The Way to God and How to Find ItMoody, Dwight Lyman
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The Way to God and How to Find It
Moody, Dwight Lyman
Evangelistic sermons; Sermons, American
Then again, Revelation xxii. 6, runs thus: "And he said unto me,
These things are faithful and true; and the Lord God of the holy
prophets sent His angel to show unto His servants the things which
must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that
keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. And I John saw
these things and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell
down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these
things. Then saith He unto me, See thou do it not; for I am thy
fellow-servant and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which
keep the sayings of this book, _worship God_."
We see here that even that angel would not allow John to worship him.
Even an angel from heaven! And if Gabriel came down here from the
presence of God it would be a sin to worship him, or any seraph, or
any cherub, or Michael, or any archangel.
"Worship God!" And if Jesus Christ were not God manifest in the flesh
we are guilty of idolatry in worshiping Him. In Matthew xiv. 33, we
read: "Then they that were in the ship came and _worshiped_ Him,
saying, Of a truth Thou art the Son of God." He did not rebuke them.
And in Matthew viii. 2, we also read: "And, behold, there came a
leper and _worshiped_ Him, saying, Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst
make me clean."
In Matthew xv. 25: "Then came she, and _worshiped_ Him, saying, Lord,
help me!"
There are many other passages; but I give these as sufficient in my
opinion to prove beyond any doubt the Divinity of our Lord.
In the 14th chapter of Acts we are told the heathen at Lystra came
with garlands and would have done sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas
because they had cured an impotent man; but the evangelists rent
their clothes and told these Lystrans that they were but men, and not
to be worshipped; as if it were a great sin. And if Jesus Christ is a
mere man, we are all guilty of a great sin in worshipping Him.
But if He is, as we believe, the only-begotten and well-beloved Son
of God, let us yield to His claims upon us; let us rest on His
all-atoning work, and go forth to serve Him all the days of our life.
CHAPTER VI.
_REPENTANCE AND RESTITUTION_.
"God commandeth all men everywhere to repent."--Acts xvii. 30.
Repentance is one of the fundamental doctrines of the Bible. Yet I
believe it is one of those truths that many people little understand
at the present day. There are more people to-day in the mist and
darkness about Repentance, Regeneration, the Atonement, and such-like
fundamental truths, than perhaps on any other doctrines. Yet from our
earliest years we have heard about them. If I were to ask for a
definition of Repentance, a great many would give a very strange and
false idea of it.
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