PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Wondrous Love, and other Gospel addresses
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899 · 52,674 words · 204 reading sections
ONENESS IN CHRIST.
Has the Blood touched you? The blood of Christ makes us one, brings us into the family of God, and enables us to cry, "Abba, Father." At the time of the American war, during the days of slavery in America, when there was much political strife and strong prejudice against the black men, especially by Irishmen, I heard a…
244 wordsSECTION 62GOD WILL JUDGE THE WORLD BY THE BLOOD.
"What have you done with that blood?" will be the great question in that day. If we make light of it, and send back an insulting message, saying we don't stand in need of it, we shall stand speechless before God's tribunal. If we make light of that blood, what is going to become of our souls?…
57 wordsSECTION 63JUSTIFICATION.
The only way a man can be brought within the family of God is by the blood, as it is said in Romans iii. 24, "Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus"; and again in Romans v. 9, "Much more then, being now _justified by His blood_, we shall be saved from wrath through Him." Jus…
220 wordsSECTION 64CONFIDENCE.
When a man is justified he can go through the world with his head erect. Satan may come to him, and say, "You are a sinner"; but the reply would be, "I know that, but God has forgiven me through Christ"; as it is written in Revelation i. 5, "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of …
196 wordsSECTION 65NO REMISSION WITHOUT BLOOD.
It is said in Hebrews ix. 22, "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission." It is utterly impossible that a man can be saved who makes light of the blood. There is no other name under heaven whereby we can be saved than the name of Christ Jesus. Are we wi…
464 wordsSECTION 66THE BLOOD HAS TWO CRIES.
It either cries for my damnation, or for my salvation. If I make light of the blood, and trample it under my feet, then it cries out for God's condemnation; but if I am sheltered behind the blood, there is no condemnation for me. God dealt in judgment with Cain; and when Pilate wanted to know what to do with Christ, he…
574 wordsSECTION 67VICTORY THROUGH THE BLOOD.
It is said of old Dr. Alexander, of Princeton Seminary, that when he parted with the students who were going to preach the gospel, he would take them by the hand, and say, "Young man, make much of the blood--make much of the blood." As I have travelled up and down Christendom I have found out that a minister who gives…
154 wordsSECTION 68MAKE MUCH OF THE BLOOD.
May God help us to make much of the blood of His Son. It cost God so much to give us this blood, and shall we try to keep it from the world which is perishing from the want of it? The world can get along without us, but not without Christ. Let us preach Christ in season and out of season. Let us go to the sick and dyin…
87 wordsSECTION 69CHRIST WILL CONQUER.
It is said of Julian the Apostate in Rome, that when he was trying to stamp out Christianity he was pierced in the side by an arrow. He pulled the arrow out, and taking a handful of blood as it flowed from the wound, threw it into the air, shouting, "THOU GALILAEAN, THOU HAST CONQUERED!" Yes, this Galilaean is going to…
246 wordsSECTION 70ROBES MADE WHITE THROUGH THE BLOOD.
In Revelation vii. 14, we read: "And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Sinner, how are you going to get your robes clean if you don't get them washed in the blood of the L…
240 wordsSECTION 71THE DYING SAINT.
An aged minister of the gospel, when dying, said, "Bring me the Bible." Putting his finger upon the verse, "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin," he said, "I die in the hope of this verse." It wasn't his fifty years' preaching, nor his long life in the Lord's service, but the blood of Christ, up…
89 wordsSECTION 72THE PRECIOUS BLOOD.
During the American war a doctor heard a man saying, "Blood, blood, blood!" The doctor thought this was because he had seen so much blood shed upon battlefields, and endeavoured to soothe his mind. The man smiled, and said, "I wasn't thinking of the blood upon the battlefield, but I was thinking how precious the blood …
137 wordsSECTION 73THE DOWN GRADE.
A stage-driver away on the Pacific coast--as I was told when I was there about three years ago--while lying on his dying bed, kept moving one of his feet up and down, saying, "I am on the down grade, and cannot reach the brake." As they told me of it, I thought how many were on the down grade, and could not reach the b…
369 wordsSECTION 74CHRIST ALL IN ALL
Read Colossians iii. 11. Christ is all in all to every one who has truly found Him. He is our Saviour, Redeemer, Deliverer, Shepherd, Teacher, and also sustains toward us many more offices, to which I desire to call your attention. 1. If we turn to Luke ii. 10, 11, we find Christ is there announced as our…
58 wordsSECTION 75SAVIOUR:
"Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David _a Saviour_, which is Christ the Lord." We learn to know Christ as our Saviour, to meet Him on Mount Calvary, to look on Him as the bleeding Lamb of God, before we know Him as our Redeemer, D…
236 wordsSECTION 76SALVATION FREE TO ALL.
