERS – Oswald Chambers The emphasis in w. 24-27 is laid by Our Lord on hearing and doing. He has given us His disposition, and He demands that we live as His disciples; how are we going to do it? By hearing My words and doing them, says Jesus. I only hear what […]

APPEARANCE AND REALITY

APPEARANCE AND REALITY – Oswald Chambers Our Lord makes the test of goodness not only goodness in intention, but in the active carrying out of God’s will. Beware of confounding the appearance and reality, of judging only by the external evidence. God honors His word no matter who preaches it. The men Jesus refers to […]

TEST YOUR TEACHERS

TEST YOUR TEACHERS – Oswald Chambers In these verses Jesus tells His disciples to test preachers and teachers by their fruit. There are two tests one is the fruit in the life of the preacher, and the other is the fruit of the doctrine. The fruit of a man s own life may be perfectly […]

TWO GATES

TWO GATES – Oswald Chambers Our Lord continually used proverbs and sayings that were familiar to His hearers and put an altogether new meaning into them. Here He used an allegory that was familiar in His day and lifted it by His inspiration to embody His patient warnings.  Always distinguish between warning and threatening. God […]

CHRISTIAN COMPREHENSIVENESS

CHRISTIAN COMPREHENSIVENESS – Oswald Chambers Christian grace comprehends the whole man. ” Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.” Salvation means not only a pure heart, an enlightened mind, a spirit put right with God, it […]

The worker’s way about faith

The worker’s way about faith – Chambers, Oswald 1. Faith and the ancient witness (Hebrews 11:440) . . . And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith . . . (Hebrews 11:39) Faith is never defined; it is described, as in Hebrews 11:1, but never defined. Definitions can only be given […]

Discipleship

Discipleship – » Chambers, Oswald Christ ruined many careers and brought sorrow and death to many souls. Dr. Forsyth 23 (the christian ethic of war, 1916) 1. The call to discipleship if any man would come after me, let him deny him- self, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. (Luke 9:23 rv […]

Paul’s ways in Christ

Paul’s ways in Christ – Chambers, Oswald For this cause have i sent unto you timothy, . . . Who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which be in Christ. 1 Corinthians 4:17 (RV) You say how can i follow Paul? I was not trained at the feet of gamaliel like he was; […]

Least in the kingdom of heaven

Least in the kingdom of heaven – Chambers, Oswald Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:19 John wesley in expounding this passage said it meant that whosoever shall break one of these least commandments, and […]

Cleansed from sin

Cleansed from sin – Chambers, Oswald 1. Where sin ceases. Walk in the light but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 john 1:7) . . . As he is […]

“For Christ’s Crown and Covenant”

“For Christ’s Crown and Covenant” – Chambers, Oswald For Christs crown and covenant 20 comes nearer to the new testament conception of loyalty to Christ than any other all down the centuries of Christianity, and what we need to do is to translate it into terms which fit our own day and generation. 1. Loyalty […]

The ministry of the interior

The ministry of the interior – Chambers, Oswald I have set watchmen upon thy walls, o Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are the lord s remembrancers, take ye no rest, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make jerusalem a praise in the earth. […]

Devotional “we” or “me”?

Devotional “we” or “me”? – Chambers, Oswald Matthew 23:8–10 “WE” meant to serve so much,In daily life to help the poor and sad,And by the tenderness of word and deedTo make them feel God’s goodness, and be glad;Should “I” serve less?“WE” meant to love so much,To let our kindred, friends and neighbours feelThat we had […]

Sincerity and reality

Sincerity and reality – Chambers, Oswald Simon, i have somewhat to say unto thee. . . . Master, say on. Luke 7:40 It is quite possible to be a sincere person, to be in earnest in proclaiming the truth of god, and yet not have one iota of reality along with it. This does not […]

CHRISTIAN CONSIDERATENESS

CHRISTIAN CONSIDERATENESS – Oswald Chambers ” Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.” Jesus is inculcating the need to examine carefully what you present in the way of God s truth to others. […]

CHRISTIAN CHARACTERISTICS

CHRISTIAN CHARACTERISTICS – Oswald Chambers ” Judge not, that ye be not judged.” Criticism is part of the ordinary faculty of a man, he has a sense of humor, i.e., a sense of proportion, and he sees where things are wrong and pulls the other fellow to bits; but Jesus says, as a disciple, cultivate […]

DIVINE REASONINGS OF FAITH

DIVINE REASONINGS OF FAITH – Oswald Chambers Faith is my personal confidence in the Being whose character I know but whose ways I cannot trace by my common sense. The reasonings of faith mean the practical working out in my life of my implicit determined confidence in God. Common sense is mathematical; faith is not […]

DIVINE REASONINGS OF MIND

DIVINE REASONINGS OF MIND – Oswald Chambers It is a fruitful study to find out what the New Testament says about the mind. The Spirit of God comes through the different writers with one steady insistence to stir up our minds (e.g., Phil. II. 5, 2 Peter I. 12-13.) The only way Satan can get […]

The witness of sorrow

The witness of sorrow – Chambers, Oswald Set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. Ezekiel 9:4 We can fathom our own natures by the things we sorrow over. In this ancient book of Ezekiel the man clothed […]

How to use victory

How to use victory – Chambers, Oswald And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. Mark 1:35. This incident in the life of our lord occurred after what one would call a most successful day. He had endured the fierce […]

Spiritual Disenchantment and Delight

Spiritual Disenchantment and Delight – Chambers, Oswald 1. Disillusionment and the furnace of disappointment let no man glory in men. For all things are yours.. . . (1 Corinthians 3:21) Enchantment in the natural realm means to be taken out of your wits by song and rhythm; spiritual enchantment comes along the line of aggres- […]

DIVINE REGION OF RELIGION

DIVINE REGION OF RELIGION – Oswald Chambers Our Lord demands that our disposition be right with Him in our ordinary natural life lived to men; in Ch. VI. He deals with the domain of our life lived to God before men. The main idea in the region of religion is Your eye on God, not […]

The Call of God

The Call of God – Chambers, Oswald July 1, 1917, Zeitoun , Sunday morning Service & devotional hut Isaiah 6 It is difficult to define the call of god it is an implicit thing, like the call of the sea or of the mountains. Not everyone hears the call of the sea and of the […]

Have i to forgive my enemies?

Have i to forgive my enemies? – Chambers, Oswald 1916, Zeitoun Matthew 5:4344 did Jesus christ mean it when he said love your enemies? If he did, we must come to the conclusion either that he was a madman, or that there is a meaning underneath his words which we do not at first see. […]

The name

The name – Chambers, Oswald December 10, 1916, Zeitoun, Sunday morning & Communion Service And his name shall be called wonderful. . . . Isaiah 9:6 In the new testament name frequently stands for nature. When we pray in the name of Jesus the answers are in accordance with his nature, and if we think […]

Climate and spiritual life

Climate and spiritual life – Chambers, Oswald November 26, 1916, Zeitoun , Sunday morning Service And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, peace, be still. And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. Mark 4:39 (RV ) This verse is a picture of our own spiritual life; there […]

DIVINE RULE OF LIFE

DIVINE RULE OF LIFE – Oswald Chambers In these verses Our Lord lays down a Divine rule which we by His Spirit have to apply to every circumstance and condition of our lives. Our Lord does not make state ments which we have to follow literally; if He did, we should not grow in grace. […]

ACCOUNT WITH PERSECUTION

ACCOUNT WITH PERSECUTION – Oswald Chambers If a disciple is going to follow Jesus, he must lay his account not only with purity and with practice, but also with persecution. The picture Our Lord gives is not familiar to us. In the East a slap on the cheek is the greatest form of insult, its […]

THE ACCOUNT WITH PRACTICE

THE ACCOUNT WITH PRACTICE – Oswald Chambers Practice means continually doing that which no one sees or knows but myself. Habit is the result of practice, by continually doing the thing it becomes second nature. The difference between men is not a difference of personal power, but that some men are disciplined, and others are […]

His face in the riddle of the universe

His face in the riddle of the universe – Chambers, Oswald April 2, 1917, Zeitoun , Communion Service But we see Jesus, . . . Crowned with glory and honour. Hebrews 2:9 Supposing there was a certain region of earth about which you knew nothing and you received a communication from someone who said i […]

The immense attention of god

The immense attention of god – Chambers, Oswald June 24, 1917, Zeitoun ,Sunday mornings Service & devotional hut And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. Revelation 8:1 (RV ) If we are ever going to understand the book of the revelation we […]

Losing ourselves

Losing ourselves – Chambers, Oswald July 8, 1917, Zeitoun , SSunday morning Service & devotional hut He that findeth his life [soul] shall lose it: and he that loseth his life [soul] for my sake shall find it. Matthew 10:39 We are what we are interested in. Soul refers to the way a personal spirit […]

Discovery by Devotion

Discovery by Devotion – Chambers, Oswald October 8, 1916, Zeitoun, Sunday morning Service And i set my face unto the lord god, to seek by prayer and supplications. Daniel 9:3 1. The determination to concentrate and i set my face . . . We discern spiritual truth not by intellectual curios- ity or research, but […]

The lie in the greatest fear of life

The lie in the greatest fear of life – Chambers, Oswald 1917, Zeitoun For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:2526 The greatest fear in life is not personal fear for myself, but fear that after all god […]

Is human sacrifice redemptive?

Is human sacrifice redemptive? – Chambers, Oswald November 6, 1916, Zeitoun , Study hut Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 But god commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (RV) […]

Desert Days

Desert Days – Chambers, Oswald Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. . . . 1 peter 4:12 We have no faith at all until it is proved, proved through conflict and in no other way. There are things in […]

The Doctrine of the great hour

The Doctrine of the great hour – Chambers, Oswald February 25, 1917, Zeitoun , Sunday morning Service When it was yet dark . . . John 20:1 There is twilight before night, and an infinitely deeper dark before dawn; but there are hours in spiritual experience darker than either of these, when the new day […]

His voice

His voice – Chambers, Oswald February 1916, Zeitoun And the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. John 10:4 We do not use our ears to hear in the particular way our lord means, we use them to listen to what our disposition wishes us to decipher, either from fear or desire, as the […]

The miracle of Joy

The miracle of Joy – Chambers, Oswald Joy is the great note all through the bible. We have the notion of joy that arises from good spirits or good health, but the miracle of the joy of god has nothing to do with a mans life or his circumstances or the condition he is in. […]

“The lord as our “Dear Dread”

The lord as our “Dear Dread” – Chambers, Oswald Then said jesus, it is for judgement that i have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind. John 9:39 (moffatt ) That is one of the stiff things Jesus said. It is either nonsense, or what we believe it […]

Uncensored truth

Uncensored truth – Chambers, Oswald He twilight that i desired hath been turned into trembling unto me. Isaiah 21:4 (rv ) The bible never deals with the domains our human minds delight to deal with. The bible deals with heaven and hell, good and bad, god and the devil, right and wrong, salvation and damnation; […]

