The New Life by Andrew

Andrew Murray on The New Life: Words of God for Young Disciples Text
to deceive;
1Th 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as
ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and
more.
2Pe 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him
be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
The fourth and principal lesson, the lesson which young disciples of Christ have most need of is: it is
through the milk of the word that God's new-born infants can grow. The new life from the Spirit of
God can be sustained only by the word from the mouth of God. Your life, my young brother, will
largely depend on whether you learn to deal wisely and well with God's word, or whether you learn to
use the word from the beginning as your milk. (Ps. 19:8,11; 119:97,100; Isa. 55: 2,3; 1 Cor. 12:11)
Ps 19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD
is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Ps 19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Ps 119:97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Isa 55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that
which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your
soul delight itself in fatness.
Isa 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an
everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
1Co 12:11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man
severally as he will.
See what a charming parable the Lord has given us here in the mother's milk. Out of her own life does
the mother yield food and life to her child. The feeding of the child is the work of the tenderest love,
in which the child is pressed to the breast, and is held in the closest fellowship with the mother. And
the milk is just what the weak child requires, food gentle and yet strong.
Even so is there in the word of God the very life and power of God. (John 6:63; 1 Thess. 2:13; Heb.
4:12)
Joh 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto
you, they are spirit, and they are life.
1Th 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the
word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the
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