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Absolute Surrender

ABSOLUTE SURRENDER

Absolute Surrender ' by Andrew Murray is an amazing piece of religious writing which has been much in demand for more than a whole century and is a source of much spiritual guidance and insight for the seeking saint . In this book the author explains to us in a classic devotional style that carnal Christianity ' is not true Christianity and that true believers must move to a more consecrated life to Christ ' by Andrew Murray calls this submission absolute surrender ' which God claims from us and which means that everything has

to be given up to its special , definite object and service (Shanta , Daniel . Inspiring Biographies . Andrew Murray

Murray begins with the theme of selfishness and explains that when we sin our selfishness triumphs because we seek self instead of God . In our everyday life we often make sharp criticism , sharp judgment , and hasty opinion ' and say unloving words ' of other people around us as well as feel secret contempt or secret condemnation of each other . Such things are a direct result of pride , envy , and self-complacency which rule in our hearts . Andrew Murray calls upon us to come and cast this self-life and flesh-life at the feet of Jesus ' because God has no selfishness and His nature is to be always giving . After having denied self once for all we are commanded to love one another : we must prove our love to God by our love to our brother . This is the one standard by which God will judge our love to Him (Chapter 2 : The Fruit of the Spirit is Love ) Murray also argues that God has a plan for His Church upon earth ' which is the extension of His kingdom ' and that we have simply to be faithful in obedience , carrying out His s (Chapter 3 : Separated unto the Holy Ghost

In Chapter four of Absolute Surrender ' Andrew Murray gives a very interesting of the stages of repentance that Peter had to go through to come to absolute surrender . Peter was a devoted disciple of Jesus Christ but still after three years of fellowship with Him he trusted in himself and his own thoughts about divine things . Peter was ready to go with Jesus to prison and

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death and he really intended to do it however , he did not know himself at that moment and did not believe Jesus when He said Peter would deny Him thrice . And Peter denied indeed his Lord thrice

and all at once there opened up before him the terrible sin that he had committed , the terrible failure that had come , and the depth into which he had fallen . Peter sank into deep humiliation and that was the turning-point and the change ' in him . He was prepared for deliverance from self and then on the day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit came and Peter became a changed man (Chapter 4 : Peter 's Repentance

By describing Peter 's repentance Andrew Murray argues that there are many earnest , godly , and...

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