And Judas Iscariot: Together with other evangelistic addressesChapman, J. Wilbur (John Wilbur)
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And Judas Iscariot: Together with other evangelistic addresses
Chapman, J. Wilbur (John Wilbur)
Evangelistic sermons; Presbyterian Church -- Sermons; Sermons, American
In St. Paul's cathedral in London it is said that under the dome there
is a red mark, and I have been told that this mark indicates the place
where a workman lost his life. He fell from the scaffolding and was
dashed to pieces upon the floor. I have been told that in the Alps
very frequently you will see black crosses where men have slipped into
eternity as the result of an accident. But I suggest these stories in
order that I may say that where you are at this present moment may be
the black cross of death, because there some one rejected Christ. If
you feel this, choose Jesus Christ; choose him, and choose him now.
"I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have
set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose
life, that both thou and thy seed may live."
A CHANGED LIFE
TEXT: "_And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity
eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift
herself up. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said
unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity: And he laid his
hands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified
God._"--Luke 13:11-13.
These verses present to us one of the most interesting stories
imaginable--of interest to us first because it is one of our Lord's
miracles, and one has only to study these manifestations of his power
to be persuaded of his divinity; interesting, again, because it is the
account of a remarkable recovery from a great infirmity, for instead of
bondage which had held this woman for eighteen years we behold her
standing upright glorifying God. But it is all the more interesting to
us because it presents a picture of what may be called the overflow
ministry of Jesus, of which there are many instances--as, for example,
the account of the staunching of the issue of blood when the woman
touched the hem of his garment. He was going upon another errand, but
was so filled with virtue that when one of the multitude at his side
touched him, by faith healing was the result. And, again, we have an
illustration in the raising of Jairus' daughter, and once again in the
rescue of the widow's son from death. He was on his journey across the
country and beheld the funeral procession coming. Mr. Moody used to
say that Jesus broke up every funeral he attended, and he stops long
enough in this journey to restore this boy to his broken-hearted
mother. Again, in the case of the woman of Samaria, when he is going
about his Father's business, he stops by the wellside to rest, and even
in his resting moments forgives a woman's sins, so that under her
influence an entire city is moved. Would that we could learn that it
is the overflow of our lives that gives power to our Christian
experience! This text is one of the best illustrations of this truth
in the life of our Savior.
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