Holiest of All by Andrew Murray

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salvation of our groal High Priest? It means this, that no
teaching of what Christ is can profit, unless our hearts arc
longing and ready to folloio Hivi fully. The Epistle will sum
up all its teachings in its call to enter into the Holiest of All.
into the rest of God. But it wants us to feel deeply that there
can be no entering in, except in the path of faith and full
obedience, except with a heart that is ready to forsake all its
own will, to follow Him who bore the cross, a heart that
will be content with nothing less than all that God is willing
to give.
7. r/iey were not able to enter in because of unbelief. Take heed, lest there be in any of
you an evil heart of unbelief. Everything depends upon faith. At each step in the teaching
of our Epistle, let faith be exercised. Faith in the God who speatis to us : faith in the blessed
Son, in the divine power and all-pervading nearness in which He worlis, in His true humanity,
and the heavenly life He perfected for us and imparts from heaven ; faith in the Holy Spirit
who dwells within us, and is God's power worlting in us ;—let faith be the habit of our soul,
the every breath of our life.
2. Because of unbelief. Just what Jesus says : Because of your unbelief, in answer to
our Why ? Let us cultivate the deep conviction that the root of all disobedience and failure,
of all wealinpss and trouble in the spiritual life, is unbelief. Let us not thinh that there is
some inexplicable mystery about our prayers not being heard ; it is simply unbelief that wil
not trust God, will not yield itself wholly to God. will not allow God to do what He promises.
God save us from unbelief I