The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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Of this choice Moses is a striking illustration. Just see what
there was on the one side. The lust of the flesh : the pleasures
of sin for a season. The lust of the eye : the riches of Egypt.
The pride of life : to be called the son of Pharaoh s daughter.
And, on the other side, to be evil entreated, to bear reproach.
And what was it that enabled him to make a wise choice ? He
saw that to be evil entreated with the people of God is to have
God as his portion and defence. He bore the reproach of Christ,
in the power of the Spirit of Christ from heaven, lifting his
heart above earth. Even as Christ, for the joy set before Him,
endured the cross, so he looked to the recompense
of the
reward. Faith in the blessing of God on the people of God
;
union in spirit with the Christ of God ;
the assurance of a
coming world, with its reversal of the judgments of earth; no
wonder that all this guided and strengthened him to the choice
he made the good part never to be taken away.
We are studying this chapter in its connection with the
Epistle, and its teaching as to a life under the leadership of
Christ a life in the new and living way of conformity to Him,
leading into the Holiest of God s presence. We long to know
how we can grow strong, and live in the full exercise of a faith
that inherits the promise and enters into the rest of God.
Moses witness is clear : Let faith prove itself in choosing, once
for all and for always, at any cost, the unseen the reward will
be sure and large. In Abraham we saw this choice when
there was no special opposition or persecution. This is the
feature in Moses choice we must notice: with the danger
threatening us of being evil entreated, and bearing reproach,
and having to face the loss of all, faith must not hesitate or halt.
To be evil entreated with God s people, to bear Christ s reproach,
and count these greater riches than all the treasures of Egypt,