School of obedience
Andrew Murray
Public DomainChristian Classics
Chapters 40
- We begin with Paradise. In Gen. 2:16, we read: 'And the Lord God commanded the man, saying.' And later (3:11), ≈ 6 min
- 'According to all that God commanded Noah, so did he.' ≈ 6 min
- When he had been forty years in this school of faith-obedience, God came to perfect his faith, and to crown it with ≈ 6 min
- ye shall be a peculiar treasure to Me above all people.' ≈ 7 min
- expression nineteen times, 'According to all the Lord commanded Moses, so did he,' And then, 'The glory of the ≈ 7 min
- again a new beginning when the people were about to enter Canaan. Read Deuteronomy, with all Moses spoke in ≈ 7 min
- solemn warning as to the need of exact and entire obedience in a man whom God is to trust as ruler of His people. ≈ 7 min
- 'obey,' though alas! mostly in connection with the complaint that the people had not obeyed. God sums up all His ≈ 7 min
- He was come into the world. He who entered it with His 'Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God,' ever confessed to men, ≈ 7 min
- Lord's teaching had entered into him. In the one, 'God hath given His Holy Spirit to them that obey Him,' —he ≈ 7 min
- among all nations' (1:5; 16:26), as that for which he was made an apostle. He speaks of what God had wrought 'to ≈ 7 min
- justified, and his faith perfected, by his works. ≈ 7 min
- ver. 2 be speaks to the 'Elect, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and blood-sprinkling of Jesus Christ,' ≈ 7 min
- is a liar.' Obedience is ≈ 18 min
- Obedience with Him did not mean a single act of obedience now and then, not even a series of acts, but the spirit of ≈ 7 min
- Our food is refreshment and invigoration. The healthy man eats his bread with gladness. But food is more than ≈ 7 min
- God did not reveal all His will to Christ at once, but day by day, according to the circumstances of the hour. In His ≈ 7 min
- When He spake, 'I came not to do My own will, but the will of Him that sent Me,' He was ready to go all lengths in ≈ 7 min
- who emptied Himself—who took the form of a servant—who humbled Himself, becoming obedient to death.' ≈ 7 min
- 'The Father that dwelleth in Me doeth the works.' ≈ 24 min
- submission. ≈ 7 min
- He gladly sacrifices his own wisdom and will to be guided by a higher. ≈ 7 min
- time must be devoted to personal intercourse and instruction. ≈ 3 min
- Him from us. ≈ 6 min
- Holy Ghost that we can get at the real meaning of what God means by His Word, and that the Word will really ≈ 7 min
- spirit of an unreserved surrender to obey. ≈ 7 min
- remember, there are a great many commands to which your attention may never have been directed, or others of ≈ 7 min
- Do not be content with anything less than seeing the face of God, having the assurance that He is looking on you in ≈ 7 min
- morning sacrifice. ≈ 7 min
- We need to be still, to wait and hear what response God gives. This is the office of the Holy Spirit, to be the voice of ≈ 7 min
- In the obedience of our Lord Jesus, as in all His fellowship with the Father, the essential element was—it was all for ≈ 9 min
- He was not come to destroy the law, but to secure its fulfillment. To the young ruler, He said, 'Thou knowest the ≈ 6 min
- To be merciful as the Father in heaven, to forgive just as He does, to love enemies and to do good to them that hate ≈ 6 min
- Self is the root of all lack of love and obedience. Our Lord called His disciple to deny himself and to take up his ≈ 7 min
- For Himself He equally claimed the sacrifice of all to come and follow Him. The Christian who has not definitely at ≈ 7 min
- alone that obedience deals. ≈ 7 min
- indeed possible. ≈ 37 min
- it aright. ≈ 6 min
- You may have known so little of this in your Christian life hitherto that the thought appears strange. Learn that ≈ 6 min
- and convincing light of the Holy Spirit. ≈ 48 min
| Author | Andrew Murray |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | Victorian |
| Categories | Christian Classics · Theology |
| Chapters | 40 |
| Formats | Web Book · PDF |
| Status | Public Domain |
Public Domain.