Let Us Draw Nigh! by Andrew Murray

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blessedness that God has for me. This is the
chief point :
we have such a High Priest, who
sat down on the right hand of the majesty in
the heavens. Wherefore, brethren, having a
great Priest over the house of God, let us
draw near.
And what is now the work we need Jesus to
do for us? Has it not all been done ? The
Holiest is opened. Boldness through the blood
has been secured. The living way has been
dedicated to carry us in. What more is there
that Jesus has to do for us ? Nothing more ; it
has all been finished, once and for ever. And
why is it then we are pointed to Him as the great
Priest over the house of God? It is because,
above all, we need Himself, the living Jesus, to
make that work all life and truth in us, yea,
Himself to be its life and truth in us. And
what is it we may expect of Him ? What we
need, and what we must look to Him for is
so to work in us that
this,
the work He has done for
us may be made real icithin us, as a personal
experience of the power of an endless life in
which He was constituted Priest. Because He
liveth ever, we read, He is able to save completely.
Salvation is a subjective, experimental
thing—manifest in the peace and holiness of
heart He gives. We, our life, our inner man,
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