Andrew Murray

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181.) The Husbandman
      And My Father is the Husbandman-John 15.1 A vine must have a husbandman to plant and watch over it, to receive and rejoice in its fruit. Jesus says: 'My Father is the husbandman.' He was 'the vine of God's planting.' All He was and did, He owed to the Father; in all He only sought the Father's will and glory. He had become man to show us w ...read more

182.) The Indwelling Spirit
      I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may be with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: ye know Him, for He abideth with you, and shall be in you ' John 14:16, 17. 'He shall be in you.' In these simple words our Lord announces that ...read more

183.) The Leading Of The Spirit
      "As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God" Romans 8:14,16. The very same Spirit who leads us as children also assures us that we are children. Without His leading there can be no assurance of our relationship as children of God. True, full as ...read more

184.) The Leading of the Spirit
      An many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.'-Rom.8:14. By very many Christians the leading of the Spirit is chiefly looked for as a suggestion of thoughts for our guidance. In the decision of doubtful questions of opinion or of duty, in the choice of words from Scripture to use, or the distinct direction to the performance of ...read more

185.) The Liberty of the Spirit
      The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and death. If by the Spirit ye make to die the deeds of the body, ye shall live.'-Rom. 8: 2:13 In the sixth chapter Paul had spoken (vers. 18, 22) of our having been made free from sin in Christ Jesus. Our death to sin in Christ had freed us from its dominion: being ...read more

186.) The Life Of Faith
      "The just shall live by his faith" Habakkuk 2:4. "We are delivered from the law, that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter" Romans 7:6. "I live; and 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" ...read more

187.) The Life Of Feeling
      "We walk by faith, not by sight" 2 Corinthians 5:7. "Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed" John 20:29. "Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God" John 11:40. In connection with your conversion, there was no greater hindrance than your feelings. You thought, perhaps for ...read more

188.) The Lord The Perfecter
      "I will cry unto God most High; unto God that performeth all things for me" Psalm 57:2. "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me" Psalm 138:8. "Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ" Philippians 1:6. "For of Him, and through Him, and to Him are a ...read more

189.) The Lord's Day
      "And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all His work which God had created" Genesis 2:3. "On that day, the first day of the week, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be unto you" John 20:19. "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day" Revelation 1:10. Man lives under t ...read more

190.) The Lord's Supper
      "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?" 1 Corinthians 10:16. "He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood dwelleth in Me, and I in him. He that eateth Me, even shall he live by Me" John 6:56,57. All life has need of food--i ...read more

191.) The Low Experience Of Too Many Of Us
      The elder son was living with his father and serving him 'these many years,' and he complains that his father never gave him a kid, while he gave his prodigal brother the fatted calf. Why was this? Simply because he did not ask it. He did not believe that he would get it, and therefore never asked it, and never enjoyed it. He continued thus to live ...read more

192.) THE LOW EXPERIENCE OF TOO MANY OF US
      The elder son was living with his father and serving him "these many years," and he complains that his father never gave him a kid, while he gave his prodigal brother the fatted calf. Why was this? Simply because he did not ask it. He did not believe that he would get it, and therefore never asked it, and never enjoyed it. He continued thus to l ...read more

193.) The Master's Indwelling, 1 - CARNAL CHRISTIANS
      1 Corinthians 3: 1.--And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. The apostle here speaks of two stages of the Christian life, two types of Christians: "I could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ." They were Christians, in Christ, but instead of being spiritu ...read more

194.) The Master's Indwelling, 2 - THE SELF LIFE
      Matt. 16: 24.--If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. In the 13th verse we read that Jesus at Caesarea Philippi asked His disciples, "Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" When they had answered, He asked them, "But whom say ye that I am?" And in verse 16 Peter answered and said, "Thou a ...read more

195.) The Master's Indwelling, 3 - WAITING ON GOD
      Psalms 62: 5.--My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from Him. The solemn question comes to us, "Is the God I have, a God that is to me above all circumstances, nearer to me than any circumstance can be?" Brother, have you learned to live your life having God so really with you every moment, that in circumstances the most diffi ...read more

196.) The Master's Indwelling, 4 - ENTRANCE INTO REST
      Hebrews 4: 1.--Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. Hebrews 4: 11.--Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. I want, in the simplest way possible, to answer the question: "How does a man enter int ...read more

197.) The Master's Indwelling, 5 - THE KINGDOM FIRST
      Matt 6: 33.--Seek ye first the kingdom of God. You have heard what need there is of unity in Christian life and Christian work. And where is the bond of unity between the life of the Church, the life of the individual believer and the work to be done among the heathen? One of the expressions for that unity is: "Seek first the Kingdom of God," Th ...read more

198.) The Master's Indwelling, 6 - CHRIST OUR LIFE
      Colossians 3: 4.--Christ who is our life. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." That is what He became man for; as a man to live a life of trust in God, and so to show to us how we ought to ...read more

199.) The Master's Indwelling, 7 - CHRIST'S HUMILITY OUR SALVATION
      Philippians 2: 5-8.--"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." All are familiar with this wonderful passage. Paul is speaking about one of the most simple, practical things in daily life,--humility; and in connection with that, he gives us a wonderful ...read more