Andrew Murray

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141.) Sin vs The Holiness of God
      To understand grace, to understand Christ aright, we must understand what sin is. And how otherwise can we come to this understanding than through the light of God and his word? Come with me to the beginning of the Bible. See there man created by God, after his image, and pronounced by his creator to be very good. Then sin entered, as rebellion ...read more

142.) So will you have Power in Prayer
      "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. "-JOHN 15:7. PRAYER is both one of the means and one of the fruits of union to Christ. As a means it is of unspeakable importance. All the things of faith, all the pleadings of desire, all the yearnings after a fuller surrender, all the confe ...read more

143.) Spiritual or Carnal
      And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not Yet able to bear it; nay, not even now are ye able; for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk after the manner of men?'-- -I Cor.3:1-3 In the previous ...read more

144.) Stumblings
      "In many things we all stumble" James 3:2. This word of God by James is the description of what man is--even the Christian--when he is not kept by grace. It serves to take away from us all hope in ourselves.1 "Now unto Him that is able to guard you from stumbling...be glory, majesty, dominion, and power ...for evermore" (Jude 24,25). This word o ...read more

145.) Taking Up the Cross
      When the Lord told his disciples that they must take up the cross to follow him, they could have little understanding of his meaning. He wished to rouse them to earnest thought and so prepare them for the time when they should see him carrying his cross. From the Jordan, where he had presented himself to be baptised and reckoned among sinners, onwa ...read more

146.) That you may bear much Fruit
      "He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit."-JOHN 15:5, 8. WE ALL know what fruit is. The produce of the branch, by which men are refreshed and nourished. The fruit is not for the branch, but for those who come to carry it away. As soon as the fruit is ripe, th ...read more

147.) That you may not sin
      "In him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not." -1 JOHN 3:5,6. "YE KNOW," the apostle had said, "that He was manifested to take away our sin," and had thus indicated salvation from sin as the great object for which the Son was made man. The connection shows clearly that the taking away has reference not only to the atonement and freedo ...read more

148.) That your joy may be full
      "These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might abide in you, and that your joy might be full. --JOHN 15:11 ABIDING fully in Christ is a life of exquisite and overflowing happiness. As Christ gets more complete possession of the soul, it enters into the joy of its Lord. His own joy, the joy of heaven, becomes its own, and that in full me ...read more

149.) The Baptism of the Spirit
      'John bare witness, saying, He that sent me to baptize with water, He said unto me, Upon Whomsoever thou shalt see the, Spirit descending, and abiding on Him the same is He that baptizeth with the Holy Spirit.' John 1:33 THERE were two things that John the Baptist preached concerning the person of Christ, The one was, that He was the Lamb of Go ...read more

150.) The Blessing of Victory; The More Abundant Life
      If now we are delivered from the sin of prayerlessness, and understand how this deliverance may continue to be experienced, what will be the fruit of our liberty? He who sees this aright will, with renewed earnestness and perseverance, seek after this liberty. His life and experience will indeed be an evidence that he has obtained something of unsp ...read more

151.) The Blessing Secured
      "Be filled with the Spirit."-Ephesians, 5:18. I may have some air, a little air, in my lungs, but not enough to keep up a healthy, vigorous life. But everyone seeks to have his lungs well filled with air, and the benefit of it will be felt in his blood and through his whole being. And just so the word of God comes to us, and says, "Christians, d ...read more

152.) The Branch
      Every Branch in me that Beareth Not Fruit, He taketh It away-John 15.2 Here we have one of the chief words of the parable-branch. A vine needs branches: without branches it can do nothing, can bear no fruit. As important as it is to know about the Vine, and the Husbandman, it is to realize what the branch is. Before we listen to what Chris ...read more

153.) The Cause Of This Discrepancy Between God's Gifts
      The believer is complaining that God has never given him a kid. Or, God has given him some blessing, but has never given the full blessing. He has never filled him with His Spirit. "I never," he says, "had my heart, as a fountain, giving forth the rivers of living water promised in John vii. 38." What is the cause? The elder son thought he was ...read more

154.) THE CAUSE OF THIS DISCREPANCY BETWEEN GOD'S GIFTS, AND OUR LOW EXPERIENCE
      The believer is complaining that God has never given him a kid. Or, God has given him some blessing, but has never given the full blessing. He has never filled him with His Spirit. "I never," he says, "had my heart, as a fountain, giving forth the rivers of living water promised in John vii. 38." What is the cause? The elder son thought he was ...read more

155.) The Cleansing
      Every Branch That Beareth Fruit, He Cleanseth It, That It May Bear More Fruit-John 15.2 There are two remarkable things about the vine. There is not a plant of which the fruit has so much spirit in it, of which spirit can be so abundantly distilled as the vine. And there is not a plant which so soon runs into wild wood, that hinders its fr ...read more

156.) The Cleansing Of Sin
      "If we walk in the light, the blood of Jesus His Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" 1 John 1:7,9. The same God who forgives sin also cleanses from it. Cleansing is no less a promise of God than is forgiveness; therefore, it is a matter ...read more

157.) The Confession Of Sin
      "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" 1 John 1:9. The one thing which God hates is sin. It grieves and provokes Him, and He will destroy it. The one thing that makes man unhappy is sin.1 The one thing which Jesus had to give His blood for was sin. In all the communica ...read more

158.) The Conflict Of The Christian
      "Strive to enter in by the narrow door" Luke 13:24. "Fight the good fight of faith" 1 Timothy 6:12. "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith" 2 Timothy 4:7. These texts speak of a twofold conflict. The first is addressed to the unconverted-- "Strive to enter in by the narrow door." Entrance by a door i ...read more

159.) The Cross Spirit in Our Lord
      We seek sometimes for the operation of the Spirit, with the object of obtaining more power for work, more love in the life, more holiness in the heart, more light on Scripture or on our path. And yet all these gifts are only subordinate to what is the great purpose of God. The Father has bestowed the Spirit on the Son, and the Son has given him to ...read more