ACTUAL AND REAL

ACTUAL AND REAL – Oswald Chambers THE ACCOUNT WITH PURITY, vv. 21-30. Our Lord in these verses is laying down the principle that if men are going to follow Him and obey His Spirit, they must lay their account with purity. No man can make himself pure by obeying laws. Purity is not a question […]

The best is yet to be

The best is yet to be – Chambers, Oswald John 4 The best is yet to be is really true from Jesus Christs standpoint. There is nothing noble the human mind has ever hoped for or dreamed of that will not be fulfilled, and a great deal more. 1. In emancipating vision But this is […]

The glory of the lords Disciples

The glory of the lords Disciples – Chambers, Oswald May 27, 1917, Z eitoun , Sunday morning ServiceActs 1:7–8 1. The passing of intellectual Christianity it is not for you to know . . . Intellect is never first in spiritual life. We are not born again by thinking about it, we are born again […]

The Doctrine of the holy spirit—iv

The Doctrine of the holy spirit—iv – Chambers, Oswald The Spirit’s CathedralEphesians 2:19–22 1. The habitation of the holy ghost in the mortal christian What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the holy ghost . . . ? (1 Corinthians 6:19) It is one thing to have participated in regeneration and […]

DIVINE DECLARATION

DIVINE DECLARATION – Oswald Chambers His Mission, vv. 17-19. ” I am come … to fulfil.” An amazing word! Our shoes ought to be off our feet and every common sense. mood stripped from our minds when we hear Him speak. In Him we deal with God as man, the God-Man, the re presentative of […]

DIVINE DISADVANTAGE

DIVINE DISADVANTAGE – Oswald Chambers The disadvantage of a saint in the present order of things is that he has to make his confession of Jesus not in secret, but glaringly public. It would doubtless be to our advantage from the self-realization standpoint to keep quiet, and nowadays the tendency is growing stronger to say […]

DIVINE DISPROPORTION

DIVINE DISPROPORTION – Oswald Chambers Lord began His discourse by saying ” Blessed are.” and His hearers must have been staggered by what fol lowed. According to Jesus, they were to be blessed in every condition which from earliest childhood they had been taught to regard as a curse. Our Lord was talking to Jews, […]

The Doctrine of the holy spirit—iii

The Doctrine of the holy spirit—iii – Chambers, Oswald The greatest day yet And when the day of pentecost was now come [was being fulfilled, mg]. . . . Acts 2:1 (RV ) What an unspeakably wonderful day the day of pentecost was! There is only one Bethlehem, one Calvary, one pentecost; these are the […]

The Doctrine of the holy spirit—ii

The Doctrine of the holy spirit—ii – Chambers, Oswald The Bounty of DestitutionJohn 7:37–39 Generally speaking, our lord does not deal with the experimental stages of salvation, he deals with the great revelation facts; the holy spirit expounds the experimental stages. Our lord makes no divisions such as conversion, regeneration, sanctification, he presents the truth […]

The Doctrine of the holy spirit—i

The Doctrine of the holy spirit—i – Chambers, Oswald 1. The beyond that is within Verily, verily, i say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of god. ( john 3:3) This title 5 will serve as a comment on our lords words to Nicodemus. The power to see […]

The advent of the holy spirit

The advent of the holy spirit – Chambers, Oswald April –may 1915, talks on the holy Spirit, bible training College Howbeit when he, the spirit of truth, is come, . . . He shall glorify me. John 16:1314 There are two descents of the holy spirit mentioned in the bible: the first is at the […]

He Shall Glorify Me

He Shall Glorify Me – Chambers, Oswald He Shall Glorify MeTalks on the Holy Spiritand other themesOswald Chambers Copyright © Oswald Chambers Publications Association 1946Scripture versions quoted: kjv, rv, moffatt Introduction Source The lectures on the holy spirit were given in the christian doctrine class at the bible training col- lege, 1 london, during april […]

A meditation

A meditation – Chambers, Oswald Job 19:2527 For i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall i see god. . . . Job 19:2526 When a man is agitated by the […]

Perfecting holiness

Perfecting holiness – Chambers, Oswald 2 corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises what promises? I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and i will be their god, and they shall be my people (2 corinthians 6:16)let us cleanse ourselves no excusing the sins were most inclined to while condemning those weve no mind […]

The price of expansion

The price of expansion – Chambers, Oswald Rejoice, o young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things god will bring thee into judgement. […]

Insidious in Difference

Insidious in Difference – Chambers, Oswald And i think it right, as long as i am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance. 2 peter 1:13 (RV) Insidious means advancing imperceptibly. Are you as spiritually alive and enthusiastic as you once were? Are you finding it expedient not to have […]

The Discipline of spiritual tenacity

The Discipline of spiritual tenacity – Chambers, Oswald Psalm 46 The world as it is, is not good enough to be true. We ought not to be satisfied with it. God has prepared some better thing. But it by no means follows that what god has prepared is what we should now choose. There may […]

Vows, visions and voices

Vows, visions and voices – Chambers, Oswald 1. The vices and virtues of vowing When thou vowest a vow unto god, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest. (Ecclesiastes 5:4 RV) At new year time we hear much of vowing. Solomons advice is dont vow; […]

The suffering of the sanctified

The suffering of the sanctified – Chambers, Oswald Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin. 1 peter 4:1 There is suffering that is preventable, but there is an inevitable suffering that is essentially gods […]

What Do you see in your Clouds?

What Do you see in your Clouds? – Chambers, Oswald Behold, he cometh with clouds. Revelation 1:7 In the bible clouds are always connected with god. Clouds are those sorrows or sufferings or providences without or within our personal lives which seem to dispute the empire of god. If there were no clouds we would […]

A sound workman

A sound workman – Chambers, Oswald Do your utmost to let god see that you at least are a sound workman, with no need to be ashamed of the way you handle the word of the truth. 2 Timotheus 2:15 (moffatt) This advice of the apostles puts a sacredness on work that nothing else does. […]

This experience must Come

This experience must Come – Chambers, Oswald 2 kings 2:1223 And he saw him no more. 2 kings 2:12 And he saw him no more in the way of leadership. If you have been learning a truth with a man or woman of god, there comes a time when you see him or her no […]

Person not place

Person not place – Chambers, Oswald Seek ye me, and ye shall live. Amos 5:4 The danger of seeking places of blessing is very prevalent. Bethel, for instance, was the place of divine blessing historically; it was there Abraham built an altar to the lord, there Jacob had visions of god what place could be […]

“Will ye also go away?”

“Will ye also go away?” – Chambers, Oswald Notes of a sermon john 6 Five thousand men fed with five loaves and two fishes! The fame of the miracle-worker spreads like wildfire and the crowds blaze with enthusiasm, men and women hasten eagerly from afar to come to him, scrambling over land and scudding over […]

Divine sacrifice and Dedication of the saints

Divine sacrifice and Dedication of the saints – Chambers, Oswald I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep. . . . I lay it down of myself. John 10:11, 18 (RV) There is an unfamiliar element in the sacrifice of Jesus compared with the sacrifices made amongst men. […]

“I am the Door”

“I am the Door” – Chambers, Oswald John 10:9 1. The condition of daily salvation by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved . . . This is a picture of the life we are to live as gods childrenentering in by our lord, who is the door, not once for all, […]

Frontiers of the worker’s life

Frontiers of the worker’s life – Chambers, Oswald 2 Corinthians 11:3 There must be two centres to our mental life as workers: the first is personal faith in Jesus Christ; the second, personal reliance on the human reason that god made. Most of us think from one centre only, the centre of human reason, consequently […]

Now are you safeguarded?

Now are you safeguarded? – Chambers, Oswald Hold thou me up, and i shall be safe. Psalm 119:117 Kept by the power of god therefore you are all right now. There is no other time than now with god, no past and no future. Is your life safeguarded? If it is not, you will go […]

Thinking

Thinking – Chambers, Oswald  . Being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you. 1 peter 3:15 (RV) To give a reason concerning the hope that is in you is not at all the same thing as convincing by reason- able argument why […]

Solidarity of sin

Solidarity of sin – Chambers, Oswald Luke 11:2122 (rv) solidaritya consolidation or oneness of interests. I mean by sin, not sin in a particular sense, but in the big general sense, viz. , a violation or neglect of the moral law. Gods book all through shows a won- derful discrimination as to the nature of […]

The stand of the saints

The stand of the saints – Chambers, Oswald Ephesians 6:1120 Put on the whole armour of god. . . . And, having done all, to stand. Ephesians 6:11, 13 Paul is writing from prison; he knows all about the roman soldier whose armour he is describing, for he was chained to one of them. I […]

Is he really Lord?

Is he really Lord? – Chambers, Oswald Jesus knowing . . . That he was come from god, . . . He riseth from supper, . . . And took a towel, . . . And began to wash the disciples feet. John 13:35 Jesus Christ riddles us from all unreality. What he did shocks […]

Showers of blessing

Showers of blessing – Chambers, Oswald For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater; so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: […]

Enchanted but unchanged

Enchanted but unchanged – Chambers, Oswald Ezekiel 33:3032 The thirty-third chapter of Ezekiel is a striking chapter in the career of the prophet. Hitherto it has been denunciation, but now that the great terror has fallen on Jerusalem (see Ezekiel 33:2122), Ezekiel comes with a new note, and it is with this new note the […]

The greatest event in the world

The greatest event in the world – Chambers, Oswald The lord jesus is coming again In bible revelation there is always a coming age, a coming day, a coming prophet, a coming one a perennial coming. When thought is young, life looks simple, so does history, and mans explanation is correspondingly simple and glib. Evolution […]

sin

sin – Chambers, Oswald Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world . . . Romans 5:12 God intended that Adam should develop, not from evil to good, but from the natural to the spiritual, by obedience; it was to be a natural progress; but adam stopped short, and sin entered in by […]

One of god’s great Don’ts

One of god’s great Don’ts – Chambers, Oswald Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing. Psalm 37:8 (RV) It is so easy, we think, to rest in the lord, and to wait patiently for him, until the nest is upset; until we live, as many are living to-day, in tumult and anguish is it […]

Are you Discouraged in Devotion?

Are you Discouraged in Devotion? – Chambers, Oswald Luke 18:23 1. Have you ever heard the master say a hard word? And when he heard this . . . Have you ever heard the master say a hard word? If you have not, i question whether you have heard him say anything. Jesus Christ says […]

Profaning the holiness of the lord

Profaning the holiness of the lord – Chambers, Oswald Ezekiel 36:2029 1. The searching of his people . . . They profaned my holy name. (Ezekiel 36:20) This was the characteristic of the people of god whenever they forgot whose they were and whom they served. Under the searchlight of god we realise that gods […]

Sympathiser or saviour?

