WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.080 Well, folks, it's been really enjoyable today. I've gotten to know folks I hadn't met before, and I've reconnected with others who I have. 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:17.500 So I'd like just to speak to you from that passage, both passages, really. 00:00:17.500 --> 00:00:29.000 But if you start, if you look with me at Matthew chapter 9, if I use the illustration of a sandwich earlier to look at the Great Commission, 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.939 for those of us who are a bit older, if I could use the illustration of a television. 00:00:34.380 --> 00:00:41.079 Now, those of us who remember television before cable, that you had to adjust the television set, 00:00:41.620 --> 00:00:45.060 and you had to adjust the television set in two different ways. 00:00:45.060 --> 00:00:49.980 You had the horizontal, because you didn't really want your TV to go up and down like that. 00:00:50.340 --> 00:00:56.519 So you wanted the picture to stay, and you also had to adjust the vertical so it was kind of in the center of the screen. 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:03.840 Maybe I might have got those wrong, but if we keep that in mind, the television, the horizontal and the vertical, 00:01:05.219 --> 00:01:08.180 Jesus here is ministering. 00:01:08.740 --> 00:01:11.439 Now, in a sense, the ministry of Jesus is unique. 00:01:11.620 --> 00:01:13.140 He does things we can't do. 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:14.859 He has power. 00:01:14.980 --> 00:01:15.920 He has authority. 00:01:16.300 --> 00:01:19.300 He has the capacity that we don't. 00:01:19.299 --> 00:01:30.099 But if you look at this passage, we hear in Matthew chapter 9 that Jesus encounters people who are sick. 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:31.899 They're afflicted. 00:01:32.140 --> 00:01:33.620 They're harassed. 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:34.780 They're helpless. 00:01:35.379 --> 00:01:36.620 They're very vulnerable. 00:01:36.819 --> 00:01:39.259 They're described as sheep without a shepherd. 00:01:39.260 --> 00:01:43.240 Now, Jesus then turns to his disciples and says, 00:01:43.460 --> 00:01:48.920 The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 00:01:50.060 --> 00:01:55.040 So, one key to our mission, one key to ministry, 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:57.820 and each one of us has ministry. 00:01:58.200 --> 00:01:59.840 Each one of us is on a mission. 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:02.640 It begins with how you see. 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:09.659 Now, my afternoon activity, I went into the pool and into the sauna, the whirlpool. 00:02:09.819 --> 00:02:10.000 Great. 00:02:10.259 --> 00:02:14.680 But one problem with that is I have to take my glasses off, and I can't really see anything. 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:19.199 So, I was surrounded by people, and I'm sorry, do I know who is this, Paul? 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:21.240 I can't really see you clearly, but you look like. 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:25.840 But when I put my glasses back on, I can see things clearly. 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:33.340 Jesus sees harassed and helpless and vulnerable and sick and afflicted people, 00:02:33.580 --> 00:02:36.860 and he concludes that the harvest is plentiful. 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:41.460 What do we conclude when we see the same thing? 00:02:42.379 --> 00:02:45.860 Do we conclude that today is a day of opportunity? 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:52.620 Today is a day where the Lord has placed us exactly where he wants us to be 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:55.240 and exactly where we want to be. 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:58.780 There are so many people who don't know about Jesus. 00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:00.860 Isn't that a great opportunity? 00:03:01.480 --> 00:03:04.560 There are so many people who don't have the first idea. 00:03:05.420 --> 00:03:10.820 So, it all depends upon your perception, your point of view. 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:13.280 A couple books that I'm going to commend to you. 00:03:13.340 --> 00:03:17.820 If you like small books, short books, two books by Roger Carswell. 00:03:18.140 --> 00:03:21.540 If you're called to preach, or if you ever have the opportunity to preach, 00:03:21.539 --> 00:03:26.500 definitely purchase, this is from the publishing house, ten of them, 00:03:26.900 --> 00:03:27.979 evangelistic preaching. 00:03:28.079 --> 00:03:29.759 Very short book, very good. 00:03:30.359 --> 00:03:32.259 The book I'm going to quote from now is called, 00:03:32.399 --> 00:03:33.879 And Some Evangelists. 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:36.859 That passage from Ephesians chapter 4, 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:41.060 where the Apostle Paul is describing the various offices within the church. 