PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK

'Jesus Himself'

Murray, Andrew, 1828-1917 · 8,692 words · 12 reading sections

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Produced by Free Elf, William Bumgarner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Jesus Himself." BY THE REV. ANDREW MURRAY. _Author of "Abide in Christ."_ FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY. NEW …

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PREFACE.

The following brief messages comprise a revision of two addresses, which originally appeared in the _South African Pioneer_, the organ of the "Cape General Mission" (Rev. Andrew Murray, Pres.), and are published by arrangement, the Mission participating in the proceeds. "Jesus Himself." "_Their eyes were opened, and …

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The words, from which I want to present a simple message, will be found in the Gospel according to St. Luke, the 24th chapter and the 31st verse: "_And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him._" Some time since, I preached a sermon with the words "Jesus Himself" as the text; and as I went home I said to those who wer…

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Part 4

You still say perhaps: "That is the stage we want to come to." No; God forbid you should stop there. You may get in that third stage--the burning heart--and yet something is still wanting--the revelation of Christ. The disciples had had a blessed experience of His divine powers, but He had not revealed Himself, and oh!…

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Part 5

In one sense that is a beautiful motto, and yet I am not always satisfied with it, because it is a motto that is often misunderstood. God first may mean "I" second, something else third, and something else fourth. God is thus first in order, but still God becomes one of a series of powers, and that is not the place God…

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Part 6

It always reminds me of the story of Jacob, "I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me." That is the spirit that prepares us for the revelation of Jesus. Oh! my dear friend, has this been the spirit in which we have looked upon the wonderful blessing that we have sometimes heard of? "Oh! my Lord Jesus, though I do n…

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Part 7

Oh! Christian, do you want peace and rest? You must have Jesus Himself. You talk of purity, you talk of cleansing, you talk of deliverance from sin. Praise God, here is the deliverance and the cleansing, when the living Jesus comes and gives power. Then we have this resurrection of Christ, this heavenly Christ upon the…

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II

When I think of all the struggles and difficulties and failures of which many complain, and know that many are trying to make a new effort to begin a holy life, their hearts fearing all the time that they would fail again, owing to so many difficulties and temptations and the natural weakness of their character, my hea…

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Part 9

And now just think a moment what a blessed life that must be--the presence of Jesus always abiding. Is not that the secret of peace and happiness? If I could just attain (that is what each heart says) to that blessed state in which every day and all the day I felt Jesus to be watching and ever keeping me, oh, what peac…

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Part 10

of having the presence of Christ with us every day, every hour, every minute, what a joy it would be to obey! We could not walk in this consciousness,--My Lord Jesus is with me and around me,--and not obey Him! Oh, do you not begin to long and say, This is what I must have, the ever-abiding presence of Jesus! There are…

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Part 11

And then remember it is believe always. I sometimes feel that I cannot find words to tell how God wants His people to believe from morning till night. Every breath ought to be just believing. Yes, it is indeed true; the Lord Jesus loves us to be just believing from morning to evening, and you must begin to make that th…

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Part 12

and worship and love. Wait in His presence, however cold and faithless you feel. Wait before Him and say: "Lord, helpless as I am, I believe and rest in the blessed assurance that what Thou hast promised Thou wilt do for me." I ask my Master once again, "Lord Jesus, is that all?" And his answer is: "No, my child; I ha…

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Source & rights

Public domain in the USA; original historical text digitized by Project Gutenberg.

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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.