Subtitle: How To Walk In Perfect Peace With God
"There is no other choice for us; we must either deny self or Christ."
- Andrew Murray, Absolute Surrender, Chapter 4, pg 69
"Absolute Surrender" is the third book I've read by the early 20th century South African preacher Andrew Murray. The same practical but firm way of writing that Murray exhibited in the first two books I've read, he repeats in this one with meaningful insight and exhortation. In "Absolute Surrender" Murray's thesis is to turn away from one self and commit your life to complete servant hood to God in order to set apart every day of your life as a means to obey Him and to praise Him and to glorify Him. Murray wrote, "Christianity had its origin in the omnipotence of God. In every soul, Christianity must have its continuance in that omnipotence. All the possibilities of the higher Christian life, have their origin in a new understanding of Christ's power to work all God's will in us."
Murray also demonstrates that the only possible way for any Christian to ever surrender completely to Jesus Christ is by the sole means of the Holy Spirit. Murray points out that not only is self-denial impossible to be achieved or maintained by one's own strength, even more so to be kept in Christ is equally impossible without the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit residing in you, you cannot hope to maintain yourself in Christ. Concerning this all-important truth, Murray writes, "The work of the Holy Spirit is to enable you every moment to remember Jesus, and to trust Him. The Spirit has come to keep the link with Him unbroken every moment."
For a meaningful, concise and firm exhortation of the doctrine of self-denial and submitting wholly to God, Andrew Murray's "Absolute Surrender" would be a helpful treatise to guide you to a level of biblical yielding and servant hood in such a way as to truly honor Jesus Christ as Lord over all.
"I, who have been bought with the blood of Christ, have been bought to live every day with the one thought: How can I please my Master?"
- Andrew Murray, Absolute Surrender, Chapter 9, pg 145
"There is no other choice for us; we must either deny self or Christ."
- Andrew Murray, Absolute Surrender, Chapter 4, pg 69
"Absolute Surrender" is the third book I've read by the early 20th century South African preacher Andrew Murray. The same practical but firm way of writing that Murray exhibited in the first two books I've read, he repeats in this one with meaningful insight and exhortation. In "Absolute Surrender" Murray's thesis is to turn away from one self and commit your life to complete servant hood to God in order to set apart every day of your life as a means to obey Him and to praise Him and to glorify Him. Murray wrote, "Christianity had its origin in the omnipotence of God. In every soul, Christianity must have its continuance in that omnipotence. All the possibilities of the higher Christian life, have their origin in a new understanding of Christ's power to work all God's will in us."
Murray also demonstrates that the only possible way for any Christian to ever surrender completely to Jesus Christ is by the sole means of the Holy Spirit. Murray points out that not only is self-denial impossible to be achieved or maintained by one's own strength, even more so to be kept in Christ is equally impossible without the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit residing in you, you cannot hope to maintain yourself in Christ. Concerning this all-important truth, Murray writes, "The work of the Holy Spirit is to enable you every moment to remember Jesus, and to trust Him. The Spirit has come to keep the link with Him unbroken every moment."
For a meaningful, concise and firm exhortation of the doctrine of self-denial and submitting wholly to God, Andrew Murray's "Absolute Surrender" would be a helpful treatise to guide you to a level of biblical yielding and servant hood in such a way as to truly honor Jesus Christ as Lord over all.
"I, who have been bought with the blood of Christ, have been bought to live every day with the one thought: How can I please my Master?"
- Andrew Murray, Absolute Surrender, Chapter 9, pg 145
