The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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human nature in His wonderful life of suffering and obedience,
and now dwells in heaven to communicate to us its life and
blessedness oh, what reason there is for saying, Consider
Jesus. Gaze upon Him, contemplate Him. For some increased
knowledge of the stars what devotion,
what enthusiasm, what
sacrifices are ofttimes witnessed. Oh, let the study and posses
sion of the Son of God waken our devotion and our enthusiasm,
that we may be able to tell men what beauty and what glory
there is in Jesus.
Holy brethren ! Thus the Hebrews are now addressed.
In the previous chapter the word brethren had been used twice.
He is not ashamed to call them brethren. It behoved Him
to be made like unto His brethren. The sacred name is now
:
applied personally Christ s brethren are brethren in Christ.
And the heart of the writer warms to them personally, as he
seeks to urge them to what with him is indeed the one aim of
the Epistle
Consider Jesus.
Holy brethren! The word holy had also been just used.
He that sanctifieth, maketh holy, and they who are sanctified,
made holy, are all of one. We saw how holiness is the
common mark of Christ and His people
: their bond of union,
and the great object they both aim at. One of the great
mysteries the Epistle is to reveal to us is that our great High
Priest has opened the way for us into the Most Holy Place or
the Holiest of All. In Hebrew it is the Holiness of Holinesses.
There we have boldness of access, there we are to have our
the holiness of God. We must know
dwelling encircled by
that we are holy in Christ this will ; give us courage to enter
into the Holiness of Holinesses, to have God s holiness take
complete possession, and fill our whole being. It is
Jesus who
makes holy
: it is we who are to be made holy
: what more