00:03:41.060 --> 00:03:49.840 But Carswell is great because he takes examples from history about what evangelism looks like. 00:03:50.340 --> 00:03:53.000 And he takes us back 250 years. 00:03:53.740 --> 00:03:59.420 And we're told that a man called John Wesley traveled for the first time to Newcastle. 00:04:00.020 --> 00:04:02.599 And he entered this in his journal. 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:31.480 At this juncture, Roger Carswell interrupts the narrative and says, 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:38.480 Our natural reaction would be to complete the sentence by words such as hell or judgment. 00:04:39.460 --> 00:04:40.980 But Wesley saw things differently. 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:50.540 Surely this place is ripe for him who came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:57.120 I don't know about you, but I find that there's a lot of sinners in the city of Edinburgh. 00:04:57.500 --> 00:04:59.840 There's a lot of sinners who are in need of repentance. 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:03.279 And if that's the message in the ministry of Jesus, 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:10.139 then it does seem like God has placed us in the right place at the right time with the right message. 00:05:10.739 --> 00:05:15.139 But do we look at people the same way that Jesus looks at people? 00:05:15.219 --> 00:05:16.679 Do we look at people with compassion? 00:05:16.799 --> 00:05:18.239 Do we look at people with concern? 00:05:18.579 --> 00:05:23.819 Do we look at people and want to do something for them 00:05:23.819 --> 00:05:28.479 that will benefit them in time and in eternity? 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:30.400 So is there a love? 00:05:30.400 --> 00:05:34.100 And this is where we have the horizontal, our horizontal relationships. 00:05:34.500 --> 00:05:37.300 Is there a love that we have for people? 00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:39.500 And that can take many different forms. 00:05:39.939 --> 00:05:44.000 So we can show compassion, concern for their physical well-being, 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:45.340 their emotional well-being. 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:50.259 But as Christians, surely we have a care for people's spiritual well-being, 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:54.800 where they will be for the rest of eternity. 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:58.520 So John Wesley goes into Newcastle, and we're told, 00:05:58.660 --> 00:06:01.759 as that passage continues in his journal, 00:06:02.620 --> 00:06:04.300 he said he began by singing. 00:06:04.900 --> 00:06:07.980 He chose a place on one of the street corners in Newcastle. 00:06:08.100 --> 00:06:10.860 He began singing Psalm 100, 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:12.360 All People That On Earth Do Dwell. 00:06:13.019 --> 00:06:17.580 He said within a few moments, a couple hundred people gathered. 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:20.340 They were quite curious to see what was happening. 00:06:20.339 --> 00:06:22.199 And he said, my name is John Wesley, 00:06:22.539 --> 00:06:27.679 and I will preach to you the gospel, the good news concerning Jesus Christ. 00:06:28.459 --> 00:06:33.359 And thousands of people in those few days came to hear Wesley preach 00:06:33.359 --> 00:06:36.559 the good news concerning Jesus Christ. 00:06:37.479 --> 00:06:40.079 Another book I want to commend to you is, 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:42.519 this is the most recent of many biographies, 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:45.079 but this is Kevin Belmonte, D.L. Moody, 00:06:45.579 --> 00:06:48.859 innovator, evangelist, world changer. 00:06:49.939 --> 00:06:52.719 Now, Moody, great quotation from Moody. 00:06:53.579 --> 00:06:56.339 He said, if this world is going to be reached, 00:06:57.259 --> 00:07:01.219 I am convinced that it must be done by men and women of average talent. 00:07:01.799 --> 00:07:08.240 After all, there are comparatively few people in the world who have great talents. 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:13.980 So, if we can take for granted that there are many people in the city of Edinburgh 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:16.819 who are sinners in need of repentance, 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:23.040 and that we as Christians have the one and the only message of salvation 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:27.199 found in the one and the only Savior of the world that, 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.220 remember those words from John chapter 4, 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:34.379 the Samaritans came to believe for themselves by speaking with Jesus 00:07:34.379 --> 00:07:37.480 that he is indeed the Savior of the world. 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.240 If that's true of the city of Edinburgh, 00:07:40.579 --> 00:07:43.839 I think what Moody is getting at here is true of this room, 00:07:44.339 --> 00:07:47.699 that I'm speaking to a room of men and women 00:07:47.699 --> 00:07:51.279 with average, ordinary talents. 