The Handwriting Blotted Out – Dwight Lyman Moody

The Handwriting Blotted Out – Dwight Lyman Moody We have now considered the Ten Commandments, and the question for each one of us is — are we keeping them? If God should weigh us by them, would we be found wanting or not wanting? Do we keep the law, the whole law? Are we obeying God with […]

The Dying Child – Dwight Lyman Moody

The Dying Child – Dwight Lyman Moody A lady had a little child that was dying. She thought it was resting sweetly in the arms of Jesus. She went into the room and the child asked her: “What are those clouds and mountains that I see so dark?” “Why, Eddy,” said his mother, “there are […]

Tenth Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody

Tenth Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.” In the twelfth chapter of Luke our Saviour lifted two danger signals. “Beware ye of the leaven […]

Sixth Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody

Sixth Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody “Thou shalt not kill.” I used to say: “What is the use of taking up a law like this in an audience where, probably, there isn’t a man who ever thought of, or ever will commit murder?” But as one gets on in years, he sees many a murder […]

Seventh Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody

Seventh Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” An English army-officer in India who had been living an impure life went around one evening to argue religion with the chaplain. During their talk the officer said: “Religion is all very well, but you must admit that there are difficulties — about the […]

Second Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody

Second Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I […]

Ninth Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody

Ninth Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.” Two out of the Ten Commandments deal with sins that find expression by the tongue — the third commandment, which forbids taking God’s name in vain, and this ninth commandment, which forbids false witness against our neighbor. This two-fold prohibition […]

Moody Asks a Few Questions – Dwight Lyman Moody

Moody Asks a Few Questions – Dwight Lyman Moody Let me ask you a question. Do you think that those gamblers, thieves, harlots, and drunkards who are trampling the ten commandments under their feet, they who have never given any respect to God’s Word or to His instructions — do you think they will be […]

Fourth Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody

Fourth Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy […]

First Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody

First Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” My friend, are you ready to be weighed against this commandment? Have you fulfilled, or are you willing to fulfil, all the requirements of this law? Put it into one of the scales, and step into the other. Is your heart […]