I have no sympathy with those men who try to limit God's salvation to a certain few. I believe that Christ died for all who will come. I have received many letters finding fault with me, and saying I surely don't believe the doctrine of election. I do believe in election; but I have no business to preach that doctrine …
224 wordsSECTION 77REDEEMER.
Supposing I saw a man tumble into a river, and I were to jump in and rescue him, I should be a saviour to him--I should have saved him. But when I brought the man ashore, I should probably leave him, and do nothing further. But the Lord does more. He not only saves us, but He redeems us--that is, buys us back. He rans…
116 wordsSECTION 78LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES.
When I was at Richmond, U.S., the coloured people were going to have a meeting. It was the first day of their freedom. I went to the African church, and never before or since heard such bursts of native eloquence. "Mother," said one, "rejoice to-day. Your little child has been sold from you for the last time; your post…
251 wordsSECTION 79DELIVERER.
The children of Israel were not only saved and redeemed from the bondage of the Egyptians, but they were also _delivered_, that they should not be led back again into bondage. Many are afraid; they think they are not able to hold on, and therefore shrink from making a profession. But Christ is able to keep you from fal…
427 wordsSECTION 80A LEADER.
4. But now we need something more. Look back again to the children of Israel; when they had marched gloriously through the Red Sea, they had been saved, redeemed, and delivered; but was that all they required? No; they had been brought into the wilderness. What now do they need? They must have a way to go in the pathle…
162 wordsSECTION 81"I AM THE WAY."
He is the only true way, and if you want to reach the kingdom you have only to follow Him. We may be in darkness, but He is able to lead us in the right path. He is the Shepherd of His flock. He will go before us and lead us. He is calling upon us to arise and follow Him, and He will lead us by a way we know not; He wi…
86 wordsSECTION 82THE PILLAR OF CLOUD.
All that the children of Israel had to do was to follow the cloud. If the cloud rested, they rested; if the cloud moved forward, then they moved. I can imagine that the first thing Moses did, when the grey dawn of morning broke, was to look up and see if the cloud was still over the camp. By night it was a pillar of fi…
431 wordsSECTION 83HE IS OUR LIGHT.
"I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." He shall have the very "light of life." Yes, it is the privilege of every Christian to walk in an unclouded sky. But do we walk thus in an unclouded sky? No, most Christians are often in darkness. If I wer…
269 wordsSECTION 84SHINE BRIGHTLY,
to flash out of darkness, that men may take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus. But remember, the world hates the light. Christ was the light of the world, and the world sought to extinguish it at Calvary. Now He has left His people to shine. "Ye are the light of the world." He has left us here to shine. He m…
292 wordsSECTION 85REFLECTED LIGHT.
Just like the moonshine, our light is borrowed light. When we are living in the light of our Saviour we shine with His light: somewhat like the face of Moses, which shone after he had been in the mount with God. Let us live in an atmosphere of heaven, and we cannot help shining. But whenever we get downcast and weak in…
197 wordsSECTION 86GET ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
I will tell you what happened to me some time ago when I was out West. I wanted to reach the summit of one of the Western mountains. I had been told that sunrise was very beautiful when seen from the summit. We got up to the half-way house one afternoon, where we were to rest till midnight, and then set out for the top…
232 wordsSECTION 87CLIMB HIGHER
away up to the mountain peak. There you'll catch the first rays from the Sun of Righteousness far above the clouds and mists. Some of you may be in great darkness and gloom; but fear not, climb higher, get nearer to the Master, and soon you'll catch His bright rays on your own soul, and they will sparkle back upon othe…
61 wordsSECTION 88KEEP THE LOWER LIGHTS BURNING.
We must live as children of the light, not as children of the darkness. If we are dark and sorrowful, how is the world to know that we are children of peace, and joy, and gladness? Our determination must be to keep our lights burning. A few years ago, at the mouth of Cleveland harbour there were two lights, one at each…
386 wordsSECTION 89OUR TEACHER.
What a wonderful thing to have a teacher sent from heaven. "If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" (James i. 5). "If any lack wisdom": I am afraid there are a great many of us who lack wisdom, and even the best of us at times will be…
357 wordsSECTION 90THE OLD JUDGE CONVERTED.
I remember, as I was coming out of the daily prayer meeting in one of our American cities a few years ago, a lady said she wished to speak to me; her voice trembled with emotion, and I saw at once that she was heavily burdened by something or other. She said she had long been praying for her husband, and she wanted to …
958 wordsSECTION 91Part 91
If there is one here to-day whose mind is filled with such infidel thoughts, go honestly to God, and He will teach you the right way through the dark wilderness of infidelity. He won't leave you in darkness or doubt. It is the devil's own work to lead men into such doubts; well he knows if he once gets them there he ha…
129 wordsSECTION 92OUR SHEPHERD.
