The Overcoming Life, and Other SermonsMoody, Dwight Lyman
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The Overcoming Life, and Other Sermons
Moody, Dwight Lyman
Evangelistic sermons; Evangelistic work; Sermons, American
Sometimes they go into their closet and close their door, and they get
so carried away and lifted up that they forget their trouble; but they
just take it up again the moment they get off their knees. Leave your
sorrow now; cast all your care upon Him. If you cannot come to Christ
as a saint, come as a sinner. But if you are a saint with some trouble
or care, bring it to Him. Saint and sinner, come! He wants you all.
Don't let Satan deceive you into believing that you cannot come if you
will. Christ says, "Ye will not come unto Me." With the command comes
the power.
A man in one of our meetings in Europe said he would like to come, but
he was chained, and couldn't come.
A Scotchman said to him, "Ay, man, why don't you come chain and all?"
He said, "I never thought of that."
Are you cross and peevish, and do you make things unpleasant at home?
My friend, come to Christ and ask Him to help you. Whatever the sin
is, bring it to Him.
What Does it Mean to Come?
Perhaps you say, "Mr. Moody, I wish you would tell us what it is to
come." I have given up trying to explain it. I always feel like the
colored minister who said he was going to _confound_, instead of
_expound_, the chapter.
The best definition is just--come. The more you try to explain it, the
more you are mystified. About the first thing a mother teaches her
child is to look. She takes the baby to the window, and says, "Look,
baby, papa is coming!" Then she teaches the child to come. She props
it up against a chair, and says, "Come!" and by and by the little
thing pushes the chair along towards mamma. That's coming. You don't
need to go to college to learn how. You don't need any minister to
tell you what it is. Now will you come to Christ? He said, "Him that
cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out."
When we have such a promise as this, let us cling to it, and never
give it up. Christ is not mocking us. He wants us to come with all our
sins and backslidings, and throw ourselves upon His bosom. It is our
sins God wants, not our tears only. They alone do no good. And we
cannot come through resolutions. Action is necessary. How many times
at church have we said, "I will turn over a new leaf," but the Monday
leaf is worse than the Saturday leaf.
The way to heaven is straight as a rule, but it is the way of the
cross. Don't try to get around it. Shall I tell you what the "yoke"
referred to in the text is? It is the cross which Christians must
bear. The only way by which you can find rest in this dark world is by
taking up the yoke of Christ. I do not know what it may include in
your case, beyond taking up your Christian duties, acknowledging
Christ and acting as becomes one of His disciples. Perhaps it may be
to erect a gamily altar; or to tell a godless husband that you have
made up your mind to serve God; or to tell your parents that you want
to be a Christian. Follow the will of God, and happiness and peace and
rest will come. The way of obedience is always the way of blessing.
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