Wondrous Love, and other Gospel addressesMoody, Dwight Lyman
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Wondrous Love, and other Gospel addresses
Moody, Dwight Lyman
Sermons, American -- 19th century
THE RICH HUSBAND.
There was a shop-girl in Chicago, a few years ago; one day she could
not have bought a pound's worth of anything; the next day she could go
and buy a thousand pounds' worth of whatever she wanted. What made the
difference? Why, she had married a rich husband; that was all. She had
received him, and of course all he had became hers. And so we can have
power, if you only receive Christ. Remember, you can have no power
without Him; you will fail, fail constantly, until you receive Him
into your heart; and I have Scripture authority to say that Christ
will receive every soul that will only come to Him.
SEEKING A WIFE.
You know that Abraham sent his servant Eliezer a long journey to get a
wife for his son Isaac. When Eliezer had got Rebekah, he wanted to be
up and off with the young bride; but her mother and brother said, "No,
she shall wait awhile." When Eliezer was determined to go, they said,
"We will inquire of the damsel." And when Rebekah appeared, they said
to her, "Wilt thou go with this man?" That was a crisis in her life.
She could not have said "No." Undoubtedly it cost her an effort; it
would, of course, be a struggle. She had to give up her parents, home,
companions, all that she loved, and go with this stranger. But look at
her reply; she said, "I will go."
I have come to-night to get a bride for my Master. "Wilt thou go with
this man?" I can tell you one thing that Eliezer could not tell
Rebekah; he could not say, "Isaac loves you." Isaac had never seen his
bride. But I can say, "My Master loves you!"
HE GAVE HIMSELF FOR YOU.
Ah, that is love! But bear in mind, my friends, that the moment
Rebekah made up her mind to accept Isaac he became everything to her,
so that she did not feel she was giving up anything for him. Ah, what
a mistake some people make! They say, "I'd like to become a Christian
if I hadn't to give up so much." Just turn round and look at the other
side. You don't have to give up anything--you have simply to receive;
and when you have received Christ, everything else vanishes away
pretty quick. Christ fills you, so that you don't feel these things to
be worth a thought.
When a bride marries a man, it is generally love that prompts her. If
any one is here that really loves a man, is she thinking of how much
she will have to give up? No; that wouldn't be love. Love doesn't feed
upon itself, it feeds upon the person who is loved. So, my friends, it
is not by looking at what you will have to give up, but by looking at
what you will receive, that you will be enabled to accept the Saviour.
WHAT IS CHRIST TO YOU?
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