The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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CXIII.
LOOKING UNTO JESUS.
XII. 2. Let us run with, patience the race that is set before us, looking
unto Jesus the author 1 and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was
set before Him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the
right hand of the throne of God.
THE practical and the contemplative Christian life are often
spoken of as if they were at variance. Here we see them in
their perfect harmony. Let us run there we have intense
exertion, claiming body and soul; looking to Jesus there we
have the inner life of the spirit, a heart always fixed on Jesus in
faith and worship, drawing inspiration and strength from His
example and His love. Let us run, looking to Jesus. Let all
that we have learnt of Him in the Epistle, all the faith and joy
with which we have seen and considered Him, bear this
let us with patience, perseverance, run the race.
fruit:
Looking unto Jesus, the Leader and Perfecter of our faith.
Jesus is the Leader of our salvation (ii. 10), the Forerunner,
who hath entered within the veil for us, leaving behind His
track and footsteps for us to walk in. This is the new and
living way which, through obedience and death, leads to life
and to God. And so He is the Leader of our faith, too. He
leads in the way of faith, He walked in it Himself, He opened
it for us, He draws and helps us in it.
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1 Leader.
The old saints had given