Moody's Anecdotes And Illustrations: Related in his Revival Work by the Great EvangelistMoody, Dwight Lyman
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Moody's Anecdotes And Illustrations: Related in his Revival Work by the Great Evangelist
Moody, Dwight Lyman
Christian life -- Fiction; Homiletical illustrations
An infidel had come the other day, to one of our meetings, and when I
talked with him, he replied that he didn't believe one-twelfth part of
the Bible, but I kept on quoting Scripture, feeling that if the man
didn't believe, God could do what He chose with His word, and make it
quick and powerful, and sharper than a two-edged sword. The man kept
saying that he did not believe what the Bible said, and I kept on
quoting passage after passage of Scripture, and the man, who, two hours
before, had entered the hall an infidel, went out of it a converted man,
and a short time after his conversion he left the City for Boston, a
Christian, to join his family in Europe. Before this gentleman went
away, I asked him if he believed the Bible, and his reply was: "From
back to back, every word of it."
"Deluged with Blood."
A good many years ago there was a convention held in France, and those
who held it wanted to get the country to deny a God, to burn the Bible,
wanted to say that men passed away like a dog and a dumb animal. What
was the result! Not long since, that country was filled with blood. Did
you ever think what would take place if we could vote the Bible and the
ministers of the gospel and God out from among the people? My friends,
the country would be deluged with blood. Your life and mine would not be
safe in this City to-night. We could not walk through these streets with
safety. We don't know how much we owe God and the influence of His
gospel among even ungodly men.
[Illustration: The Dumb Man Possessed; GUSTAVE DORE. Matthew, ix, 32.]
[Illustration: The Burial Of Jesus; GUSTAVE DORE. John, xix, 38-42.]
GOLD.
-- There are over two hundred passages in the Old Testament which
prophesied about Christ, and every one of them has come true.
-- God didn't give the world two different Bibles; they are one, and
must be believed from back to back, from Genesis to Revelations, or
not at all.
-- I haven't found the first man who ever read the Bible from back to
back carefully who remained an infidel. My friends, the Bible of our
mothers and fathers is true.
-- The Word of God may be darkened to the natural man, but the way of
Salvation is written so plain, that the little child six years old
can understand it if she will.
-- Set more and more store by the Bible. Then troubles in your Christian
life will pass away like a morning cloud. You will feed and live on the
Word of God, and it will become the joy of your soul.
-- There are dark and mysterious things in the Bible now, but when you
begin to trust Christ your eyes will be opened and the Bible will be
a new book to you. It will become the Book of books to you.
-- I notice if a man goes to cut up the Bible and comes to you with one
truth and says, "I don't believe this, and I don't believe that,"--I
notice when he begins to doubt portions of the Word Of God he soon
doubts it all.
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