Sympathiser or saviour? – Chambers, Oswald Isaiah 61:1 (see also luke 4:1819, rv mg) In some ages, as with some people, the tendency is strong to make an essential out of what is a mere accompaniment. In our day this tendency is marked in the emphasising of our lord as a sympathiser, and the direct […]

The bible

The bible – Chambers, Oswald The revelation of gods will has been brought down to us in words. The bible is not a book containing communications from god, it is gods revelation of himself, in the interests of grace; gods giving of himself in the limitation of words. The bible is not a faery romance […]

Spasmodic spirituality

Spasmodic spirituality – Chambers, Oswald Your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. Hosea 6:4. Fits of goodness may often be seen in a base character, indicating a capacity to be noble; but apart from that, all kinds of natures are conscious of moments of unusual power and […]

New Creation

New Creation – Chambers, Oswald Wherefore if any man is in christ, he is a new creature [there is a new creation, rv mg]. 2 corinthians 5:17 all gods direct acts are creative. Forsyth The creation performed by god is what the apostle paul calls ita new creation; it is not the bringing out of […]

Matters for maturity

Matters for maturity – Chambers, Oswald Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of god. 2 timothy 1:8. This is the message of a veteran soldier to a young soldier. Timothy was […]

Don’t think now—take the road

Don’t think now—take the road – Chambers, Oswald If any man would come after me, let him deny him- self. . . . Matthew 16:24 (RV) 1. Recognise, but dont stop to reckon And peter went down from the boat, and walked upon the waters, to come to Jesus. (Matthew 14:29 rv) We are all […]

The kingdom

The kingdom – Chambers, Oswald 1. The prevailing characteristics of the kingdom Who shall ascend into the hill of the l ord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart. . . . (psalm 24:34 RV) The prevailing characteristics of the kingdom jesus represents are moral […]

Blessing and beatitude

Blessing and beatitude – Chambers, Oswald Matthew 5:4348 Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly father is perfect. Matthew 5:48 (RV ) By blessing we mean the great magnanimous over- flowing of the heart of god to all people, whether they be good, bad, or indifferent. By beatitude we mean the overflowing benediction of […]

God’s methods

God’s methods – Chambers, Oswald Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. Acts 5:20 (RV ) 1. The men of gods method We have to find out gods methods, not try to get god to approve our methods. Go ye . . . It […]

Righteousness

Righteousness – Chambers, Oswald Righteousness means living and acting according to right and justice. 1. Righteousness of god  I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. (psalm 71:16) the righteousness of god must be the foundation of our life as Christians. It is easy to talk about gods righteousness and his justice, […]

My relation to myself

My relation to myself – Chambers, Oswald My right to myself versus my wrong to myself What commandment is the first of all? . . . The first is, . . . Thou shalt love the lord thy god from all thy heart, and from all thy soul, and from all thy mind, and from […]

After obedience—what?

After obedience—what? – Chambers, Oswald Mark 6:4552 1. Constrained by Christ And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side. . . . (mark 6:45) We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us and we obey him, he will lead us to great […]

“What is truth?”

“What is truth?” – Chambers, Oswald John 18:38 The personality of truth is the great revelation of Christianity i am . . . The truth. Our lord did not say he was all truth so that we could go to his statements as to a textbook and verify things; there are domains, such as science […]

The person of our Lord

The person of our Lord – Chambers, Oswald There is a difference between being the offspring of god (acts 17:28) and being sons of god ( john 1:12). Offspring means that our genus originated with god; we can only become sons of god by a specific act of regeneration. Jesus Christ is the only begotten […]

What a man possesses v.What possesses a man

What a man possesses v.What possesses a man – Chambers, Oswald For a mans life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Luke 12:15 This statement of our lords needs careful consideration because we dislike it strongly. The whole teaching of Jesus is opposed to the idea of civilisation, viz. , […]

Now Don’t hurt the Lord

Now Don’t hurt the Lord – Chambers, Oswald Philip saith unto him, lord, shew us the father, and it sufficeth us. John 14:8 1. 1 You who regarded christs command And he findeth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him, follow me. ( john 1:43 RV) You may have had no reluctance in obeying the lords […]

I indeed . . . but he

I indeed . . . but he – Chambers, Oswald I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he . . . Shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire. Matthew 3:11 The baptism with the holy ghost and with fire is Jesus Christs own peculiar right; he is the true bap- […]

The ministry of the interior

The ministry of the interior – Chambers, Oswald I have set watchmen upon thy walls, o Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are the lord s remembrancers, take ye no rest, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make jeru- salem a praise in the […]

Redemption

Redemption – Chambers, Oswald 1. Not thought but fact We have to live, thought is second. We are saved in only one way, by the supernatural efficacy of the redemption; but to be saved and never think about it is a crime. My people doth not consider, says god; they wont think. We can never […]

How to go on

How to go on – Chambers, Oswald Colossians 2:67 (RV ) 1. How to think of our state As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the lord . . . (rv ) We all start with thinking about what we have to do; paul goes a step further back, and says, think of how you stand […]

Partakers of grace

Partakers of grace – Chambers, Oswald For by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of god. Ephesians 2:8 (RV) No man can be saved by praying, by believing, by obeying, or by consecration; salvation is a free gift of gods almighty grace. We have the […]

Reality

Reality – Chambers, Oswald The existence of a truth is nothing to me until i am brought into the current of events where that particular truth is a living reality to me because it speaks the language of my conscious life. Reality must have its source outside me; my conscious experience is the sphere of […]

God’s Workmanship

Chambers, Oswald – Chambers, Oswald God’s WorkmanshipOswald ChambersFor we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God Afore prepared that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 (rv )© Oswald Chambers Publications Association 1953Scripture versions quoted: KJV, RV, moffatt , PBV ———————————————————————————— Introduction Source Lectures and sermons given by oswald chambers […]

Workers for God

Workers for God – Chambers, Oswald The worker for god must live among the common- sense facts of the natural world, but he must also be at home with revelation facts. Be a worker with an equal knowledge of sin, of the human heart and of God. Never take it for granted because you have […]

Thinking

Thinking – Chambers, Oswald For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? A man discovers intellectual things for himself but he can- not discover god by his intellect. . . . Even so the things of god none knoweth, save the spirit of […]

Testimony

Testimony – Chambers, Oswald It is never our testimony that keeps our experience right: our experience makes us testify. To testify is part of the life of every christian, but because you have a personal testimony it does not follow that you are called to preach. To say what god has done for you is […]

Temptation

Temptation – Chambers, Oswald To be raised above temptation belongs to god only. Wherever there is moral responsibility there is temptation, i. E. , the testing of what a man holds in his own person. The old puritan idea that the devil tempts men had this remarkable effect, it produced the man of iron who […]

The teaching of Jesus

The teaching of Jesus – Chambers, Oswald Our lord did not come to this earth to teach men to be holy: he came to make men holy, and his teaching is applicable only on the basis of experimental redemption. The teaching of Jesus is not first; what is first is that he came to give […]

Study

Study – Chambers, Oswald Study to begin with can never be easy; the determination to form systematic mental habits is the only secret. Dont begin anything with reluctance. Beware of any cleverness that keeps you from working. No one is born a worker; men are born poets and artists, but we have to make ourselves […]

Sin

Sin – Chambers, Oswald Sin is not mans problem, it is gods. Beware of attempting to diagnose sin unless you have the inner pang that you are one of the worst sinners. Whenever you talk about sin, it must be my sin. So long as you speak of sins you evade Jesus Christ for yourself. […]

Sanctification

Sanctification – Chambers, Oswald Beware of preaching sanctification without knowing Jesus; we are saved and sanctified in order that we might know him. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of god is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption (1 Corinthians 1:30). Jesus Christ is all these, they are […]

Redemption

Redemption – Chambers, Oswald God does not ask us to be good men and women he asks us to understand that we are not good; to believe that none is good, save one, even god (RV), and that the grace of god was manifested in the redemption that it might cover the incompleteness of man. […]

Preparation

Preparation – Chambers, Oswald It is by thinking with your pen in hand that you will get to the heart of your subject. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer (proverbs 15:28). To give your congregation extemporaneous thinking, i. E. , thinking without study, is an insultponderous nothings. The preacher should give his congregation […]

Preaching

Preaching – Chambers, Oswald A personal testimony feeds you from hand to mouth; you must have more equipment than that if you are to preach the gospel. The preacher must be part of his message, he must be incorporated in it. That is what the baptism of the holy ghost did for the disciples. When […]

Prayer

Prayer – Chambers, Oswald God is never impressed with our earnestness, he promises to answer us when we pray on one ground only, viz. , the ground of the redemption. The redemption of the lord Jesus provides me with a place for intercession. The only way to get into the relationship of asking is to […]

Personal relationship

Personal relationship – Chambers, Oswald The essence of Christianity is a personal relationship to Jesus Christ with any amount of room for its out- working. The appeal of the gospel is not that it should be preached in order that men might be saved and put right for heaven, but that they might enter into […]

Personality

Personality – Nothing in connection with our personality is so disastrously enervating as disillusionment about our- selves. We much prefer our own idea of ourselves to the stern realisation of what we really are. Paul warns, let no man think of himself more highly than he ought to think. Watch how god has disillusioned you […]

The moral law

The moral law – Chambers, Oswald It has been a favourite belief in all ages that if only men were taught what good is, everyone would choose it; but history and human experience prove that that is not so. To know what good is is not to be good. My conscience makes me know what […]

The holy spirit

The holy spirit – Chambers, Oswald It is not what we feel, or what we know, but ever what we receive from god and a fool can receive a gift. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly father give the holy spirit […]

Experience

Experience – Chambers, Oswald Experiences are apt to be exalted out of all due mea- sure whereas they are but the outward manifestation of the oneness with god made possible for us in Christ Jesus. Get into the habit of chasing yourself out of the sickly morbid experiences that are not based on having been […]

The Character of God

The Character of God – Chambers, Oswald No man hath seen god at any time; the only begot- ten son, which is in the bosom of the father, he hath declared him ( john 1:18). A christian accepts all he knows about god on the authority of Jesus Christ; he can find out nothing about […]

The Call of God

The Call of God – Chambers, Oswald If you only know what god can do your talk is altogether of that, a logical exposition of doctrine, but if you have heard gods call you will always keep to the one centre, the person of the lord Jesus Christ. Discard any emotion or call to work […]

The bible

The bible – Chambers, Oswald The word is jesus himself ( john 1:1), therefore we must have an experimental knowledge of him before we understand the literal words of the bible. The danger to-day is that people are being nour- ished not with the bible so much as with conceptions which ignore jesus christ. Bible […]

Belief

Belief – Chambers, Oswald The only noble sense in which we can claim to believe a thing is when we ourselves are living in the inner spirit of that thing. I have no right to say i believe in god unless i order my life as under his all-seeing eye. I have no right to […]

Disciples Indeed

Disciples Indeed – Chambers, Oswald Disciples IndeedOswald ChambersIf ye continue in My word, then are ye My disciples indeed. John 8:31—————————————————————————— Scripture versions quoted: RV, KJV© Oswald Chambers Publications Association 1955 Introduction Source These lectures were given to students in the sermon class at the bible training college, 1 in london, between 1911 and 1915. […]

Celebration or surrender?

