Pleasure & Profit in Bible StudyMoody, Dwight Lyman
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Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study
Moody, Dwight Lyman
Bible -- Study and teaching
Away went Simeon, morning after morning, to see if he could get a
glimpse of Jesus. Perhaps unbelief suggested to Simeon, 'You had better
stop at home this wet morning: you have been so often and have missed
Him: you may venture to be absent this once.' 'No,' said the Spirit, 'go
to the Temple.' Simeon would no doubt select a good point of
observation. See how intently he watches the door! He surveys the face
of every child as one mother after another brings her infant to be
presented. 'No,' he says, 'That is not He.' At length he sees the Virgin
appear, and the Spirit tells him it is the long-expected Saviour. He
grasps the child in his arms, presses him to his heart, blesses God and
says: 'Lord, now lettest thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to
Thy word. For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast
prepared before the face of all people; A light to lighten the Gentiles,
and the glory of Thy people Israel.'"
2. It is a gospel of thanksgiving. They glorified God when Jesus healed
the widow's son at Nain, when the blind man received sight, etc.
3. It is a gospel of prayer. We learn that Christ prayed when he was
baptised, and nearly every great event in His ministry was preceded by
prayer. If you want to hear from Heaven you must seek it on your knees.
There are two parables about prayer--the friend at midnight and the
unjust judge.
4. Here is another thing that is made prominent, namely, the gospel of
womanhood. Luke alone records many loving things Christ did for women.
The richest jewel in Christ's crown was what he did for women. A man
tried to tell me that Mohammed had done more for women than Christ. I
told him that if he had ever been in Mohammedan countries, he would be
ashamed of himself for making such a remark. They care more for their
donkeys than they do for their wives and mothers.
A man once said that when God created life He began at the lowest forms
of animal life and came up until He got to man, then he was not quite
satisfied and created a woman. She was lifted up the highest, and when
she fell, she fell the lowest.
5. This is the gospel of the poor and humble. When I get a crowd of
roughs on the street I generally teach from Luke. Here are the
shepherds, the peasant, the incident of the rich man and Lazarus. This
gospel tells us He found the place where it was written, "The Spirit of
the Lord is upon me--to preach the gospel to the poor." It is a dark day
for a church when it gets out that they do not want the common people.
Whitfield labored among the miners, and Wesley among the common people.
If you want the poor, let it get out that you want them to come.
6. It is a gospel to the lost. The woman with the seven devils, the
thief on the cross illustrate this. Also, the parables of the lost
sheep, the lost piece of silver, and the lost son.
7. It is a gospel of tolerance.
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