Let Us Draw Nigh! by Andrew Murray

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72 LET US DRA W NIGH
in Jesus and where He is, in the light of God,
be our anchor within the veil.
For He is faithful that promised. Study
the references on the word "promise" in this
Epistle, and see what a large place they take in
God's dealings with His people, and learn how
much your life depends on your relation to thi
promises. Connect the promises, as is here
done, with the promiser;
connect the promise]
with His unchanging faithfulness as God, and
your hope will become a glorying in God, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Faithful is He that
promised : that word lies at the root of the life
within the veil. Just as it is God who speaks
in Christ, who sent Him, who appointed Him
Priest, who perfected Him, so it is God to
whom Christ brings us into the Holiest for
Him now to work directly and continually in us
that life in which, as His redeemed creatures,
we are to live. This is the blessedness of being
brought into the Holiest: Christ has brought
us to God. And we are now in the right
place and spirit for honouring Him as God
that is, for allowing Him to work freely,
immediately, unceasingly in us such a life as
He wrought in Christ. He is faithful that
promised. God is going to fulfil His promises
of life and love, of blessing and fruitfulness, in