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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64 LET US DRA W NIGH<br />
simplest way possible, once again, <strong>by</strong> the grace<br />
of God, to throw open the door, and to help<br />
each honest-hearted child of God to enter in,<br />
and take his place for life, in the home the<br />
Father has prepared for him.<br />
And first of all I would say : Believe that a<br />
life in the Holiest of All, a life of continual<br />
abiding in God's presence, is<br />
most certainly your<br />
duty and within your power. As long as this<br />
appears a vague uncertainty, the study of our<br />
Epistle must be in vain. Its whole teaching<br />
has been to prove that the wonderful priesthood<br />
of Christ, in which He does everything in the<br />
power of an endless life, and is therefore able<br />
to save completely ; that His having opened a<br />
way through the rent veil into the Holiest, and<br />
entered in with His blood ; that His sitting on<br />
the throne in heavenly power, as Minister of<br />
the sanctuary and Mediator of the covenant;<br />
that all this means nothing if it does not<br />
mean the Holiest is open for us. We may,<br />
we must, and we can live there. What is<br />
the meaning of this summing up of all,<br />
Wherefore, brethren, having boldness to enterlet<br />
ns draw near, if a real entrance into and<br />
abode in the Holiest is not for us ? No, beloved<br />
Christian, do believe, it can be. Say : God<br />
really means me to enter and dwell, and spend