The Believer's Full Blessing of Pentecost

by Andrew Murray

This is Andrew Murray's classic devotional study on the person and work of the Holy Spirit in a Christian's life. This is newly edited version for today's reader.

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction

111 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1908

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

Murray was Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Murray became a noted missionary leader. His father was a Scottish Presbyterian serving the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and his mother had connections with both French Huguenots and German Lutherans. This background to some extent explains his ecumenical spirit. He was educated at Aberdeen University, Scotland, and at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. After ordination in 1848 he served pastorates at Bloemfontein, Worcester, Cape Town, and Wellington. He helped to found what are now the University College of the Orange Free State and the Stellenbosch Seminary. He served as Moderator of the Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church and was president of both the YMCA (1865) and the South Africa General Mission (1888-1917), now the Africa Evangelical Fellowship.

He was one of the chief promoters of the call to missions in South Africa. This led to the Dutch Reformed Church missions to blacks in the Transvaal and Malawi. Apart from his evangelistic tours in South Africa, he spoke at the Keswick and Northfield Conventions in 1895, making a great impression. upon his British and American audiences. For his contribution to world missions he was given an honorary doctorate by the universities of Aberdeen (1898) and Cape of Good Hope(1907).

Murray is best known today for his devotional writings, which place great emphasis on the need for a rich, personal devotional life. Many of his 240 publications explain in how he saw this devotion and its outworking in the life of the Christian. Several of his books have become devotional classics. Among these are Abide in Christ, Absolute Surrender, With Christ in the School of Prayer, The Spirit of Christ and Waiting on God.

Reviews

[Todd Bryant · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was shocked to see a book by the title "The Full Blessing of Pentecost" promoted by a conservative bookstore (and church). The name alone was enough to raise an eyebrow. However, I thought I should at least read it if I was going to pass judgment.

Horrendous...that's my best description. This book is about what is known to today as "Second Blessing" or "Higher Life" theology. I don't mean to imply that Murray occasionally mentions that. No...that's what the book is about. It's promoting the fact that most Christians just "sorta" have the Spirit. You have to seek the second blessing - or what Murray calls "The Full Blessing of Pentecost".

The problems with this book are numerous - too numerous to name. Even the few sentences which sound OK are wrong because of the way in which he is using them. The entire foundation of this book is second blessing theology. It's heresy.

If a man cannot see the issues with this book, I honestly cannot help but question how he could shepherd God's sheep. The problems here are far too blatant and obvious to be missed.

Run from this teaching.

[Caleb Kirby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Encouraging and focused little book on the gift of God’s Spirit. Authentically pastoral in tone but not preachy or annoying. Includes quality exposition on various biblical texts.

[MrBReads · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is with some shame that i make this confession...

I've spent most of my 9 years as a Christian believing that the 'real' Christianity ended in 100AD and did not resurface until about 1960...As soon as I realised this i started looking to read more Christian authors of the intervening period and this little book is an absolute JOY!
Andrew Murray exhorts his readers to relentlessly and humbly pursue a greater intimacy with, and by the power of, God the Holy Spirit. It is a great book to read through as I did, but I imagine there would be great benefit in taking it slower and really spending some time making the general principles more specific to your relationship with God.

Highly recommended (despite the occasional mega-long 19th Century sentence...) and I will be searching out more works by this man in the near future!

[Dr. Jason Frazier · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful book full of insights and well-established “arguments” for the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of Christians.

[KD · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely superb book by an excellent author. I am absolutely thrilled with the revelation and Biblical truth Andrew Murray brings to this vital and indispensable subject of the Person and work of the Holy Spirit. He explains why, and how we can enter in to the ALL of God, through the All of Christ that comes from the All of our personal surrender. This is a must read and the experience is a must need if we would desire to glory and testify of a loving Father and a glorious Saviour through the power of the Holy Spirit.

[Charles Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely the best of the best!