Celebration or surrender? – Chambers, Oswald We begin our christian life by believing what we are told to believe, then we have to go on to so assimilate our beliefs that they work out in a way that redounds to the glory of god. The danger is in multiplying the acceptation of beliefs we do […]

Memory of sin in the saint

Memory of sin in the saint – Chambers, Oswald . . For that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious. 1 timothy 1:1213 . . . And such were some of you. 1 Corinthians 6:11 No aspect of christian life and service is […]

Divine paradox

Divine paradox – Chambers, Oswald There is probably no more prominent feature in bible revelation than that of paradox. In revelation 5 the apostle john records that in his vision he was told the lion of the tribe of Judah . . . Hath prevailed to open the book and he says, lo, in the […]

A fatal error of indignant integrity

A fatal error of indignant integrity – Chambers, Oswald And he was angry, and would not go in. Luke 15:28 We get the idea that wrong views of god and of goodness arise from a life that is wrong; the bible shows that wrong views of god and of goodness may arise out of a […]

Problemata mundi

Problemata mundi – Chambers, Oswald Hast thou considered my servant job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth god, and escheweth evil? Job 1:8 The book of job mirrors for all time the problem of things as they have been, as they are, and […]

How the apostle Paul returns thanks

How the apostle Paul returns thanks – Chambers, Oswald But i have all, and abound: i am full, having received of epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well- pleasing to god. Philippians 4:18 The apostle Paul refused to take money-help from any of the […]

His Certain knowledge

His Certain knowledge – Chambers, Oswald . . For he himself [saw] what was in man. John 2:25 (RV ) Our lord seemed to go so easily and calmly amongst all kinds of men when he met a man who could sink to the level of Judas he never turned cynical, never lost heart or […]

Sacramental Christianity

Sacramental Christianity – Chambers, Oswald The word sacramental must be understood to mean the real presence of Christ being conveyed through the actual elements of the speech and natural life of a christian. Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, that is, confess with every part of me that Jesus Christ has come […]

Perfect love

Perfect love – Chambers, Oswald But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of god perfected. 1 john 2:5 if we love one another, god dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 1 john 4:12 1. In abandoned indwelling (romans 5:5) There is only one being who loves perfectly, […]

The mature Christian

The mature Christian – Chambers, Oswald Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly father is perfect. Matthew 5:48 (RV ) In Matthew 5, verses 2930 and verse 48 respectively our lord refers to two things which are full of vital instruction. In verses 2930 he is referring to the necessity of a maimed life: […]

Holiness

Holiness – Chambers, Oswald 1. Imitated . . . Leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps. (1 peter 2:21) For one child to imitate another child only results in a more or less clever affectation; a child imitating his parents assists the expression of inherent tendencies, naturally and simply, because he is […]

Duty of the heart

Duty of the heart – Chambers, Oswald Mark 12:2834 And one of the scribes . . . Asked him, which is the first commandment of all? Mark 12:28 In answering the scribes question our lord does not say anything original, he takes two commandments from their place in the old testament, where they are obscured […]

Notes on lamentations

Notes on lamentations – Chambers, Oswald The lamentations are not the expression of the grief of a disappointed man, the peculiar element in Jeremiahs sorrow is that he is identifying himself with an unrepentant people (cf. Daniel 9:420). We suffer on account of our own wrong or the wrong of others, but that is not […]

The psychology of faith iii

The psychology of faith iii – Chambers, Oswald 1. Mental belief But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of god, even to them that believe on his name. ( john 1:12) John 1:1213 is a grand, mighty, all-embracing word to as many as received him . . […]

The psychology of faith ii

The psychology of faith ii — Chambers, Oswald 1. Faith and the son of God  . . . Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith. (Hebrews 12:2 RV) He fought the battle, he proved the possibility of victory, he shewed us the place and revealed to us the secret of the power. […]

The psychology of faith i

The psychology of faith i – Chambers, Oswald 1. The constitution of faith And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him. (Hebrews 11:6 RV ) There is not possible a normal healthy human being apart from religious faith. Faith claims the whole man and all gods grace can make him. Forsyth The […]

Christian thinking

Christian thinking – Chambers, Oswald I cannot soar into the heights you show,Nor dive into the deeps that you reveal;But it is much that high things are to know,That deep things are to feel.                                                   Jean Ingelow5 The safe position in christian thinking is to remember that there are deeper depths than we can fathom, higher […]

Conformed to His Image

Conformed to His Image – Chambers, Oswald Conformed to His ImageOswald ChambersCopyright 1950 Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: KJV, RV Introduction Source The material in this volume is taken from notes in classes taught by Oswald chambers at the bible training college,1 London (191115) and from sermons and talks delivered in Britain, America, and […]

The Discipline of patience

The Discipline of patience – Chambers, Oswald Yea, wait thou on the lord . Psalm 27:14 (RV ) The subject of patience is so largely dealt with in the bible that it ought to have a much larger place in our bible studies and talks. Patience to most minds is associated with exhaustion, or with […]

The Discipline of loneliness

The Discipline of loneliness – Chambers, Oswald And i am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and i come to thee. Holy father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one even as we are. . . . I have given them thy […]

The Discipline of prayer

The Discipline of prayer – Chambers, Oswald Introduction The following quotation will suggest the right back- ground for this introduction: In the east the following phenomenon is often observed. Where the desert touches a river-valley or oasis, the sand is in a continual state of drift from the wind, and it is this drift which […]

Christian Disciplines Volume 2

Christian Disciplines Volume 2 – Chambers, Oswald Christian DisciplinesVolume 2The Discipline of PrayerThe Discipline of LonelinessThe Discipline of Patience                    Oswald Chambers Contents The Discipline of Prayer ……………………………………………………….. 306Introduction…………………………………………………………………. 306The Position of Prayer …………………………………………………… 307The Particulars of Prayer ……………………………………………….. 308The Pattern Prayer ……………………………………………………….. 309Private Prayer……………………………………………………………….. 311Public Prayer………………………………………………………………… 313Patient and Prevailing Prayer …………………………………………. 314Perils of Prayer……………………………………………………………… 317Idle […]

The day of the Lord

The day of the Lord – Chambers, Oswald (“The Day of the Lord,” Tongues of Fire, May 1915) He sun shall be changed into darkness and the moon into blood, ere the great, open day of the lord arrives. Acts 2:20 (moffatt) The day of the lord is at hand, at hand: the storms roll […]

The discipline of Peril

The discipline of Peril – Chambers, Oswald (“The Discipline of Peril,” Tongues of Fire, September 1914) And when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be scared; these have to come first, but the end is not at once. Luke 21:9 (moffatt ) The discipline of peril Our lord talks so much about peril […]

The discipline of suffering

The discipline of suffering – Chambers, Oswald Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you. . . . Where- fore let them also that suffer according to the will of god commit their souls in well-doing unto […]

The discipline of divine guidance

The discipline of divine guidance – Chambers, Oswald God is not a supernatural interferer; god is the ever- lasting portion of his people. When a man born from above (RV mg) begins his new life he meets god at every turn, hears him in every sound, sleeps at his feet, and wakes to find him […]

Christian Disciplines

Christian Disciplines – Chambers, Oswald Volume 1The Discipline of Divine GuidanceThe Discipline of SufferingThe Discipline of PerilOswald Chambers Introduction Source Talks and lectures given in great Britain and the united states from 1907 to 1915. Publication history The six disciplines were published individually as articles and booklets before being issued as a two- volume book […]

Where the Battle’s lost and won

Where the Battle’s lost and won – Chambers, Oswald If thou wilt return, o israel, saith the lord . . . Jeremiah 4:1. The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before god, never first in the external world. The spirit of god apprehends me and i am obliged to […]

A Bond-slave of Jesus

A Bond-slave of Jesus – Chambers, Oswald I am crucified with christ; nevertheless i live: yet not i, but christ liveth in me. Galatians 2:20. These words mean the breaking of my independence with my own hand and surrendering to the supremacy of the lord Jesus. No one can do this for me, i must […]

Ye are not your own

Ye are not your own – Chambers, Oswald Know ye not that . . . Ye are not your own? 1 corinthians 6:19. There is no such thing as a private life a world within the world for a man or woman who is brought into fellowship with Jesus Christs sufferings. God breaks up the […]

Deserter or disciple?

Deserter or disciple? – Chambers, Oswald From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. John 6:66 When god gives a vision by his spirit through his word of what he wants, and your mind and soul thrill to it, if you do not walk in the light of […]

Sacramental service

Sacramental service – Chambers, Oswald Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of christ. Colos- sians 1:24. The christian worker has to be a sacramental go- between, to be so identified with his lord and the reality of his redemption that he can continually […]

What Is that to thee?

What Is that to thee? – Chambers, Oswald Lord, what shall this man do? . . . What is that to thee? Follow thou me. John 21:2122 One of our severest lessons comes from the stubborn refusal to see that we must not interfere in other peoples lives. It takes a long time to realise […]

Fellowship In the Gospel

Fellowship In the Gospel – Chambers, Oswald Fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ. 1 thessalonians 3:2 After sanctification it is difficult to state what your aim in life is, because god has taken you up into his purpose by the holy ghost. He is using you now for his purposes throughout the world as he […]

Is he really lord?

Is he really lord? – Chambers, Oswald . . . So that i might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which i have received of the lord jesus. Acts 20:24. Joy means the perfect fulfilment of that for which i was created and regenerated, not the successful doing of a thing. The joy […]

Could this Be true of Me?

Could this Be true of Me? – Chambers, Oswald But none of these things move me, neither count i my life dear unto myself. Acts 20:24. It as easier to serve god without a vision, easier to work for god without a call, because then you are not bothered by what god requires; common sense […]

The Passion of Patience

The Passion of Patience – Chambers, Oswald Though it tarry, wait for it. Habakkuk 2:3 Patience is not indifference; patience conveys the idea of an immensely strong rock withstanding all onslaughts. The vision of god is the source of patience, because it imparts a moral inspiration. Moses endured, not because he had an ideal of […]

Vision and reality

Vision and reality – Chambers, Oswald And the parched ground shall become a pool. Isaiah 35:7. We always have visions before a thing is made real. When we realise that although the vision is real, it is not real in us, then is the time that Satan comes in with his temptations, and we are […]

The vision and the verity

The vision and the verity – Chambers, Oswald Called to be saints. 1 corinthians 1:2 Thank god for the sight of all you have never yet been. You have had the vision, but you are not there yet by any means. It is when we are in the valley, where we prove whether we will […]

Vision

Vision – Chambers, Oswald Was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision. Acts 26:19. If we lose the vision, we alone are responsible, and the way we lose the vision is by spiritual leakage. If we do not run our belief about god into practical issues, it is all up with the vision god has given. […]

Readiness

Readiness – Chambers, Oswald God called unto him. . . . And he said, here am i. Exodus 3:4. When god speaks, many of us are like men in a fog, we give no answer. Moses reply revealed that he was somewhere. Readiness means a right relationship to god and a knowledge of where we […]

After obedience—what?

After obedience—what? – Chambers, Oswald And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side. . . . Mark 6:45. We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us, and we obey him, he will lead us to great success. We must never put our […]

His!

