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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 possibility of deliverance from a worldly spirit through faith in Christ, who has overcome the world. He encourages believers to seek freedom from worldly influences by surrendering to the Holy Spirit, who empowers them to live a new life. Murray reassures that God is gracious, faithful, and mighty, and that as individuals experience this deliverance, they will gain the courage to intercede for others. The call is to trust in God's ability to transform and liberate His children from worldly bondage.
God Is Gracious, God Is Faithful, God Is Mighty.
One word more. Let us believe that deliverance from a worldly spirit is possible. Christ promised it: ‘Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.’ John testified of it: ‘Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world.’ The new life, the life of the Holy Spirit, can overcome the spirit of the world. Let but God’s children set their hearts upon, and cry to God for, deliverance from the bondage of this subjection to the world that crucified their Lord. He will give it. They may not know all that is implied in the word world, there may be differences in defining it — let them but give themselves up, in the willingness to let go, and be entirely made free from what God counts ‘of the world’, to the teaching and filling of that Spirit of God who can dispossess the spirit of the world. God is gracious, God is faithful, God is mighty. And as the answer to prayer comes to ourselves, we shall have true courage to pray for our brethren. (Excerpted from The Coming Revival, by Andrew Murray , pg. 33).
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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.