Andrew Murray

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21.) As your Redemption.-1 Cor.1:30
      "Of God are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, both righteousness and sanctification, and REDEMPTION."-I COR.1:30(R.V. marg.). HERE we have the top of the ladder, reaching into heaven-the blessed end to which Christ and life in Him is to lead. The word redemption, though sometimes applied to our deliverance fromthe guilt o ...read more

22.) As your Righteousness- 1 Cor.1:30
      "Of God are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, both RIGHTEOUSNESS and sanctification, and redemption."-I Cor.1:30 (R.V. marg.). THE first of the great blessings which Christ our wisdom reveals to us as prepared in Himself, is -righteousness. It is not difficult to see why this must be first. There can be no real prosper ...read more

23.) As your Sanctification.- 1 Cor.1:30
      "Of God are ye in Christ Jesus, who has made unto us wisdom from God, both righteousness and SANCTIFICATION, and redemption." I COR.1:30(R.V. marg.). "Paul unto the Church of God which is at Corinth to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints" ;-thus the chapter opens in which we are taught that Christ is our sanctification. ...read more

24.) As your Strength
      "All power is given UNTO ME in heaven and in earth."-MATT.28:18 "Be strong IN THE LORD, and in the power of his might." --EPH.6.10. "My power is made perfect in weakness."-2 COR.12:9 (R.V.). THERE is no truth more generally admitted among earnest Christians than that of their utter weakness. There is no truth more generally misunderstood a ...read more

25.) As your Wisdom.- 1 Cor.1:30
      "Of God are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us WISDOM from God, both righteousness and sanctification, and redemption."-I COR.1:30 (R.V. marg.). JESUS CHRIST is not only Priest to purchase, and King to secure, but also Prophet to reveal to us the salvation which God bath prepared for them that love Him. Just as at the creation the light wa ...read more

26.) Assurance Of Faith
      "Abraham staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully persuaded that, what He had promised, He was able also to perform" Romans 4:20,21. "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and truth. Hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall ...read more

27.) At this Moment
      "Behold, Now is the accepted time; behold, Now is the day of salvation." 2 Cor 6:2 THE thought of living moment by moment is of such central importancelooking at the abiding in Christ from our side-that we want once more to speak of it. And to all who desire to learn the blessed art of living only a moment at a time, we want to say: The way to l ...read more

28.) Be A Blessing
      "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee; and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee; and thou shalt be a blessing" Genesis 12:1,2. In these first words that God spoke to Abraham, we have the short summary of all that God has to say to him and to us as ...read more

29.) Blessings From Surrender
      Oh, God wants to bless you in a way beyond what you expect. From the beginning, ear hath not heard, neither hath the eye seen, what God hath prepared for them that wait for Him. God has prepared unheard-of-things, blessings much more wonderful than you can imagine, more mighty than you can conceive. They are divine blessings. Oh, say now: "I giv ...read more

30.) Carnal or Spiritual?
      'And Peter went out and wept bitterly.' - Luke 22:62 . These words indicate the turning point in the life of Peter, -a crisis. There is often a question about the life of holiness. Do you grow into it? Or do you come into it by a crisis suddenly? Peter has been growing for three years under the training of Christ, but he had grown terribly down ...read more

31.) CARNAL OR SPIRITUAL?
      And Peter went out and wept bitterly." -Luke 22:62. These words indicate the turning point in the life of Peter,-a crisis. There is often a question about the life of holiness. Do you grow into it? or do you come into it be a crisis suddenly? Peter has been growing for three years under the training of Christ, but he had grown terribly downwar ...read more

32.) Chastisement
      "Blessed is the man whom Thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest out of Thy law; that Thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity" Psalm 94:12,13. "Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept Thy word .... It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn Thy statutes" Psalm 119:67,71. "He chastens us for ...read more

33.) Children Of God
      "As many as received Him, to them gave He the power to become children of God, even to them that believe on His name" John 1:12. What is given must be received, otherwise it does not profit. If the first great deed of God's love is the gift of His Son, then the first work of man must be to receive this Son. And if all the blessings of God's love ...read more

34.) Christ's Friendship: Its Evidence
      Ye Are My Friends, if Ye Do the Things Which I Command You-John 15.14 Our Lord has said what He gave as proof of His friendship: He gave His life for us. He now tells us what our part is to be-to do the things which He commands. He gave His life to secure a place for His love in our hearts to rule us; the response His love calls us to, and ...read more

35.) Christ's Friendship: Its Intimacy
      No Longer Do I Call You Servants; for the Servant Knoweth Not What His Lord Doeth: But I Have Called You Friends; for All Things That I Heard From My Father, I Have Made Known Unto You-John 15.15 The highest proof of true friendship, and one great source of its blessedness, is the intimacy that holds nothing back, and admits the friend to ...read more

36.) Christ's Friendship: Its Origin
      Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends-John 15.13 In the three following verses our Lord speaks of His relation to His disciples under a new aspect-that of friendship. He point us to the love in which it on His side has its origin (v.13): to the obedience on our part by which it is maintained (v.14 ...read more

37.) Cleansed by the Blood to Serve the Living God or Intercourse Through the Blood
      " Now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by THE BLOOD OF CHRIST "-Eph.ii. 13. "How much more shall THE BLOOD OF CHRIST . . . purge your conscience . . . to serve the living God? Heb.ix. 14. AFTER our study of SANCTIFICATION through the blood, we are now to be engaged in the consideration of what the intimate INTERCOUR ...read more

38.) Cleansing Through the Blood
      "If ye 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"-I John i. 7 WE have already seen that the most important effect of the Blood is RECONCILIATION for sin. The fruit of knowledge about, and faith in RECONCILIATION, is the PARDON of sin. Pardon i ...read more

39.) Confidence in Blood Jesus
      God has no other way of dealing with sin, or the sinner, save through the blood. For victory over sin and the deliverance of the sinner God has no other means or thought than "THE BLOOD OF JESUS." Yes, it is indeed something that surpasses all understanding. All the wonders of grace are focused here--the Incarnation, by which He took upon Himself ...read more