His! – Chambers, Oswald Thine they were, and thou gavest them me. John 17:6 The missionary is one in whom the holy ghost has wrought this realisationye are not your own. To say i am not my own, is to have reached a great point in spiritual nobility. The true nature of the life in […]

The Missionary watching

The Missionary watching – Chambers, Oswald Watch with me. Matthew 26:38 Watch with mewith no private point of view of your own at all, but watch entirely with me. In the early stages we do not watch with jesus, we watch for him. We do not watch with him through the revelation of the bible; […]

The Missionary’s Master

The Missionary’s Master – Chambers, Oswald Ye call me master and lord: and ye say well; for so i am. John 13:13 To have a master and to be mastered is not the same thing. To have a master means that there is one who knows me better than i know myself, one who is […]

The Missionary’s goal

The Missionary’s goal – Chambers, Oswald Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. Luke 18:31 In the natural life our ambitions alter as we develop; in the christian life the goal is given at the beginning, the beginning and the end are the same, viz. , our lord himself. We start with Christ and we end […]

The Key to the Master’s orders

The Key to the Master’s orders – Chambers, Oswald Pray ye therefore the lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Matthew 9:38 The key to the missionary problem is in the hand of god, and that key is prayer, not work, that is, not work as the word is […]

The Key to Missionary devotion

The Key to Missionary devotion – Chambers, Oswald For his names sake they went forth. 3 john 7 Our lord has told us how love to him is to manifest itself. Lovest thou me . . . Feed my sheepidentify yourself with my interests in other people, not, identify me with your interests in other […]

The Key to the Missionary Message

The Key to the Missionary Message — Chambers, Oswald And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 john 2:2. The key to the missionary message is the propitiation of Christ Jesus. Take any phase of Christs work the healing phase, […]

The Key to the Missionary

The Key to the Missionary – Chambers, Oswald All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations. Matthew 28:1819. The basis of missionary appeals is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the heathen. We are apt to look upon our lord as one […]

Missionary Predestination

Missionary Predestination – Chambers, Oswald And now, saith the l ord that formed me from the womb to be his servant. Isaiah 49:5 The first thing that happens after we have realised our election to god in Christ Jesus is the destruction of our prejudices and our parochial notions and our patriotisms; we are turned […]

What Is a Missionary?

What Is a Missionary? – Chambers, Oswald As my father hath sent me, even so send i you. John 20:21.  A missionary is one sent by Jesus Christ as he was sent by god. The great dominant note is not the needs of men, but the command of Jesus. The source of our inspiration in […]

The Method of Missions

The Method of Missions – Chambers, Oswald Go ye therefore, and teach [disciple, rv ] all nations. Matthew 28:19 Jesus Christ did not say go and save souls (the salvation of souls is the supernatural work of god), but go and teach, i. E. , disciple, all nations, and you cannot make disciples unless you […]

The “Go” of unconditional Identification

The “Go” of unconditional Identification – Chambers, Oswald One thing thou lackest: . . . Come, take up the cross, and follow me. Mark 10:21 The rich young ruler had the master passion to be perfect. When he saw Jesus Christ, he wanted to be like him. Our lord never puts personal holiness to the […]

The “Go” of renunciation

The “Go” of renunciation – Chambers, Oswald Lord, i will follow thee whither soever thou goest. Luke 9:57 our lords attitude to this man is one of severe discouragement because he knew what was in man. We would have said fancy losing the opportunity of winning that man! Fancy bringing about him a north wind […]

The “Go” of relationship

The “Go” of relationship – Chambers, Oswald And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Matthew 5:41 The summing up of our lords teaching is that the relationship which he demands is an impossible one unless he has done a supernatural work in us. Jesus Christ demands that there be […]

he “Go” of Preparation

He “Go” of Preparation – Chambers, Oswald Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Matthew 5:2324 It is easy […]

The Baffling call of God

The Baffling call of God – Chambers, Oswald And all things that are written by the prophets con- cerning the son of man shall be accomplished. . . . And they understood none of these things. Luke 18:31, 34 God called Jesus Christ to what seemed unmitigated disaster. Jesus Christ called his disciples to see […]

The Brave comradeship of god

The Brave comradeship of god – Chambers, Oswald Hen he took unto him the twelve. Luke 18:31. The bravery of god in trusting us! You say but he has been unwise to choose me, because there is nothing in me; i am not of any value. That is why he chose you. As long as […]

The Big compelling of God

The Big compelling of God – Chambers, Oswald Behold, we go up to jerusalem. Luke 18:31. Jerusalem stands in the life of our lord as the place where he reached the climax of his fathers will. I seek not mine own will, but the will of the father which hath sent me. That was the […]

Some Thing More about his ways

Some Thing More about his ways – Chambers, Oswald He comes where he commands us to leave. When jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Matthew 11:1 . if when god said go, you stayed, because you were so concerned about […]

The commission of the call

The commission of the call – Chambers, Oswald Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of christ in my flesh for his bodys sake. Colossi ans 1:24 We make calls out of our own spiritual consecration, but when we get right with god he […]

The consciousness of the call

The consciousness of the call – Chambers, Oswald For necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if i preach not the gospel! 1 Corinthians 9:16 We are apt to forget the mystical, supernatural touch of god. If you can tell where you got the call of god and all about it, i […]

The over Mastering Majesty of Personal Power

The over Mastering Majesty of Personal Power – Chambers, Oswald For the love of christ constraineth us. 2 corinthians 5:14 Paul says he is overruled, overmastered, held as in a vice, by the love of christ. Very few of us know what it means to be held in a grip by the love of god; […]

The recognized Ban of relationship

The recognized Ban of relationship – Chambers, Oswald We are made as the filth of the world. 1 Corinthians 4:13 These words are not an exaggeration. The reason they are not true of us who call ourselves ministers of the gospel is not that paul forgot the exact truth in using them, but that we […]

The constraint of the call

The constraint of the call – Chambers, Oswald Woe is unto me, if i preach not the gospel! 1 Corinthians 9:16 Beware of stopping your ears to the call of god. Every- one who is saved is called to testify to the fact; but that is not the call to preach, it is merely an […]

The call of God

The call of God — Chambers, Oswald For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel. 1 Corinthians 1:17 Paul states here that the call of god is to preach the gospel; but remember what Paul means by the gospel, viz. , the reality of redemption in our lord Jesus Christ. We […]

Do you see your calling ?

Do you see your calling ? – Chambers, Oswald Separated unto the gospel. Romans 1:1 Our calling is not primarily to be holy men and women, but to be proclaimers of the gospel of god. The one thing that is all important is that the gospel of god should be realised as the abiding reality. […]

The vocation of the natural life

The vocation of the natural life – Chambers, Oswald But when it pleased god . . . To reveal his son in me. . . . Galatians 1:1516 The call of god is not a call to any particular ser- vice; my interpretation of it may be, because contact with the nature of god has […]

The voice of the nature of god

The voice of the nature of god – Chambers, Oswald Heard the voice of the lord, saying, whom shall i send? Isaiah 6:8 When we speak of the call of god, we are apt to forget the most important feature, viz. , the nature of the one who calls. There is the call of the […]

Called of God

Called of God – Chambers, Oswald Whom shall i send, and who will go for us? Then said i, here am i; send me. Isaiah 6:8 God did not address the call to Isaiah; Isaiah over- heard god saying who will go for us? The call of god is not for the special few, it […]

Called of God

Called of God – Chambers, Oswald Called of GodExtracts from  my Utmost for His Higheston the Missionary CallOswald Chambers Introduction Source These readings were selected from my utmost for his highest, 1927. Publication history Compiled and published as a book in 1936. Oswald and biddy chambers both had great hearts for missions. This can be […]

Our lord’s view of himself and his work—III

Our lord’s view of himself and his work—III – Chambers, Oswald The Finality of the Person of Jesus Christ By finality is meant that there is nothing to be added. In our previous studies we have been clear- ing the ground for studying the person of our lord jesus christ, and warning ourselves of the […]

Our lord’s view of himself and his work—II

Our lord’s view of himself and his work—II – Chambers, Oswald The Force of the Fact of Christ on Thinking and Living It is a tremendous thing to know that there are higher heights than we can scale, deeper depths than we can fathom. The reason why average christian workers remain average christian workers is […]

Our lord’s view of himself and his work—I

Our lord’s view of himself and his work—I – Chambers, Oswald The Fact of Christ But who say ye that i am? (RV ). Jesus Christ is not a being with a dual personality, he is a unique personality with two manifestations: son of god and son of man. He gives clear indication of how […]

The Plerosis

The Plerosis – Chambers, Oswald The Self-Fulfilling of Jesus We have to place the lord Jesus Christ to our faith where the new testament places him. We are apt to look upon Jesus Christ as some marvellous power of god with no identity of its own, forgetting altogether that the new testament Jesus Christ, who […]

It Is finished

It Is finished – Chambers, Oswald John 19:30 The transfiguration was the great divide in the life of our lord. He stood there in the perfect, spot- less holiness of his manhood; then he turned his back on the glory and came down from the mount to be identified with sin, that through his death […]

the Kenosis

the Kenosis – Chambers, Oswald The Self-Limitation on the Part of the Logos in the Act of Incarnation At one time the subject of the kenosis was always being discussed by theologians what was it that Jesus emptied himself of ? How did he limit himself ? Or did he limit himself at all? Nowadays, […]

The transfiguration

The transfiguration – Chambers, Oswald The Great Divide The great divide is the name given to the ultimate height of land in the rocky mountains where the waters separate and run one way to the atlantic, the other to the pacific. The mount of transfiguration is the great divide in the life of our lord. […]

The self-consciousness of Jesus—II

The self-consciousness of Jesus—II – Chambers, Oswald His TemptationMatthew 4:1–11 In the silent years our lord learned how to be; at his baptism he had revealed to him what he had to do; in the temptation what to avoid. Always remember that what is exhibited in the life of our lord is for our instruction […]

The self-consciousness of Jesus—I

The self-consciousness of Jesus—I – Chambers, Oswald His Baptism All things are delivered unto me of my father: and no man knoweth the son, but the father; neither knoweth any man the father, save the son, and he to whomsoever the son will reveal him. Matthew 11:27. There is a self-consciousness that is more or […]

The silent years to thirty

The silent years to thirty – Chambers, Oswald Luke 2:40–52 A child’s life has no dates, it is free, silent, dateless. A child’s life ought to be a child’s life, full of simplicity. By the silent years to thirty we mean to picture forth the experience of the sanctified soul; we have attained to nothing […]

His humanity and Incarnation

His humanity and Incarnation – Chambers, Oswald The only life of the lord Jesus is the new testament. There are phases of the life of our lord presented in the new testament that no other life, so-called, deals with. If you start with the theory that Jesus Christ was a man who became god, you […]

Bringing Sons unto Glory

Bringing Sons unto Glory – Chambers, Oswald Bringing Sons unto GloryStudies in the Life of Our LordOswald Chambers Copyright 1944, Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: KJV ( Av); RV For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author […]

Spirit: the domain and dominion of spirit

Spirit: the domain and dominion of spirit – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XX  –  Spirit: the domain and dominion of spiritMan’s Universe (continued)         1 Corinthians 15:45N.B. we deal here particularly with spirit in the spiritual man. 1. Spirit in its freedom from the flesh (extraordinary) (a) ecstasy (acts 10:10; 22:17; 2 Corinthians 12:24; revelation 4:2; sometimes […]

