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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LET US DKA IV NIGH 37<br />
look upon it as an external, distant tiling, a<br />
work going on in heaven above ns. The one<br />
cure for this evil is to know that our great<br />
Priest over the house of God is the glorified<br />
Jesus, who in the Holy Spirit is present in us,<br />
and makes His presence and power in heaven<br />
<strong>by</strong> the Holy Spirit to be as real within us here<br />
as it is above us there.<br />
He is Priest over the house of<br />
God, the place<br />
where God dwells. We are His house too.<br />
And as surely as Jesus ministers in the sanctuary<br />
above, He moment <strong>by</strong> moment ministers in the<br />
sanctuary within.<br />
"Wherefore, brethren, having,<br />
—not only in gift, not only in the possession of<br />
right and thought, but in our hearts, in our<br />
inmost being,—having- a great Priest over the<br />
house of God, let us draw near. <strong>Let</strong> Jesus<br />
Himself on the throne, in<br />
His power and love,<br />
be the one desire, and hope, and joy of our<br />
hearts, He will maintain His work in us<br />
as wonderfully as He has accomplished it<br />
for us.<br />
7. Having a great Priest ! You know a great deal of Jesus,<br />
but do you know this, that His chief, His all-comprehensiue work,<br />
is to bring you near, oh, so near, to God ? Has He done this for<br />
you ? If not, ask Him, trust Him for it.<br />
2. It is Jesus Himself I want. Himself alone can satisfy<br />
me. It is in the holy faith of Jesus, the compassionate<br />
sympathiser, in the holy love of Jesus, who calls us brethren,<br />
that we can draw near to God. It is in a heart given up, with