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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 importance of understanding the two stages of spiritual life: the stage of failure and the stage of divine power. He encourages believers to fully desire the fullness of the Spirit, urging them to turn away from self and worldly distractions. Murray asserts that a heart wholly set on receiving God's blessings cannot be disappointed, and that true fulfillment comes from yielding to the Spirit's preparatory work. He calls for a complete trust in God, highlighting that the desire for the Spirit must be the primary focus in one's spiritual journey.
The Two Baptisms
Let all who are in the personal search of the fullness of God’s blessing note this well. Would you in your own experience understand the connection between the two stages in your spiritual life, the one of failure in which you live and the better one of power of which God speaks to you, hold fast the thought: the desire of the heart, that with all its strengths turns itself from all that it has to receive all God has for it cannot be disappointed. There are some who have a desire for the fullness of the Spirit, but not as the only one thing they seek: it is only one desire among others. They have not turned away from everything of self, and the world, and the church. … Let us yield ourselves to the teaching and action of the preparatory work of God’s Spirit in conviction, and waiting: the desire wholly set, in despair of self and trust in God, on the fullness of the Spirit, must be fulfilled. (Excerpted from The Cross of Christ, by Andrew Murray, pg. 152-153)
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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.