Spirit: the domain and dominion of spirit

Spirit: the domain and dominion of spirit – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XIX –  Spirit: the domain and dominion of spiritMan’s UniverseJob 12:10Natural nousBewildered nousSpiritual nous 1. Spirit as soul-making power (a) particular form (genesis 2:7; 6:17) (b) personal form (numbers 16:22; 27:16; zechariah 12:1; isaiah 19:3; psalm 2:10) (c) physical form ( job 32:8; genesis […]

Spirit: the domain and dominion of spirit

Spirit: the domain and dominion of spirit – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XVIII –  Spirit: the domain and dominion of spirit                             Mundane Universe Spirit as physical force 1. World of matter (psalm 104:30; 33:6; 2 peter 3:5) 2. World of nature (genesis 1:2; job 26:13) 3. World of self ( john 6:63; James 2:26; Ezekiel 1:20; […]

Spirit: the domain and dominion of spirit

Spirit: the domain and dominion of spirit – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XVII –  Spirit: the domain and dominion of spirit                       Process of the TrinityN.B. “the entire province of life , both in its lowest formsor stages And in its highest, is the province of spirit.” 1. An instructive parallel (1 Corinthians 2:114) 2. What the […]

Ourselves: I; Me; Mine

Ourselves: I; Me; Mine – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XVI –   Ourselves: I; Me; Mine                         Ourselves and Conscience CONSCIENCE  is the innate law in nature whereby man knows he is known.N.B. t he half truth And half error of such phrases As “conscience is thevoice of god” And “conscience can be educated ” will be dealt […]

Ourselves: I; Me; Mine

Ourselves: I; Me; Mine – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XV     –   Ourselves: I; Me; Mine                           Ourselves as “Ourselves.” “Self ”   The passages alluded to in this outline are exclusively from the new testament; the student can supply old testament illustrations for his own use. 1. Self (Luke 18:914) (a) greatness (mark 12:2931; comp. 2 Thessalonians […]

Ourselves: I; Me; Mine

Ourselves: I; Me; Mine – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XIV    Ourselves: I; Me; Mine                       Ourselves as “Known.” “Me” 1. The sensuous me (Ecclesiastes 12:13) (a) my body (Romans 12:1) (b) my bounty (Hebrews 13:15) (c) my blessings (Romans 12:13) 2. The social me (Ecclesiastes 7:29) (a) my success (Matthew 5:1316) (b) my sociability ( john 5:4044) […]

Ourselves: I; Me; Mine

Ourselves: I; Me; Mine – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XIII  –   Ourselves: I; Me; Mine       Ourselves as “Knower.” I the “Ego”   1. Some distinctions of importance (a) individuality (b) personality (c) egotism and egoism 2. Some determinations of interest ( john 3:2) (a) the ego is inscrutable (Isaiah 26:9; psalm 19:12) (b) the ego […]

Heart: the radical region of life

Heart: the radical region of life – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XII    Heart: the radical region of life             The Rendezvous of Perfect Life   1. The inner (a) highest love (psalm 73:26; mark 12:3031) (b) highest licence (Ezekiel 28:2) (c) darkened (Romans 1:21; Ephesians 4:18) (d) hardened (Isaiah 6:10; Jeremiah 16:12; 2 Corinthians 3:14) 2. The […]

Heart: the radical region of life

Heart: the radical region of life – Chambers, Oswald Chapter XI   Heart: the radical region of life                The Radiator of Personal Life (continued) 1. Voluntary (c) Love (1 timothy 1:5; proverbs 23:26; judges 5:9; Philippians 1:7; 2 Corinthians 7:3) (d) Hate (Leviticus 19:17; psalm 105:25) 2. Versatility (e) Memory (Isaiah 65:17; Jeremiah 3:16; 2 chronicles […]

Heart: the radical region of life

Heart: the radical region of life – Chambers, Oswald Chapter X   Heart: the radical region of life                    The Radiator of Personal Life   1. Voluntary (a) Determination (exodus 35:21; Esther 7:5; Ecclesiastes 8:11; 2 Corinthians 9:7; Romans 6:17) (b) Design (1 kings 8:1718; 10:2; psalm 21:2; proverbs 6:18; Isaiah 10:7; acts 11:23; Romans 10:1) 2. […]

Heart: the radical region of life

Heart: the radical region of life – Chambers, Oswald Chapter IX       Heart: the radical region of life   1. Center of physical life (a) lifeless objects (Deuteronomy 4:11; Matthew 12:40; Jonah 2:3; Ezekiel 26:5; 27:6) (b) lowest life power (genesis 18:5; judges 19:5) (c) life power (psalm 38:10; Luke 21:34) (d) life of the whole […]

Soul: the essence, existence and expression

Soul: the essence, existence and expression – Chambers, Oswald Chapter VIII    Soul: the essence, existence and expression                               Past, Present and Future of the Soul   1. Pre-existence (a) spurious speculations (Deuteronomy 29:29; revelation 5:3) (b) startling scriptures ( Jeremiah 1:5; Malachi 3:1; Romans […]

Soul: the essence, existence and expression

Soul: the essence, existence and expression – Chambers, Oswald Chapter VII    Soul: the essence, existence and expression Fleshly Presentation of the Soul 1. In embryo (a) before consciousness (psalm 139:15; Hosea 12:3; genesis 25:22; Luke 1:41) (b) breath consciousness (genesis 2:7; Isaiah 2:22) (c) blood circulation (genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:10 14) 2. In evolution (d) […]

Soul: the essence, existence and expression

Soul: the essence, existence and expression – Chambers, Oswald Chapter VI     Soul: the essence, existence and expression Fundamental Powers of the Soul   1. Contraction (a) first power. Self-comprehending (Deuteronomy 13:67; 1 Samuel 18:1) (b) second power. Stretching beyond itself (psalm 27:12) 2. Expansion (c) third power. Self-living ( job 2:6; john 10:11) (d) fourth […]

Soul: the essence, existence and expression

Soul: the essence, existence and expression – Chambers, Oswald Chapter V   Soul: the essence, existence  and expression   1. The term soul (generally (a) applied to men and animals (genesis 1:2021, 24, 30) (b) applied to men, not animals (genesis 2:7; 1 Corinthians 15:45) (c) applied to men individually (genesis 12:13; 1 Samuel 18:1) N. […]

Man: his creatIon, calling and communion

Man: his creatIon, calling and communion – Chambers, Oswald Chapter IV     Man: his creation, calling and communionReadjustment by Redemption   1. Incarnation. Word made weak ( john 1:14) god-man (a) self-surrender of trinity ( john 17:5; mark 13:32: Ephesians 4:10) (b) self-same with trinity (Matthew 11:27; john 14:9) (c) self-sufficiency of trinity (proverbs 8:22 32) […]

Man: his creation, calling and communion

Man: his creation, calling and communion – Chambers, Oswald Chapter IIIMan: his creation, calling  and communionMan’s Unmaking   1. The primal anarchy (genesis 3; Romans 5:12) (a) The serpent (genesis 3:1) (b) The serpent and eve (2 Corinthians 11:3) (c) The serpent, eve and Adam (1 timothy 2:14) Original sin -doing without god 2. The […]

Man: his creation, calling and Communion

Man: his creation, calling and Communion – Chambers, Oswald Chapter II  Man: his creation, calling  and Communion Man’s Making 1. The man of gods making (genesis 2:425) (a) the image of god ( john 4:24) (b) the image of god in angels (genesis 6:2; psalm 89:6; job 1:6; job 38:7) (c) the image of god […]

Man: his creation, calling and Communion

Man: his creation, calling and Communion – Chambers, Oswald Chapter I Although the passages quoted appear as texts, they are really portions of connected revelation . 1. Conditions before mans creation (genesis 1:1) (a) celestial creations ( job 38:47) (b) celestial catastrophe (Isaiah 14:12; Luke 10:18) (c) celestial condemnation ( john 8:44; Jude 6) 2. […]

Biblical Psychology

Biblical Psychology – Chambers, Oswald A Series of Preliminary StudiesOswald Chambers Introduction Source These lectures were given at the bible training col- lege, london, during 1911.1 . Publication history as articles: in gods revivalist magazine, march 1911january 1912. . As a book: published in 1912 by gods revivalist press, Cincinnati, Ohio. . Mrs. Chambers reprinted […]

vii.How to think about our Fellow-men

vii.How to think about our Fellow-men – Chambers, Oswald A new commandment i give unto you, that ye love one another; as i have loved you, that ye also love one another. John 13:34 There is no subject more intimately interesting to modern people than mans relationship to man; but men get impatient when they […]

vi. how to think about the scriptures

vi. how to think about the scriptures – Chambers, Oswald For the word of god is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12. […]

v. How to think about the atonement

v. How to think about the atonement – Chambers, Oswald God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself. . . . 2 Corinthians 5:19 (see 2 Corinthians 5:1821) The modern view of the atonement is that it simply reveals the oneness of god and man; immediately we turn to the new testament we find […]

Iv. How to think about sin

Iv. How to think about sin – Chambers, Oswald Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is full grown, bringeth forth death. James 1:15 (RV) How do we think about sin habitually, as Christians? If we have light views about sin we are not students in the school […]

III. how to think about man

III. how to think about man – Chambers, Oswald What is man, that thou are mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? Psalm 8:4 The christian faith declares the spiritual nature and dignity of man, that his creation is in the divine image and his destination is to bear the […]

II. How to think about the lord Jesus Christ

II. How to think about the lord Jesus Christ – Chambers, Oswald All things have been delivered unto me of my father: and no one knoweth the son, save the father. Mat- thew 11:27 (RV) In Matthew 11:27 the unique position of Jesus Christ to his own consciousness is clearly exhibited. The mystery of the […]

I. how to think about God

I. how to think about God – Chambers, Oswald Lord, shew us the father, and it sufficeth us . . . . He that hath seen me hath seen the father; and how sayest thou then, shew us the father? John 14:89 How do we think about god habitually? Jesus said, he that hath seen […]

With Christ In the school of philosophy

With Christ In the school of philosophy – Chambers, Oswald 1. The new thinking of pentecost . . . The things of the spirit of god. (1 Corinthians 2:14) Everywhere the charge is made against christian people, not only the generality of Christians, but really spiritual people, that they think in a very slovenly manner. […]

Where Jesus Christ tells

Where Jesus Christ tells – Chambers, Oswald 1. In the domain of struggle and sin If Jesus Christ does not mean anything to you it is because you have not entered into the domain where he tells; you may have to enter that domain through a ruthless doorway. Immediately you go through the bottom board […]

Personality—Iv

Personality—Iv – Chambers, Oswald I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless i live; yet not i, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which i now live in the flesh i live by the faith of the son of god, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 1. The sacrifice of soul […]

Personality—III

Personality—III – Chambers, Oswald Psalm 139Intercessory Introspection 1. The supernatural intimacy of god (psalm 139:16) O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. (psalm 139:1) The l39th psalm ought to be the personal experi- ence of every christian. My own introspection, or exploration of myself, will lead me astray, but when i realise not […]

Personality—II

Personality—II – Chambers, Oswald Self-Realization versus Christ-Realization Self-realization is a modern phrase be moral, be religious, be upright, in order that you may realise yourself. Nothing blinds the mind to the claims of Jesus more effectually than a good moral life based on the disposition of self-realisation. Paul says, if our gospel is veiled, it […]

Personality—I

Personality—I – Chambers, Oswald Personality is the perplexing fact of my self which is continually changing and yet remains the same. Personality is an enigma; its only answer is god. Never confound personality with consciousness; all that can be dealt with psychologically is consciousness, but a mans salvation is not limited to his consciousness. 1. […]

The ethics of enthusiasm

The ethics of enthusiasm – Chambers, Oswald Ephesians 5 Enthusiasm means, to use the phrase of a German mystic, intoxicated with god; the word has come down in the world and popularly means anything that enthuses. Christianity takes all the emotions, all the dangerous elements of human nature, the things which lead us astray, all […]

Is Christianity worthy of god?

