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 />
the things of men.' You must deny yourselves and your own thoughts. We must be careful that the<br />
activity of our understanding with the word and prayer, in endeavouring to reach the knowledge of<br />
what is God's will, does not deceive us with a service of God that is not in spirit and in truth. Deny<br />
your carnal understanding; bring it to silence; in holy silence give place to the Holy Spirit; let the<br />
voice of God be heard in your heart. (Matt. 26:21; 1 Cor. 1:17,27; 2:6; Col. 2:18)<br />
Mt 26:21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.<br />
1Co 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words,<br />
lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.<br />
1Co 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God<br />
hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;<br />
1Co 2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this<br />
world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:<br />
Col 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of<br />
angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up <strong>by</strong> his fleshly mind<br />
Deny also your own will, with all its lusts and desires. Let it be once for all unquestionable that the<br />
will of God in everything is your choice, and that therefore every desire that does not fall in with this<br />
will, must be mortified. Pray, believe that in the will of God there is heavenly blessedness, and that<br />
therefore self-denial appears severe only at the outset, but, when you exercise yourself heartily in it,<br />
becomes a great joy. Let the body with all its life abide under the law of self-denial. (Matt. 26:39;<br />
Rom. 6:13; 1 Cor. 9:25,27)<br />
Mt 26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it<br />
be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.<br />
Ro 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield<br />
yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of<br />
righteousness unto God.<br />
1Co 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it<br />
to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.<br />
1Co 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that <strong>by</strong> any means, when I<br />
have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.<br />
Deny also your own honour. Seek not it, but the honour of God. This brings such a rest into the soul.<br />
'How can ye believe,' says Jesus, 'which receive glory one of another?' Although your honour be hurt<br />
or reviled, commit it to God to watch over it. Be content to be little, to be nothing. 'Blessed are the<br />
poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom.' (John 5:44; 7:18; 8:50; 1 <strong>The</strong>ss. 2:6)<br />
Joh 5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour<br />
that cometh from God only?<br />
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