The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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was in their hearts as the power of a life that knew, and loved,
and did His will. Christ dwelt in their hearts by faith. The
power of the endless life from the throne of God had taken
possession of them. Oh, let us not doubt. Let us plead God s
promise, I will make a new covenant. Let us trust God s Son,
the surety of the covenant, and receive God s Spirit we shall
be brought into the covenant, and into the sanctuary together,
and have grace to continue, to abide continually.
1. Just as truly us there Is a sanctuary above, there Is a sanctuary within. In the old sanctu
ary the chief object in the Holiest of All was the law, in the ark covered by the mercy-seat sprinkled
with blood. It is the law written In the heart sprinkled with the blood that makes it a sanctuary.
It is the heart that is thus made a sanctuary that enters the true sanctuary.
2. Is not the reason that some who seek earnestly, fail of the blessing, that they seek to grasp
it in their own power, and do not yield to the Holy Spirit to work it in them. It is God who says,
I will make the covenant. He must by His mighty operation do It in each heart. Our place is deep
dependence, patient waiting, and implicit reliance on His mighty power.
3. Remember that all He has to do as Mediator of the new covenant, He does because He is
Minister of the true sanctuary.
He sends out of the sanctuary the Spirit of heaven into our hearts
it is this that puts Qod s law within us.
4. The whole law Is fulfilled in one word: Thou shaft love. Where the love of God is shed
abroad In the heart by the Holy Ghost, the law of love Is written in the heart.
6. The soul of man hath no other near or far from God, but as its will unites with God s will,
and workcth with It,