Sovereign Grace: Its Source, Its Nature and Its EffectsMoody, Dwight Lyman
Religion
Sovereign Grace: Its Source, Its Nature and Its Effects
Moody, Dwight Lyman
Grace (Theology) -- Sermons; Sermons, American -- 19th century
Mr. M.--Suppose the people do "come," and that they fall into sin
tomorrow?
Mr. R.--Let them come back again. God says we are to forgive till
seventy times seven. Do you think the great God will do less than He
commands us to do?
Mr. M.--If they truly come, will they have the desire to do the
things they used to do before?
Mr. R.--When a man really receives Christ into his heart, he
experiences "the expulsive power of a new affection." The devil may
tempt him to sin; but sin has lost its attraction. A man finds out
that it does not pay to grieve God's Holy Spirit.
Mr. M.--What would you advise your converts to do?
Mr. R.--When you were little babes, if you had had no milk, no
clothing, and no rest, you would not have lived very long. You are
now the result of your fathers' and mothers' care. When a man is
born in the family of God he has life; but he needs food. "Man doth
not live by bread alone." If you do not feed upon God's promises you
will be of no use in God's service: it will be well for you if your
life does not die out altogether before long. Then you need
exercise. If you only take food, and do no work, you will soon
suffer from what I may call spiritual apoplexy. When you get hold of
a promise, go and tell it to others. The best way for me to get help
for myself is by trying to help others. There is one great promise
that young disciples should never forget: "He that watereth shall be
watered also himself."
Mr. M.--How are they to begin?
Mr. R.--I believe there are some rich ladies and rich gentlemen on
the platform. When such persons are brought to the Lord, they are
apt to be ashamed to speak about salvation to their old companions.
If our Christian ladies would go amongst other ladies; Christian
gentlemen amongst gentlemen of their own class; and so on we should
see a grand work for Christ. Each of you have some friends or
relations whom you can influence better than anybody else can. Begin
with them; and God will give you such a taste for work that you will
not be content to stay at home: you will go and work outside as
well.
Mr. M.--A good place to start in would be the kitchen, would it not?
Begin with some little kitchen meetings. Let some of you get fifteen
or twenty mothers together; and ask them to bring their young
children with them. Sing some of these sweet hymns; read a few
verses of Scripture; get your lips opened; and you will find that
streams of salvation will be breaking out all around. I always think
that every convert ought to be good for a dozen others right away.
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