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 />
disease he had.<br />
Joh 5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.<br />
Ro 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest <strong>by</strong> faith. Be not<br />
highminded, but fear:<br />
2Co 1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for <strong>by</strong><br />
faith ye stand.<br />
Phil 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.<br />
Doing this, the word of God says, you shall never stumble.<br />
Lord Jesus, a sinner who is ready to stumble every moment would give honour to <strong>The</strong>e, who art<br />
mighty to keep from stumbling: Thine is the might and the power: I take <strong>The</strong>e as my keeper. I look to<br />
Thy love which has chosen me, and wait for the fulfilment of Thy word: 'Ye shall never stumble.'<br />
Amen.<br />
1. Let your thoughts about what the grace of God can do for you, be taken only from the word of God.<br />
Our natural expectations -- that we must just always be stumbling -- are wrong. <strong>The</strong>y are strengthened<br />
<strong>by</strong> more than one thing. <strong>The</strong>re is secret unwillingness to surrender everything. <strong>The</strong>re is the example of<br />
so many sluggish Christians. <strong>The</strong>re is the unbelief that cannot quite understand that God will really<br />
keep us. <strong>The</strong>re is the experience of so many disappointments, when we have striven in our own<br />
power.<br />
2. Let no stumbling be tolerated, for the reason that it is trifling.<br />
XIX. JESUS THE KEEPER<br />
'<strong>The</strong> Lord is Thy keeper: ... <strong>The</strong> Lord shall keep thee from all evil; ... He shall keep thy soul.' -- Ps.<br />
121:4,7 'I know Him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to guard that which I<br />
have committed unto Him against that day.' -- 2 Tim. 1:12<br />
For young disciples of Christ who are still weak, there is no lesson that is more necessary than this,<br />
that the Lord has not only received them, but that He will also keep them. (Gen. 28:15; Deut. 7:9;<br />
32:10; Ps. 27:8; 89:33,34; Rom. 12:2,9)<br />
Ge 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and<br />
will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have<br />
spoken to thee of.<br />
De 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth<br />
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