Andrew Murray

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241.) The Unity of the Spirit
      'That ye walk with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit.'--Eph.4:1-4. ' Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. . . . All these worketh one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one ...read more

242.) The Vine
      I am the True Vine-John 15.1 All earthly things are the shadows of heavenly realities-the expression, in created, visible forms, of the invisible glory of God. The Life and the Truth are in Heaven; on earth we have figures and shadows of the heavenly truths. When Jesus says: 'I am the true Vine,' He tells us that all the vines of earth are ...read more

243.) The Vine
      I am The Vine, Ye Are The Branches-John 15.5 In the previous verse Christ had just said: 'Abide in me.' He had then announced the great unalterable law of all branch-life, on earth or in Heaven: 'not of itself'; 'except it abide.' In the opening words of the parable He had already spoken: 'I am the vine.' He now repeats the words. He would ...read more

244.) THE WAY OF RESTORATION-HOW IS THAT TO BE BROUGHT ABOUT?
      We all know the parable of the prodigal son; and how many sermons have been preached about repentance, from that parable. We are told that "he came to himself and said, I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight." In preaching, we speak of this as the first step in a changed life ...read more

245.) The Will of God
      "Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven" Matthew 6:10. The glory of heaven, where the Father dwells, is that His will is done there. He who wants to taste the blessedness of heaven must know the Father who is there, and do His will, as it is done in heaven.1 Heaven is an unending holy Kingdom, of which the throne of God is the central ...read more

246.) The Wonderful Love
      Even as the Father Hath Loved Me, I Also Have Loved you-John 15.9 Here Christ leaves the language of parable, and speaks plainly out of the Father. Much as the parable could teach, it could not teach the lesson of love. All that the vine does for the branch, it does under the compulsion of a law of nature: there is no personal living love ...read more

247.) The Word and Prayer; Preaching and Prayer; Wholeheartedness
      Little of the word with little prayer is death to the spiritual fife. Much of the word with little prayer gives a sickly life. Much prayer with little of the word gives more life, but without steadfastness. A full measure of the word and prayer each day gives a healthy and powerful life. Think of the Lord Jesus. In his youth and manhood he treasure ...read more

248.) Through the Holy Spirit.
      "The anointing which ye have received of him, abideth in you; and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him." -I JOHN 2:27. How beautiful the thought of a life always abiding in Christ! The longer we think of it, the more attractive it becomes. And yet how often it is that the precious words, "Abide in me," are heard by the young discipl ...read more

249.) True Disciples
      Herein is My Father Glorified, that Ye Bear Much Fruit: So Shall Ye Be My Disciples-John 15.8 And are those who do not bear much fruit not disciples? They may be, but in a backward and immature stage. Of those who bear much fruit, Christ says: 'These are My disciples, such as I would have them be-these are true disciples.' Just as we say o ...read more

250.) Trusting Him to keep you.-Phil.3:12
      "I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which I also am apprehended of Christ Jesus. "-PHIL.3:12 MORE than one admits that it is a sacred duty and a blessed privilege to abide in Christ, but shrinks back continually before the question: Is it possible, a life of unbroken fellowship with theSaviour? Eminent Christians, to whom special o ...read more

251.) Undivided Consecration
      "And Ittai answered the king and said, As the Lord liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be" 2 Samuel 15:21. "Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple" Luke 14:33. "Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lo ...read more

252.) Victory Through the Blood
      "They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony ; and they loved not their Uves unto death "-Rev. xii. i i . FOR thousands of years there had been a mighty conflict for the possession of mankind, between the Old Serpent, who led man astray, and " The seed of the woman." Often it seemed as though the kingdom of ...read more

253.) Waiting for the Spirit.
      He charged them to wait for the promise of the Father, which said he, ye heard from me.'-ACTS 1: 4. In the life of the Old Testament saints ,waiting was one of the loved words in which they expressed the posture of their souls towards God. They waited for God, and waited upon God. Sometimes we find it in Holy Scripture as the language of an expe ...read more

254.) Walking by the Spirit
      Walk by the Spirit and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. They that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh, with the passions and lusts thereof. If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.'--Gal.5:16, 24, 25, 'IF we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us walk.' These words suggest to us very clearly the -difference, ...read more

255.) What is God like?
      Dear reader, we have such wrong thoughts of God. What is God like? I know no image more beautiful and instructive than that of the sun. The sun is never weary of shining;--of pouring out his beneficent rays upon both the good and the evil. You might close up the windows with blinds or bricks, the sun would shine upon them all the same; though we mi ...read more

256.) What Kind of revival Do We Need?
      How is the church to be lifted up to the abundant life in Christ, which will fit her for the work that God is putting before Her? Nothing will help but a revival, nothing less than a tremendous spiritual revival. Great tides of spiritual energy must be put into motion if this work is to be accomplished. Now there may be great differences in what we ...read more

257.) What the Scriptures Teach About the Blood
      "Not Without Blood"-Heb. ix. 7 and 18. GOD has spoken to us in the Scriptures in divers portions and in divers manners; but the VOICE is ever the same, it is always the WORD of the same GOD. Hence the importance of treating the Bible as a whole, and receiving the witness it gives in its various portions, concerning certain definite truths. It ...read more

258.) Whatsoever Ye Will
      If Ye Abide in Me, and My Words Abide in You, Ask Whatsoever Ye Will, and it Shall be Done Unto You-John 15.7 The Whole place of the branch in the vine is one of unceasing prayer. Without intermission it is ever calling: 'O my vine, send the sap I need to bear Thy fruit.' And its prayers are never unanswered: it asks what it needs, what it ...read more

259.) With Christ in the School of Prayer, Preface
      Of all the promises connected with the command, 'ABIDE IN ME,' there is none higher, and none that sooner brings the confession, 'Not that I have already attained, or am already made perfect,' than this: 'If ye abide in me, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.' Power with God is the highest attainment of the life of full abiding. ...read more