"Jesus Himself"
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THE words, from which I want to
present a simple message, will be found in the Gospel according to St. Luke,
the 24th chapter and the 31st verse: “And
their eyes were opened, and they knew Him.” Some time since, I preached a
sermon with the words “Jesus Himself” as the text; and as I went home I said to
those who were walking with me: “How possible it is to have Jesus Himself with
us and never to know it, and how possible to preach of, and to listen to, all
the truth about Jesus Himself and yet not to know Him.” I cannot say what a
deep impression was made upon me as I thought over it.
Now these disciples had spent a most blessed time with Jesus, but if
they had gone away before He revealed Himself that evening, they would never
have been sure that it was Jesus, for their eyes were holden that they should
not know Him. That is, alas, the condition of a great multitude in the Church
of Christ. They know that Christ has risen from the dead. They believe, and
they very often have blessed experiences that come from the risen Christ. Very
often in a time of Convention, or in time of silent Bible reading, or in a time
of the visitation of God’s grace, their hearts burn; and yet it can be said of
a people whose hearts are burning within them, that they did not know it was
Jesus Himself.
And now if you ask me what is to be the great blessing to be sought, my
answer is this: Not only should we think about Jesus Himself and speak about
Him and believe in Him, but we should come to the point that the disciples in
the text arrived at, “and they knew Him.” Everything is to be found in that.
Andrew Murray
ANDREW MURRAY (1828-1917) was a church leader, evangelist, and missionary statesman. As a young man, Murray wanted to be a minister, but it was a career choice rather than an act of faith. Not until he had finished his general studies and begun his theological training in the Netherlands, did he experience a conversion of heart. Sixty years of ministry in the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, more than 200 books and tracts on Christian spirituality and ministry, extensive social work, and the founding of educational institutions were some of the outward signs of the inward grace that Murray experienced by continually casting himself on Christ. A few of his books include The True Vine, Absolute Surrender, The School of Obedience, Waiting on God, and The Prayer Life.
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