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Holiest of All by Andrew Murray

"The Holiest of All" is a devotional exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews. It was written towards the end of the nineteenth century and has since become a classic. Its pages lead the reader into a practical understanding of who Christ is, the power of his finished work on the Cross and his present intercession for believers. The author demonstrates how it is only a full understanding of who Jesus is and what he does for us that can bring us into a full and complete Christian life

"The Holiest of All" is a devotional exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews. It was written towards the end of the nineteenth century and has since become a classic. Its pages lead the reader into a practical understanding of who Christ is, the power of his finished work on the Cross and his present intercession for believers. The author demonstrates how it is only a full understanding of who Jesus is and what he does for us that can bring us into a full and complete Christian life

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and pilgrims on the earth. Faith is such a power that it rules<br />

the whole life. It is the faith <strong>of</strong> a man that makes him forsake<br />

his home for our goldfields. If he sees his way to make a<br />

fortune, and return to some great centre <strong>of</strong> attraction, it is<br />

this faith maintains in him the spirit <strong>of</strong> a stranger and a pilgrim,<br />

whose heart is in the home land. So these saints proved that<br />

they were seeking" after a country <strong>of</strong> their own, that they had<br />

no mind to return to that from which they went out, they<br />

desire a better country, that is, a heavenly. Faith made them<br />

pilgrims and strangers, and secured them the divine blessing.<br />

Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He<br />

hath prepared for them a city.<br />

Our great lesson is: Faith makes us pilgrims and strangers<br />

here on earth. Such was Christ ; such are we to be. The<br />

moment we begin to press home the message to our own<br />

heart, many questions arise. Will it not unfit us for daily life ?<br />

What if all men were to live in this pilgrim spirit, as strangers<br />

and sojourners ? What would become <strong>of</strong> the development <strong>of</strong><br />

the world ? Do we not see that in science and politics and<br />

literature the men who give<br />

themselves wholly to these things,<br />

accomplish most? Those who come to a colony, and return<br />

home to spend their money there, never take the interest those<br />

do who give themselves to settle here. Is the true, intense,<br />

pilgrim spirit, really a duty for all ? There is no more .subtle<br />

temptation than to wait with what God calls us to do till we<br />

are first informed what others are to do, or what God is to do<br />

with the rest <strong>of</strong> the world. We may safely leave to Him who<br />

is ruler <strong>of</strong> all, the <strong>All</strong>-wise, what will come <strong>of</strong> obedience to His<br />

commands. To every question. And what shall this man do?<br />

Christ's answer is. What is that to thee I Folloiv thou Me. If<br />

we are disciples <strong>of</strong> Christ, each one <strong>of</strong> us<br />

must seek to have as

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