The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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been set forth, and in view of the dangers against which he had
been warning, the readers had been urged to steadfastness in
lies in
holding fast their confession. The force of the appeal
the word Having. We know the meaning of that word so well
in earthly things. There is
nothing that touches men so nearly
as the sense of ownership of property. I have a father, I have
money,
I have a home what a world of interest is awakened
in connection with such thoughts. And God s word comes
here and says
: You have, O best and most wonderful of all
possessions,
You have a great High Priest. You own Him
;
He is yours, your very own, wholly yours. You may use Him
with all He is and has. You can trust Him for all
you need,
know and claim Him as indeed your great High Priest, to
bring you to God. Let your whole walk be the proof that you
live as one, having a great High Priest.
A great High Priest who hath passed through the heavens.
We have said more than once, and shall not weary of repeating it
again, that one of the great lessons of our Epistle has been to
teach us this : The knowledge of the greatness and glory of Jesus
is the secret of a strong and holy life. Its opening chapter was
nothing but a revelation of His divine nature and glory.
At the
root of all it has to teach us of Christ s priesthood and work, it
wants us to see the adorable omnipotent divinity of Christ. In
that our faith is to find its strength,
and the measure of its
expectation. By that our conduct is to be guided. That is
to be the mark of our life that we have a Saviour who is
God. A great High Priest, who hath passed through the
heavens. Later on we read (vii. 26): Such an High Priest
became us, made higher than the heavens. It is difficult
for us to form any conception of what heaven is, so high,
and bright, and full of glory. But all the heavens we can