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