A very sweet thought it is to me, "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want." There is not one here, except the very babes, who does not understand the work of a shepherd. He watches over his flock, protects them from danger, feeds them, leads them into the best pastures. In fact, the 23rd Psalm is just a statement o…
338 wordsSECTION 93THE EASTERN SHEPHERD.
A friend of mine, who had been in eastern lands, told me he saw a shepherd who wanted his flock to cross a river. He went into the water himself and called them; but no, they would not follow him into the water. What did he do? Why, he girded up his loins and lifted a little lamb under each arm, and plunged right into …
427 wordsSECTION 94OUR BURDEN-BEARER.
Oh, I love to think of Him as the bearer of our burdens as well as our sin-bearer. He carries our sins, although they are more numerous than the hairs of our heads. Great and terrible as these burdens are, God has laid them all on Jesus. "O Christ, what burdens bowed Thy head! Our load was laid on Thee." That aspect …
139 wordsSECTION 95A LIGHT HEART.
On one occasion, after I had been talking this way, a woman came forward, and said, "Oh, Mr. Moody, it's all very well for you to talk like that, about a _light heart_. But you are a young man, and if you had a heavy burden like me you would talk differently. I could not talk in that way, my burden is too great." I rep…
257 wordsSECTION 96A MOTHER'S PRAYER ANSWERED.
This circumstance reminds me of a pious father and mother in our country, whose eldest son had gone to Chicago to a situation. A neighbour of theirs was in the city on some business, and he met the young man reeling along the streets drunk. He thought, "How am I to tell his parents?" When he returned to his village, he…
439 wordsSECTION 97NAAMAN THE SYRIAN
Read 2 Kings v. I wish to call your attention to a man rather than to a text; to one who was a great man in his own country, and very honourable; one whom the king delighted to honour. He stood high in position; he was captain of the host of the king of Syria; but he was a leper, and that threw a blight over his whole…
144 wordsSECTION 98NO PHYSICIAN
to help him in Syria. None of the eminent doctors in Damascus could do him any good. Neither could any in Jerusalem. There was no balm in Gilead. If he was to get rid of the leprosy, the power must come from on high. It must be some one unknown to Naaman, for he did not know God.…
58 wordsSECTION 99THE LITTLE MISSIONARY.
But I will tell you what they had in Syria--they had one of God's children there, and she was a little girl, a simple captive maid. Naaman knew nothing about her, though she was one of his household. He knew nothing about this little Israelite. I can imagine her one day as she said to Mrs. Naaman, her mistress, that th…
229 wordsSECTION 100MONEY WILL NOT BUY SALVATION.
Yes, he would give Naaman letters of introduction to the king. That's just man's idea. The notion was, that if anybody could help him, it was the king, and that the king had power both with God and man. Oh, my friends, it is a good deal better to know a man that knows God! A man acquainted with God has more power than …
348 wordsSECTION 101HE WAS THOROUGHLY IN EARNEST.
He was quite willing to go one hundred and fifty miles, and to take the advice of this little maid. A good many people say, "Oh, I don't like such and such a minister; I should like to know where he comes from, and what he has done, and whether any bishop has laid his hands on his head." My dear friends, never mind the…
229 wordsSECTION 102HUMAN PRIDE BROUGHT LOW.
But there was one drawback in Naaman's case. Though he was willing to take the advice of the little girl, he was not willing to take the remedy. The stumbling-block of pride stood in his way. The remedy the prophet offered him was a terrible blow to his pride. I have no doubt he expected a grand reception from the king…
282 wordsSECTION 103THE PROPHET'S MESSAGE.
Elisha takes it very coolly. He does not come out to see him, but as soon as he learns his errand he sends his servant to tell him to dip seven times in the river Jordan, and he shall be clean. Now that was a terrible blow to his pride. I can imagine him saying to his servant, "What did you say? Did I understand you ar…
311 wordsSECTION 104I THOUGHT.
There it is; I never knew a man yet who, when talked to about his sins, didn't always say, "Yes, but I _thought_ so and so." "Mr. Moody," they say, "I will tell you what _I think_; I will tell you _my opinion_." In the fifty-fifth chapter of Isaiah it says, "God's thoughts are not our thoughts, nor His ways our ways." …
403 wordsSECTION 105THE SIMPLE REMEDY.
Whilst Naaman was thus wavering in his mind, and thinking on what was best to be done, one of his servants drew near and made a very sensible remark: "My lord, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?" Yes, and ther…
409 wordsSECTION 106FOOLISH QUESTIONS.
