by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
Note Have you looked carefully at the frontispiece? The stem of a vine, with two branches pruned down to within an inch of the stem, waiting for the spring to come and fill them. On each there are two or three buds, which in due time will send out their shoots, each...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
31st Day Prevailing Prayer I appointed you that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you.—Ver. 16. In the first verse of our parable, Christ revealed Himself as the True...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
30th Day Abiding Fruit I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide.—Ver. 16. There are some fruits that will not keep. One sort of pears or apples must be used at once; another sort can be kept over till next...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
29th Day Election Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you that ye should go and bear fruit.—Ver. 16. The branch does not choose the vine, or decide on which vine it will grow. The vine brings forth the branch, as and where it will. Even so Christ...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
28th Day Christ’s Friendship: its Intimacy No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.—Ver. 15. The highest proof of true...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
27th Day Christ’s Friendship: its Evidence Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.—Ver. 14. Our Lord has said what He gave as proof of His friendship: He gave His life for us. He now tells us what our part is to be—to do the things which He...