Is Christianity worthy of god? – Chambers, Oswald YMCA hut , Zeitoun, Egypt , April 10, 1917Is Christianity worthy of god?2 Corinthians 5:18–21 The redemption is gods battle unto death with sin. Dr. Forsyth There is a presentation of Christianity which is senti-mental and weak and unworthy of god; the Christianity of the new testament […]

The Fundamental offence

The Fundamental offence – Chambers, Oswald “Now is the day of salvation,” and to do it now is the “thank you” of our acceptance of that salvation.April 9, 1917 — Zeitoun YMCA huts, Egypt The Fundamental offense   And apart from shedding of blood there is no remission. Hebrews 9:22 1. Christ is the blood of […]

Spiritual construction—III

Spiritual construction—III – Chambers, Oswald Do It!John 13:13–18 We have to recognise that we are one half mechanical and one half mysterious; to live in either domain and ignore the other is to be a fool or a fanatic. The great supernatural work of gods grace is in the incalculable part of our nature; we […]

Spiritual construction—II

Spiritual construction—II – Chambers, Oswald The Alloy 1. The divine and the human But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of god, and not of us. (2 Corinthians 4:7) In spiritual reconstruction after the war the purely spiritual line, if it ignores the human, will be […]

Spiritual construction—I

Spiritual construct Ion—I – Chambers, Oswald Nehemiah 4:1–6 So we built the wall. (Nehemiah 4:6) The first essential in spiritual construction is to clear away the rubbish. Nehemiah could not begin to build until the rubbish had been dealt with (see Nehemiah 4:2). Rubbish is waste matter, and there is the moral equivalent of rubbish […]

Spiritual evolution

Spiritual evolution – Chambers, Oswald Evolution means a gradual working out or development. There is a difference between natural evolution and spiritual evolution: in natural evolution we do not know the final goal; in spiritual evolution the goal is given before the start. . . Till we all come in the unity of the faith […]

The moral Individual—III

The moral Individual—III – Chambers, Oswald Conversion The literal meaning of conversion is a change of mind after watching certain facts, e. G. , we read in acts 28 that the barbarians changed their minds about Paul (acts 28:6). We are dealing with conversion here not so much on the religious side as the ethical. […]

The moral Individual—III –

The moral Individual—III – Chambers, Oswald Conversion The literal meaning of conversion is a change of mind after watching certain facts, e. G. , we read in acts 28 that the barbarians changed their minds about paul (acts 28:6). We are dealing with conversion here not so much on the religious side as the ethical. […]

The moral Individual—II

The moral Individual—II – Chambers, Oswald THE WORLD          WORLDLY            OTHERWORLDLYIn It                         Of It                           In It but Not of It   1. The world in it The term world is used to mean the material world, and the men and women in it we are all in it in this sense. The […]

The moral Individual—I

The moral Individual—I – Chambers, Oswald Individuality Individuality is the husk of the personal life, it is all elbows; it separates and isolates. The husk of individuality is gods created natural covering for the protection of the personal life, but unless individuality gets transfigured it becomes objectionable, egotistical and conceited, interested only in its own […]

Moral Institutions—II

Moral Institutions—II – Chambers, Oswald In Practice By in practice is meant fitness through regular exercise. If we do not fit ourselves by practice when there is no crisis, we shall find that our nature will fail us when the crisis comes. The grace of god never fails, but we may fail the grace of […]

Moral Institution—I

Moral Institution—I – Chambers, Oswald In Precept By in precept is meant necessary principles laid down beforehand. God has ordained that man is to govern man, whether he wants to or not. This keeps socialism from being it; the socialistic scheme falls to pieces because it ignores the fact that human institutions are not utilitarian, […]

The moral Imperative—II

The moral Imperative—II – Chambers, Oswald (i.e., a law universal and binding on every rational will) Why Should I Do What I Ought to Do? Authority in the final sense must spring from within. To begin with, we are educated by means of authority on the out side thou shalt and thou shalt not; but […]

The moral Imperative—I

The moral Imperative—I – Chambers, Oswald (i.e., a law universal and binding on every rational will)How Can I Do What I Ought to Do? Strictly speaking, there is no disobedience possible to an imperative law, the only alternative being destruction. In this sense the moral law is not imperative, because it can be disobeyed and […]

Biblical Ethics

Biblical Ethics – Chambers, Oswald                                   Biblical Ethics Oswald Chambers Copyright 1947 by Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture is quoted from the KJV and the RV Introductions Source These lectures were given by Oswald chambers at: the bible training college, 1 191115. League of prayer meetings in Britain, 190915. Zeitoun YMCA huts, classes for soldiers in […]

Disguise of the actual

Disguise of the actual – Chambers, Oswald Job 42:7–17 That low man seeks a little thing to do, sees it and does it: this high man, with a great thing to pursue, dies ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, his hundreds soon hit: this high man, aiming at […]

Locks v. Keys

Locks v. Keys – Chambers, Oswald Job 42:1–6   You tell me, doubt is devil-born i know not: one indeed i knew in many a subtle question versed, who touchd a jarring lyre first, but ever strove to make it true: perplext in faith, but pure in deeds, at last he beat his music out. […]

The passion For reality

The passion For reality – Chambers, Oswald Job 38–41   We cannot kindle when we will the fire which in the heart resides; the spirit bloweth and is still, in mystery our soul abides. But tasks in hours of insight willd can be through hours of gloom fulfilld with aching hands and bleeding feet we […]

The passion For authority

The passion For authority – Chambers, Oswald Job 32–37 In Elihu the passion for authority is represented. The average man in jobs condition is apt to break away from all authority. A lesser man than job would have become a sophist and said that every man is a law unto himself, i. E. , his […]

Parables

Parables – Chambers, Oswald Job 26–31 Be near me when my light is low, When the blood creeps, and the nerves prick And tingle; and the heart is sick, And all the wheels of being slow. Be near me when the sensuous frame Is rackd with pangs that conquer trust; And time, a maniac scattering […]

The primal clash

The primal clash – Chambers, Oswald Job 21–25 If we are going to understand the ordinary run of human life we must take into account the extraordinary experiences and tragedies. One reason for the futility of pseudo-evangelism is that we have taken the mediocre man, the average man, as the one best able to expound […]

The Bitterest hurt In life

The Bitterest hurt In life – Chambers, Oswald Job 18–20 Nay but much rather let me late returning Bruised of my brethren, wounded from within. Stoop with sad countenance and blushes burning. Bitter with weariness and sick with sin, Safe to the hidden house of thine abiding Carry the weak knees and the heart that […]

The Frontiers of despair

The Frontiers of despair – Chambers, Oswald Job 16–17   Then as i weary me and long and languish, nowise availing from that pain to part desperate tides of the whole great worlds anguish forced thro the channels of a single heart, straight to thy presence get me and reveal it, nothing ashamed of tears […]

Ponderosity

Ponderosity – Chambers, Oswald Job 15 A pill to cure an earthquake. . . . G. K. Chesterton there is nothing more ludicrous than the way in which some folk try to soothe sorrow and deal with trouble in other lives. Eliphaz makes out that jobs problems are not what he thinks they are; he […]

On the trail

On the trail – Chambers, Oswald Job 12–14 True religion is betting ones life there is a god. Donald hankey 1. The charge of inveterate intolerance ( job 12:15) and job answered and said, no doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. But i have understanding as well as you; […]

Bombast

Bombast – Chambers, Oswald Job 11 I have not knowledge, wisdom, insight, thought. Or understanding, fit to justify thee in thy work, o perfect. Thou hast brought me up to thisand, lo! What thou hast wrought, i cannot call it good. But i can cry o enemy, the maker hath not done: one day thou […]

Agnosticism

Agnosticism – Chambers, Oswald Job 9–10 Pour forth and bravely do your part, o knights of the unshielded heart! Forth and forever forward! Out from prudent turret and redoubt, and in the mellay charge a main, to fall but yet to rise again. R. L. Stevenson Agnosticism is not always the deplorable thing it is […]

The Interrogative plaster

The Interrogative plaster – Chambers, Oswald Job 8 If thou couldst empty all thyself of self. Like to a shell dishabited, then might he find thee on the ocean shelf, and saythis is not dead, and fill thee with himself instead. But thou art all replete with very thou, and hast such shrewd activity, that, […]

De Profundis

De Profundis – Chambers, Oswald Oh the regret, the struggle and the failing! Oh the days desolate and useless years! Vows in the night, so fierce and unavailing! Stings of my shame and passion of my tears! How have i knelt with arms of my aspiring lifted all night in irresponsive air, dazed and amazed […]

The light that Failed

The light that Failed – Chambers, Oswald We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. Life is but a means unto an end that end, beginning, mean, […]

The passion of pessimism

The passion of pessimism – Chambers, Oswald Job 3 The world sits at the feet of Christ unknowing, blind, and unconsoled; it yet shall touch his garments fold, and feel the heavenly alchemist transform its very dust to gold.                                                                                                    Whittier optimism is either a matter of accepted revelation or of temperament; to think unimpeded […]

The passion of pessimism

Dazed and Amazed

Dazed and Amazed – Chambers, Oswald Job 1:13–2:13 Jesus, whose lot with us was cast, who saw it out, from first to last: . . . Would i could win and keep and feel that heart of love, that spirit of steel. I would not to thy bosom fly to slink off till the storms […]

The unseen universe

The unseen universe – Chambers, Oswald Job 1:1–12 Man is not god but hath gods end to serve, a master to obey, a course to take, somewhat to cast off, somewhat to become. Grant this, then man must pass from old to new, from vain to real, from mistake to fact, from what once seemed […]

Introduction

Introduction – Chambers, Oswald  Baffled to Fight BetterJob and the Problem of SufferingOswald ChambersFirst published in 1917This edition ©1931 Oswald Chambers Publications AssociationScripture versions quoted: KJV; RV   IntroductIon   Source These were talks given by Oswald chambers to sol- diers during the evening classes at zeitoun, 1 march 10april 4, 1917. Publication history This […]

Always now

Always now – Chambers, Oswald 2 Corinthians 6:110 behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. (2 Corinthians 6:2) We . . . Intreat also that ye receive not the grace of god in vain (RV). The grace we had yesterday wont do for to-day. The grace of god the […]

Irresistible discipleship

Irresistible discipleship – Chambers, Oswald Talk given at Sunday worship service, family and YMCA workers , zeitoun camp near Cairo, Egypt. June 18, 1916 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. (1 Corinthians 16:13 By a disciple we mean one who continues to be concentrated on our lord. Concentration […]

The great life

The great life – Chambers, Oswald Spoken to British commonwealth troops at zeitoun16 YMCA camp near Cairo , Egypt. Sunday morning service, may 13, 1917 . . Believeth all things. (1 Corinthians 13:7) it is a great thing to be a believer, but easy to misunderstand what the new testament means by it. It is […]

Process of Belief

Process of Belief – Chambers, Oswald Afternoon address given at the annual autumnal gathering of the league of prayer in London , November 1911 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of god, even to them that believe on his name. ( john 1:12) According to the […]

Are you Independent or Identified?