I recollect once praying with a man for his conversion, and just when I thought conviction had been brought home to him, he turned round and said, "Who do you think Melchisedek was, Mr. Moody?" And then I have had others who, when I have been praying with them that their sins might be taken away, would turn round and a…
117 wordsSECTION 107UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
Well, at last Naaman's will was conquered, and subdued, and broken; and he had faith, and he surrendered. I recollect when General Grant was besieging a town which was the stronghold of the Southern Confederacy, some of the officers sent word that they would leave the city if he would let them go with their men. But Ge…
144 wordsSECTION 108OBEDIENCE.
So he goes down to the river and takes the first dip, and as he comes up, I can imagine him looking at himself, and saying to his servant, "There, there I am, no better than I was when I went in. If one-seventh of the leprosy was gone, I should be content." Well, down he goes a second time, and he comes up puffing and …
740 wordsSECTION 109I KNOW.
There is no hesitation about it, no qualifying the expression. Naaman doesn't now say, "I think"; no, he says, "I know there is a God who has power to forgive sins and to cleanse the leprosy." Then there is another thought. Naaman left only one thing in Samaria, and that was his sin, his leprosy; and the only thing Go…
284 wordsSECTION 110WHERE WILL YOU BE A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE?"
Young man, just ask yourself the question, "Where shall I be?" Some of you who are getting on in years may be in eternity ten years hence. Where will you be, on the left or the right hand of God? I cannot tell your feelings, but I can my own. A hundred years hence all this vast audience will be gone. Some will probabl…
111 wordsSECTION 111THE CONVERTED NOBLEMAN.
I heard the other day of a man who came a few years ago from the Continent, and brought letters with him to eminent physicians from the Emperor. And the letters said, "This man is a personal friend of mine, and we are afraid he is going to lose his reason; do all you can for him." So the doctor asked him if he had lost…
305 wordsSECTION 112DECIDE NOW.
At our church in Chicago I was closing the meeting one day, when a young soldier got up and entreated the people to decide for Christ at once. He said he had just come from a dark scene. A comrade of his, he said, who had enlisted with him, had a father who was always entreating him to become a Christian, and in reply …
291 wordsSECTION 113ONE WORD--"GOSPEL"
Read 1 Cor. xv. 1 I shall take for my text the one word "gospel." I do not think there is a word in the English language that is so little understood in this Christian land of England as this very word "gospel." We have heard it from our earliest childhood up. There is not a day, and with many of us not an hour during…
336 wordsSECTION 114THE BEST NEWS IN THE WORLD.
No better news ever came out of heaven than the gospel. No better news ever fell upon the ears of the family of man than the gospel. Hark! hear those shepherds talking to one another after the angels had gone away. They believed the message, and they were full of joy. You can see them on the way now to Bethlehem. They …
532 wordsSECTION 115POOR AMBASSADORS.
We are very poor ambassadors and messengers; but never mind the messenger, take hold of the message--that is what you want. If a boy brought me good news to-night, I would not care about the look of the boy; I would not care whether he was black or white, learned or unlearned. The message is what would do me good. A gr…
101 wordsSECTION 116CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS.
Paul says in this fifteenth chapter of the 1st of Corinthians what the gospel is. He says, "I declare unto you the gospel." And the first thing he states in the declaration to these Corinthians is this: "Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures." That was the old-fashioned gospel. I hope we never will get a…
152 wordsSECTION 117CHRIST RISEN.
He burst asunder the bands of death. Death could not hold Him. I can imagine, when they laid Him in Joseph's sepulchre, if our eyes could have been there, we should have seen Death sitting over that sepulchre, saying, "I have Him; He is my victim. He said He was the resurrection and the life. Now I have hold of Him in …
282 wordsSECTION 118OUR SUBSTITUTE,
as our Redeemer; and the moment we accept of Him as our Saviour and our Redeemer, then it is that we become partakers of the gospel. The moment I believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as my substitute, as my Saviour, that moment I get light and peace. I know some people say, "Oh, it is not Christ's death, it is Christ's lif…
147 wordsSECTION 119PERSONAL REMINISCENCES.
The reason I like the gospel is, that it has taken out of my path the worst enemies I ever had. My mind rolls back to twenty years ago, before I was converted, and I think very often how dark it used to seem at times as I thought of the future. There was death--what a terrible enemy it seemed! I was brought up in a lit…
437 wordsSECTION 120THE FEAR OF DEATH.
If a man is in Christ, let death come. Suppose death should come stealing up into this pulpit, and should lay his cold, icy hand upon my heart, and it should cease to throb; I should rise to another world, and should be present with the King. I should be absent from the body, but present with the Lord. That is not bad …
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