By Andrew Murray.
Abide in Christ.
By Andrew Murray.
Andrew Murray was a staunch advocate of biblical Christianity, and is best known for his many devotional books. ABIDE IN CHRIST
JOHN 15:1-12
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done untoyou.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
Chapter 1. All you who have come to Him
Chapter 2. And you shall find Rest to your souls
Chapter 3. Trusting Him to keep you
Chapter 4. As the Branch in the Vine
Chapter 5. As you came to Him
Chapter 6. God Himself has united you to Him
Chapter 7. As your Wisdom
Chapter 8. As your Righteousness
Chapter 9. As your Sanctification
Chapter 10. As your Redemption
Chapter 11. The Crucified One
Chapter 12. God Himself will stablish you in Him
Chapter 13. Every Moment
Chapter 14. Day by Day
Chapter 15. At this Moment
Chapter 16. Forsaking all for Him
Chapter 17. Through the Holy Spirit
Chapter 18. In Stillness of Soul
Chapter 19. In Affliction and Trial
Chapter 2o. That you may bear much Fruit
Chapter 21. So will you have Power in Prayer
Chapter 22. And in His Love
Chapter 23. As Christ in the Father
Chapter 24. Obeying His Commandments
Chapter 25. That your joy may be full
Chapter 26. And in Love to the Brethren
Chapter 27. That you may not sin
Chapter 28. As your Strength
Chapter 29. And not in Self
Chapter 30. As the Surety of the Covenant
Chapter 31. The Glorified One
From the preface:
During the life of Jesus on earth, the word He chiefly used when speaking of the relations of the disciples to Himself was: “Follow me.” When about to leave for heaven, He gave them a new word, in which their more intimate and spiritual union with Himself in glory should be expressed. That chosen word was: “Abide in me.”
I ask to be permitted to give one word of advice to my reader. It is this. It needs time to grow into Jesus the Vine: do not expect to abide in Him unless you will give Him that time. It is not enough to read God’s Word, or meditationsas here offered, and when we think we have hold of the thoughts, and have asked God for His blessing, to go out in the hope that the blessing will abide. No, it needs day by day time with Jesus and with God. We all know the need of time for our meals each day–every workman claims his hour for dinner; the hurried eating of so much food is not enough. If we are to live through Jesus, we must feed on Him (John 6:57); we must thoroughly take in and assimilate that heavenly food the Father has given us in His life.
Therefore, my brother, who would learn to abide in Jesus, take time each day, ere you read, and while you read, and after you read, to put yourself into living contact with the living Jesus, to yield yourself distinctly and consciously to His blessed influence; so will you give Him the opportunity of taking hold of you, of drawing you up and keeping you safe in His almighty life.
And now, to all God’s children whom He allows me the privilege of pointing to the Heavenly Vine, I offer my fraternal love and salutations, with the prayer that to each one of them may be given the rich and full experience of the blessedness of abiding in Christ. And may the grace of Jesus, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be their daily portion. Amen.
Andrew Murray.
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