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Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917). South African pastor, author, and revivalist born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, to Dutch Reformed missionary parents. Sent to Scotland at 10, he studied at Aberdeen University and Utrecht, Netherlands, returning ordained in 1848. He pastored in Bloemfontein and Worcester, later moderating the Dutch Reformed Church’s Cape Synod. In 1860, he sparked a revival in the Orange Free State, preaching to thousands across racial lines despite apartheid’s rise. Murray wrote over 240 books, including Abide in Christ (1882) and With Christ in the School of Prayer, translated into dozens of languages. His emphasis on holiness, prayer, and divine healing influenced global Pentecostalism. Married to Emma Rutherford in 1856, they had eight children, four becoming missionaries. He founded theological seminaries and the Huguenot College for women. Despite chronic illness, he traveled to Europe and America, speaking at Keswick Conventions. His devotional works remain widely read, shaping Christian spirituality across denominations.
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Andrew Murray emphasizes the necessity for believers to allow God to address the sins within their hearts in order to awaken the church and lead to a more devoted life in service to Jesus. He asserts that true transformation and the flow of living water from believers can only occur when they permit God to cleanse their inner sanctuaries. This personal encounter with God's holiness is essential for the advancement of Christ's kingdom and the salvation of souls. Murray calls for a cleansing of the defiled temple of the heart, promising that through this process, God will reveal His glory to the nations.
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Let the Heart Sins Be Dealt With by God.
If God’s church is to be roused, if believers are to be led to a life of greater devotion to Jesus and his service; if streams of living water are to flow out of them; if the interests of Christ’s kingdom and the salvation of souls are to become their first object in life and their enthusiasm, as God wants them to be, the work must begin in them allowing God to deal with the sin of the personal life. It is in his sanctuary, his holy place alone that God can be known in his holiness. It is in his temple in our body, in his home in our heart, that his power must be personally known to deliver from sin, if we are in true faith and devotion to live for others. Begin at my sanctuary. Let the temple that has been defiled be cleansed. Let the heart sins be dealt with by God. And the word shall be fulfilled: ‘Then will I magnify myself and sanctify myself and I will be known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am the Lord.’ (Excerpted from The Coming Revival, by Andrew Murray , pg. 48)
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Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917). South African pastor, author, and revivalist born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, to Dutch Reformed missionary parents. Sent to Scotland at 10, he studied at Aberdeen University and Utrecht, Netherlands, returning ordained in 1848. He pastored in Bloemfontein and Worcester, later moderating the Dutch Reformed Church’s Cape Synod. In 1860, he sparked a revival in the Orange Free State, preaching to thousands across racial lines despite apartheid’s rise. Murray wrote over 240 books, including Abide in Christ (1882) and With Christ in the School of Prayer, translated into dozens of languages. His emphasis on holiness, prayer, and divine healing influenced global Pentecostalism. Married to Emma Rutherford in 1856, they had eight children, four becoming missionaries. He founded theological seminaries and the Huguenot College for women. Despite chronic illness, he traveled to Europe and America, speaking at Keswick Conventions. His devotional works remain widely read, shaping Christian spirituality across denominations.