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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fifth Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody
Fifth Commandment – Dwight Lyman Moody “Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” We are living in dark days on this question too. It really seems as if the days the apostle Paul wrote about are upon us: “In the […]
An Infidel Who Would not Talk Infidelity Before His Daughter – Dwight Lyman Moody
An Infidel Who Would not Talk Infidelity Before His Daughter – Dwight Lyman Moody Not long ago I went into a man’s house, and when I commenced to talk about religion he turned to his daughter and said: “You had better go out of the room; I want to say a few words to Mr. […]