THE SECRET OF THE CROSS by Andrew Murray
The “Secret Series” are Pocket Companion Books that were written by Andrew Murray over a period of five years. Brief and to the point, these little books contain a wealth of Murray’s teachings, written out of the mature fullness of his experience in Christ. The Secret of the Cross contains thirty-two thoughtful and Biblically based independent devotionals united by the theme of the cross. The Secret of the Cross will help you gain a deeper understanding of the book of Romans especially Chapter 6-8 on the Nature of Sin and what Christ accomplished for us on the Cross. Andrew Murray exhort us to begin each day by seeking the living God, giving Him time every morning to reveal Himself anew.
The “Secret Series” are Pocket Companion Books that were written by Andrew Murray over a period of five years. Brief and to the point, these little books contain a wealth of Murray’s teachings, written out of the mature fullness of his experience in Christ.
The Secret of the Cross contains thirty-two thoughtful and Biblically based independent devotionals united by the theme of the cross.
The Secret of the Cross will help you gain a deeper understanding of the book of Romans especially Chapter 6-8 on the Nature of Sin and what Christ accomplished for us on the Cross.
Andrew Murray exhort us to begin each day by seeking the living God, giving Him time every morning to reveal Himself anew.
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him follow Me.” He repeats the words: “He that hateth his life in this<br />
world shall keep it unto life eternal.”<br />
One might have thought that Christ did not need to lose His holy life<br />
ere He could find it again. But so it was: God had laid upon Him the<br />
iniquity of us all, and He yielded to the inexorable law: Through<br />
death to life and to fruit.<br />
How much more ought we, in the consciousness of that evil nature<br />
and that death which we inherited in Adam, be most grateful that<br />
there is a way open to us <strong>by</strong> which, in the fellowship of Christ and<br />
His cross, we can die to this accursed self! With what willingness and<br />
gratitude ought we to listen to the call to bear our cross, to yield our<br />
“old man” as crucified with Christ daily to that death which he<br />
deserves! Surely the thought that the power of the eternal Life is<br />
working in us, ought to make us willing and glad to die the death that<br />
brings us into the fellowship and the power of life in a risen Christ.<br />
Alas, how little this is understood! Let us believe that what is<br />
impossible to man is possible to God. Let us believe that the law of<br />
the Spirit of Christ Jesus, the risen Lord, can in very deed make His<br />
death and His life the daily experience of our souls.<br />
Day 11 – Thy Will be Done<br />
“O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from Me;<br />
nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou will.” –Matthew 26:39.<br />
The death of Christ on the cross is the highest and the holiest that<br />
can be known of Him even in the glory of heaven. And the highest<br />
and the holiest that the Holy Spirit can work in us is to take us up and<br />
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