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Oswald Chambers (1874 - 1917)
Read freely text sermons and articles by the speaker Oswald Chambers in text and pdf format. 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 published. Among a relatively small circle of Christians in Britain and the U.S., Chambers was much appreciated as a teacher of rare insight and expression, but he was not widely known.
While there are more than 30 books that bear his name, he only penned one book, Baffled to Fight Better. His wife, Biddy, was a stenographer and could take dictation at a rate of 150 words per minute. During his time teaching at the Bible College and at various sites in Egypt, Biddy kept verbatim records of his lessons. She spent the remaining 30 years of her life compiling her records into the bulk of his published works. His daily devotional: "Utmost For His Highest" has sold millions of copies and is well known in modern evangelicalism today.
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10 POWERFUL QUOTES ON PRAYER BY 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 your prayer. ... read more
Absoluteness of Jesus Christ
"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 th ... read more
Are You Going on With Jesus
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 when God changes your ... read more
Bearing our cross
“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 c ... read more
Cultural Christianity
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. For we c ... read more
Darkness that brings true Light
"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 darkness.. ... read more
Faith in the midst of Perverseness
"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 the aver ... read more
Focusing our hearts
"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.“ Philippia ... read more
Following the Shepherd
"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 mem ... read more
Gethsemane
"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 ... read more
Giving your best
"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 no mention o ... read more
God's Love & Human Sentiment
"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 be ... read more
God's Moral Law
"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 th ... read more
God's Will? Or mine?
"If any man will do His will, he shall know...." John 7:17
"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 ... read more
His Propitiation
"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 Je ... read more
Knowing & Doing God's will
“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 ... read more
More than conquerors
“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 tha ... read more
Our God-given Purpose
" ...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 1:1 ... read more
Persecution
"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 wh ... read more
Quotes by Oswald Chambers
“We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a 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 loo ... read more
Quotes by 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."
- Oswald Chambers
"If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by givi ... read more
Seeing God through the darkness
"... 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 deliv ... read more
Service: Are we disciplined to obey God or impulse?
"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 margins of life, ... read more
Standing alone with God
"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 our eyes unt ... read more
Studies In The Sermon On The Mount - Part 1
INTRODUCTION
IN order to understand the Sermon on the Mount, it
is necessary to have the mind of the Preacher, and this
knowledge can be gained by anyone who will receive the
Holy Spirit (see Luke XL 13, John XX. 22, Acts XIX. 2).
The Holy Gho ... read more
Studies In The Sermon On The Mount - Part 2
INCARNATE WISDOM AND INDIVIDUAL REASON 59
in, we will not trust what we cannot see, we will not believe
what we cannot trace. Then it is all up with my dis-
cipleship. The great word of Jesus to His disciples is
" Abandon." When God has brought ... read more
Taking a Stand
"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 ey ... read more
Thanksgiving
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 f ... read more
The “Go” of Preparation
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 com ... read more
The “Go” of Reconciliation
This verse says, âIf you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against youâ¦.â It is not saying, âIf you search and find something because of your unbalanced sensitivity,â but, âIf youâ¦rememberâ¦.â ... read more
The “Go” of Relationship
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 ... read more
The Basis for Forgiveness
"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 ... read more
The Cross
"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. B ... read more
The Divine Commandment of Life
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 ... read more
The Eternal Goal
"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, ... read more
The Fool and the Wise
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 sudden God makes t ... read more
The Key to the Missionary’s Message
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 ... read more
The Key to the Missionary’s Work
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 supreme Lord over ... read more
The Missionary’s Goal
In our natural life our ambitions change as we grow, but in the Christian life the goal is given at the very beginning, and the beginning and the end are exactly the same, namely, our Lord Himself. We start with Christ and we end with Him— “…till we ... read more
The Missionary’s Goal
"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 stat ... read more
The Missionary’s Master and Teacher
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 my ... read more
The Missionary’s Predestined Purpose
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. Th ... read more
The Poor in Spirit
...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 decid ... read more
The Word must precede the work
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 wh ... read more
Trusting the Sovereignty of God
"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 ... read more
Two Kingdoms
"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 activ ... read more
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