qUICK NOTE ON aNDREW mURRAY

[George Demetrion]

Good Morning all,
 
 As a quick response to Chris' query, if Andrew Murray believed in the second blessing, from what I have read in his various devotional texts, it does not come across as a major theme, even as the pursuit of holiness does.  What I do pick up is that, with and through the grace of God, we can grow a great deal more toward holiness than we often do and that it is an essential component of the Christian vocation to seek to do so.  Here's a good link.  Here's a link on Murray's writings: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/murray/deeper.html.  Perhaps this reflection comes close to the "second blessing": http://www.ccel.org/ccel/murray/deeper.vi.html.  Note: Even if he did believe in that (not sure he did), the broader emphasis in his work is his passionate quest for himself and his readers to live ever closer to the promptings and teachings of the living God.  However vast the gulf between the reach and the grasp, we do have, with and through God's grace, to make some progress in the life of faith.  I think this is his more important teaching whatever he may have believed on the "second blessing." 
 
George Demetrion
 
 
 
 
 
I share your interest and actually would be interested in your opinion of Andrew Murray. I had clased him with the holiness people. I have not studied him or used him even devotionally much. Is he a second blessing person?