The New Life by Andrew
Words of God for Young Disciples of Christ. The New Life aids Christians in their examination of the scripture and offers valuable information to believers who want to overcome sin and live the Christian life. While Murray's book is specifically designed for young converts, the text is useful to all Christians. Murray's chapters cover a variety of different topics that Christians, particularly those new to the faith, will find remarkably helpful. Murray discusses how Christians should approach the tasks of missionary work, prayer, confession, and baptism. The text also provides practical guidance regarding money, self-denial, discretion, and the temptations of worldly evil. New Life is a personal devotional, but it is also a resourceful tool for large congregations, small groups, and prayer meetings. The text is simply and easy to understand, and while each individual entry is rather short, Murray supplies substantial scriptural reference for further exploration.
Words of God for Young Disciples of Christ. The New Life aids Christians in their examination of the scripture and offers valuable information to believers who want to overcome sin and live the Christian life. While Murray's book is specifically designed for young converts, the text is useful to all Christians. Murray's chapters cover a variety of different topics that Christians, particularly those new to the faith, will find remarkably helpful. Murray discusses how Christians should approach the tasks of missionary work, prayer, confession, and baptism. The text also provides practical guidance regarding money, self-denial, discretion, and the temptations of worldly evil. New Life is a personal devotional, but it is also a resourceful tool for large congregations, small groups, and prayer meetings. The text is simply and easy to understand, and while each individual entry is rather short, Murray supplies substantial scriptural reference for further exploration.
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<strong>Andrew</strong> Murray on <strong>The</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Life</strong>: Words of God for Young Disciples Text<br />
Isa 48:13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned<br />
the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.<br />
Isa 48:14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things?<br />
<strong>The</strong> LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Ba<strong>by</strong>lon, and his arm shall be on the<br />
Chaldeans.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is still a third word that is used of the institution of the Sabbath: 'God rested on the seventh day,'<br />
and, as it stands in Exodus, 'was refreshed' or gladdened. God would sanctify and bless us, <strong>by</strong><br />
introducing us into His rest. He would bring us to see that we are not to burden ourselves with our<br />
cares and weakness: we are to rest in Him, in His finished work, in His rest, which He takes because<br />
all is in order. This rest is not the outward cessation of employments; no: it is the rest of faith, <strong>by</strong><br />
which we cease from our works as God did from His, because all is finished. Into this rest we enter <strong>by</strong><br />
faith in the finished work of Jesus, in surrender to be sanctified <strong>by</strong> God. (Heb. 4:3,10)<br />
Heb 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath,<br />
if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the<br />
world.<br />
Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God<br />
did from his.<br />
Because Jesus finished the second creation in His resurrection, and we, <strong>by</strong> the power of His<br />
resurrection, enter into life and rest, the seventh day is changed to the first day of the week. <strong>The</strong>re is<br />
no specific statement on this point: under the <strong>New</strong> Testament, the Spirit takes the place of the law. <strong>The</strong><br />
Spirit of the Lord led His disciples to the celebration of this day. It was the day, not only on which the<br />
Lord was raised, but also on which, in all likelihood, the Spirit was poured out: not only on which the<br />
Lord manifested Himself during the forty days, but on which the Spirit also specially worked (John<br />
20:1,19,26; Acts. 1:8; 20:7: 1 Cor. 16:2; Rev. 1:10)<br />
Joh 20:1 <strong>The</strong> first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto<br />
the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.<br />
Joh 20:19 <strong>The</strong>n the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were<br />
shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst,<br />
and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.<br />
Joh 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then<br />
came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.<br />
Ac 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be<br />
witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost<br />
part of the earth.<br />
Ac 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread,<br />
Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until<br />
midnight.<br />
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