Are you Independent or Identified? – Chambers, Oswald John 21:18 devotional following verily, verily, i say unto thee, when thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest . . . Jesus is not rebuking peter, he is revealing a characteristic of us all. Peter had given up everything for the lord, and […]

The one right thing to Be

The one right thing to Be – Chambers, Oswald Believe also in me. ( john 14:1) We do not now use the old evangelical phrase a believer, we are apt to think we have something better, but we cannot have. A believer in Jesus Christ is a phrase that embraces the whole of Christianity. The […]

Which?

Which? – Chambers, Oswald Address given at the annual autumnal gathering of the league of prayer in Caxton hall, London , November 5, 1913 But god forbid that i should glory, save in the cross of our lord Jesus christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and i unto the world. (Galatians 6:14) […]

Self- realisatIon v. Christ-realisatIon

Self- realisatIon v. Christ-realisatIon – Chambers, Oswald Matthew 16:24 Self-realisation is a modern phrasebe moral, be religious, be upright in order that you may realise yourself. Nothing blinds the mind to the claims of jesus christ more effectually than a good, clean- living, upright life based on self-realisation (see 2 corinthians 4:34). The issue with […]

Interest and Identification

Interest and Identification – Chambers, Oswald We did esteem him stricken, smitten of god and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions . . . And the lord hath made to light on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:46 RV mg) Immediately we face Jesus Christ two issues reveal themselves: first, the […]

Vested Interests of the Flesh

Vested Interests of the Flesh – Chambers, Oswald But ye are not . . . , if so be . . . (Romans 8:9) When we are born from above (RV mg) the dominating spirit in us is the spirit of god; the mind of the flesh is self-realisation, and the first thing that hap- […]

What must I Believe?

What must I Believe? – Chambers, Oswald What must i believe to be a christian, December 6, 1916, to British commonwealth troops at Sidi Gaber camp, near Alexandria, Egypt Now if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (Romans 8:9) There are two domains of fact: common-sense facts and […]

Introduction

Introduction – Chambers, Oswald   Facing Reality            © 1939 Oswald Chambers Publications Association Source Introduction Source Messages given at League of Prayer 13 meetings andBible Training College classes in Britain, 1911– 15;and to British Commonwealth troops in Egypt,1915–17, during World War I. Publication History• Most of these talks were published first as articlesin Tongues of […]

Identification

Identification – Chambers, Oswald Identification is not experience able; it is infinitely more fundamental than experience. Identification is a revelation, the exposition of the experience. We must get out of the way of bringing everything to the bar of personal experience. Remember two things: first, experience is not its own cause; and second, there must […]

God’s

God’s – Chambers, Oswald The vows of god are on me, and i may not stay to play with shadows, or pluck earthly flower, till i my work have done. And rendered up account. The disciplined life (2 timothy 2:3) The first requirement of the worker is discipline voluntarily entered into. It is easy to […]

What is Following Jesus Christ?

What is Following Jesus Christ? – Chambers, Oswald The still small voice (Matthew 4:19) In the days of his flesh the invitation to follow Jesus Christ was a definite one. It meant doing as peter said, lo, we have left all, and have followed thee (mark 10:28). This literal following of Jesus is no longer […]

Be sure of the abysses of God

Be sure of the abysses of God – Chambers, Oswald As christian workers we must never forget that salvation is gods thought, not mans; therefore it is an unfathomable abyss. Salvation is not an experience; experience is only a gateway by which salvation comes into our conscious lives. We have to preach the great thought […]

The reason why

The reason why – Chambers, Oswald The reason why the apostle Paul was a preacher was because of his understanding of the cross of Christ. The majority of present-day preachers understand only the blessings that come to us from the cross, they are apt to be devoted to certain doctrines which flow from the cross. […]

He cross In discipleship

He cross In discipleship – Chambers, Oswald The cross in discipleship that affronts (Matthew 8:20; Luke 9:6061) There is a method of making disciples which is not sanctioned by our lord. It is an excessive pressing of people to be reconciled to god in a way that is unworthy of the dignity of the gospel. […]

The origin of our salvation

The origin of our salvation – Chambers, Oswald 2 Peter 1:16 Revelation is not primarily in my soul, but in a fact which is in the chain of history. In preaching the gospel remember that salvation is the great thought of god, not an experience. Experience is the gateway through which salvation comes into our […]

First things First

First things First – Chambers, Oswald The absoluteness of Christ (Philippians 2:8) As a preacher, allow no quarter to anyone who pretends he can give any other explanation of Jesus Christ than he gives of himself. Jesus Christ calls himself the son of man, i. E. , representative man. Never make the absoluteness of Christ […]

Don’ts and do’s about texts

Don’ts and do’s about texts – Chambers, Oswald Dont be clever. Do be  careful. Dont be controversial.  Do be consecrated.                                                 Dont be conceited.             Do be concentrated.                                           Dont be […]

The preacher’s obligations

The preacher’s obligations – Chambers, Oswald 1 Corinthians 1:26 In other callings you have to work with men, but in this calling you work upon men; you come with the authority men crave for and yet resent. A preacher must remember that his calling is different from every other calling in life; his personality has […]

Keep Bright By use

Keep Bright By use – Chambers, Oswald General maxims (a) if you lack education, first realise it; then cure it. (b) beware of knowing what you dont practise. Cultivate mental habits give attendance to reading. (1 timothy 4:13) If we wish to excel in secular things, we concentrate; why should we be less careful in […]

The complete christian

The complete christian – Chambers, Oswald Conformed to the masters standard (Luke 6:40) Jesus Christs standard for the worker is himself. Am i allowing his standard to obsess me? Am i measuring my life by his all the time? The one standard put before us is our lord himself; we have to be saturated in […]

The masterIng mission

The masterIng mission 2 Corinthians 5:11, 14 The obligation of master persuasion (2 Corinthians 5:11) Whenever Paul talks about his call to preach the gospel, it is a woe is unto me, if i preach not the gospel! It is not a calm, quiet choice, but a necessity laid upon him, an overmastering sense of […]

where am I?

where am I? – Chambers, Oswald A Spiritual Stock-Taking Why do i want to work? (Romans 10:15) The christian worker must be sent; he must not elect to go. Nowadays that is the last thing thought of; it is a determination on the part of the individual this is something i can do, and i […]

The student

The student – Chambers, Oswald 2 timothy 2:15 Practical sphere of work (2 Corinthians 11:9; 1 timothy 4:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:9) The difficulty in christian work to-day is that we put it into a sphere that upsets the reasoning of things this sphere for sacred and that for secular; this time for activity and that […]

The right lines of work

The right lines of work – Chambers, Oswald 1 Timothy 6:20-211 What to concentrate on (2 timothy 1:13-14) To concentrate is not to be absorbed or carried away with a subject; concentration is the sternest physi- cal effort. There is nothing spiritual about the brain. Control over associated ideas must be acquired, it is not […]

The worker and the word

The worker and the word – Chambers, Oswald Aspect of sacred authority (Matthew 21:23) Authority means a rule to which the worker is bound in loyalty. It is not sufficient to say, because Jesus Christ says so, therefore you must obey, unless we are talking to people who know who Jesus Christ is. Authority must […]

The worker’s spiritual life

the worker’s spiritual life – Chambers, Oswald Communication of the life of god (Galatians 2:20) As a worker, watch the sea-worthiness of your spiritual life; never allow a spiritual leakage. Spiritual leakage arises either by refusing to treat god seriously, or by refusing to do anything for him seriously. Bear in mind two things: the […]

The Base

The Base – Chambers, Oswald 1 Timothy 1:12 The real thanks of the worker and i thank Christ Jesus our lord . . . Everything that god has created is like an orchestra praising him. All thy works shall praise thee. In the ear of god everything he created makes exquisite music, and man joined […]

The worker

The worker – Chambers, Oswald 1 Corinthians 9:11–27 The MatterPlant every man on the Rock, and plant the wholeman there.(a) Amid a Crowd of Paltry Things (1 Corinthians 9:11–15)The first thing a worker has to learn is how to be God’s noble man or woman amid a crowd of paltry things. A Christian worker must […]

Foreword

Foreword – Chambers, Oswald “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a work-man that needeth not to be ashamed” (2 Timothy2:15), makes a big demand upon a worker for God,and these God-given messages, spoken to the stu-dents at the Bible Training College, London, by the Principal, the late Oswald Chambers, help us to meet that […]

contents

contents ContentsForeword …………………………………………………………………………………. 2The Worker ……………………………………………………………………………. 3The Base ………………………………………………………………………………… 4The Worker’s Spiritual Life ………………………………………………………. 4The Worker and the Word ……………………………………………………….. 5The Right Lines of Work …………………………………………………………. 6The Student ……………………………………………………………………………. 7Where Am I? (A Spiritual Stock-Taking) …………………………………… 8The Mastering Mission …………………………………………………………….. 9The Complete Christian …………………………………………………………. 10Keep Bright by Use ………………………………………………………………… 11The Preacher’s Obligations ……………………………………………………… 12Don’ts and […]

IntroductIon

IntroductIon – Chambers, Oswald SourceThese lectures were given to students in the sermon class at the Bible Training College,1 London, from 1911 to 1915.Publication History• As articles: These lectures were published in the BTC Monthly Journal, May 1932–March 1934.2• As a book: The material was first published in 1936.• Facing Reality (© 1939) was incorporated […]

A Word About Oswald Chambers

A Word About Oswald Chambers – Chambers, Oswald Oswald Chambers was not famous during his lifetime. At the time of his death in 1917 at the age of forty-three, only three books bearing his name had been pub-lished. Among a relatively small circle of Christians in Britain and the U.S., Chambers was much appreciated as […]

The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers

The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers – Chambers, Oswald Contents For the first time, all the published books of Oswald chambers have been collected in one volume. Also included are notes on Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel previously unpublished in book form. Each book is prefaced by a brief introduction, noting the time and place when […]