The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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own will, and being restored to do the will of God alone.
seek after Christ, and trust in Him
;
They
but it is not the true
Christ, but a Christ of whom they have framed their own image.
The true Christ is the incarnate will of God, the incarnate
obedience, who works in us what God wrought in Him. Christ
came as the Son, to impart to us the very same life and disposi
tion as animated Him on earth. Christ came to be a High
Priest, to bring us to God in that very same way of obedience
and self-sacrifice in which He drew nigh to God. As Son and
Priest, Christ is our Leader and Forerunner ;
it is
only as we
follow Him in His path on earth that we can hope to share His
glory in heaven. He learned obedience and became the cause
of eternal salvation to them that obey
Him"
Let us beware that no wrong or one-sided views of what salva
tion by faith means lead us astray. There are some who think
that salvation by faith is all, and obedience not so essential. This
is a terrible mistake. In our justification there is indeed no
thought of obedience in the past. God justifieth the ungodly.
But repentance
is a return to obedience. And without repent
ance there can be no true faith. Justification, and the faith
by which it comes, are only for the sake of obedience, as
means to an end. They point us to Christ, and the salvation
which is to be found in union with Him. And He has no
salvation but for them that obey Him. Obedience, as the
acceptance of His will and life, is our only capacity for salvation.
This is the reason there is so much complaining that we cannot
find and do not enjoy a full salvation. We seek it in the wrong
way. Jesus Himself said that the Father would give the Holy
Spirit, that is, salvation as it is perfected in Christ in heaven, to
them that obey Him. To such would He manifest Himself;
with such would the Father and He dwell. The salvation of
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