00:07:51.699 --> 00:07:53.620 There may be some extraordinary people here, 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:55.719 and if there are, by all means, 00:07:55.819 --> 00:07:57.980 use your extraordinary gifts and talents. 00:07:57.980 --> 00:08:00.640 But if this world is going to be reached, 00:08:01.200 --> 00:08:07.300 God uses ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things. 00:08:07.980 --> 00:08:10.340 The first scene of this book, 00:08:10.860 --> 00:08:14.140 this was written by a man called William Reynolds. 00:08:14.340 --> 00:08:16.780 He was a gospel worker in Chicago, 00:08:17.460 --> 00:08:20.939 and in the very early career of D.L. Moody, 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:24.379 he encountered this new young man who had come from the East. 00:08:25.300 --> 00:08:26.340 And this was his impression. 00:08:26.339 --> 00:08:29.519 He said, the first meeting I ever saw Moody 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:34.000 was in the little old shanty abandoned by a saloon keeper. 00:08:34.699 --> 00:08:37.759 You see, Moody set up shop in Chicago, 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:39.679 and he set up a Sabbath school. 00:08:40.419 --> 00:08:41.539 You see, he wasn't a minister. 00:08:42.199 --> 00:08:44.299 He wasn't the Reverend D.L. Moody. 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:45.779 He was always Mr. Moody. 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:47.939 And if he was asked to describe himself, 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:51.559 he would describe himself as a Sabbath school worker from Chicago. 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:54.939 And the Sabbath school at that particular juncture 00:08:54.939 --> 00:08:58.819 was in a district of Chicago known as Little Hell, 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:01.500 which gives you an idea of the clientele. 00:09:02.059 --> 00:09:02.859 But he said, 00:09:02.939 --> 00:09:06.899 I saw a man standing up with a few tallow candles around him, 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:12.799 holding a Negro boy and trying to read him the story of the prodigal son. 00:09:13.539 --> 00:09:17.679 A great many of the words he could not make out and had to skip. 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:23.339 I thought, if the Lord can ever use such an instrument as that, 00:09:23.719 --> 00:09:25.219 it will astonish me. 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.139 After that meeting was over, Moody said, 00:09:28.239 --> 00:09:30.759 Reynolds, I have only got one talent. 00:09:31.339 --> 00:09:32.699 I have no education, 00:09:33.199 --> 00:09:36.179 but I love the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:09:36.439 --> 00:09:39.459 and I want to do something for him. 00:09:39.460 --> 00:09:45.300 So if you think of that television with the vertical and the horizontal, 00:09:46.400 --> 00:09:49.740 can we agree that we love the Lord Jesus 00:09:49.740 --> 00:09:52.740 and that we want to do something for him? 00:09:53.460 --> 00:09:56.320 And can we likewise agree that we love people 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:58.759 and we want to do something for them? 00:09:59.500 --> 00:10:01.920 So if you have these two perspectives, 00:10:02.460 --> 00:10:05.420 the vertical relationship with God through Jesus, 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:06.720 and we love Jesus, 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:09.420 we love him because he first loved us. 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:12.560 And we have a love and a compassion for people 00:10:12.560 --> 00:10:17.220 because we realize that they are just where we once were. 00:10:17.920 --> 00:10:20.399 They don't know or they haven't heard. 00:10:20.540 --> 00:10:21.899 Nobody's taking the time. 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:26.480 Nobody's made the effort to tell or to share or to show. 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:30.700 And whether it's youth work in the north of Edinburgh, 00:10:30.899 --> 00:10:34.259 whether it's prayer ministry in Midlothian, 00:10:34.259 --> 00:10:38.399 whether it's running a Christianity Explored 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:41.799 or an outreach event in Costa Coffee in Brunsfield, 00:10:42.419 --> 00:10:46.840 the venue, the circumstance is secondary. 00:10:47.580 --> 00:10:50.200 But if those two loves are there, 00:10:50.740 --> 00:10:53.600 love to God, love through Christ, 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:55.019 and love to people, 00:10:55.019 --> 00:11:00.100 then God will use you and me 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:04.720 to accomplish his plan and his purpose. 00:11:05.419 --> 00:11:08.240 Let me just give you an insight into this man called D.L. Moody. 00:11:08.319 --> 00:11:11.100 D.L. Moody was not well educated. 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:13.500 He left school at the age of 10, 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:16.519 fourth grade, maybe third grade. 00:11:17.199 --> 00:11:19.519 He left school at a young age. 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:22.500 And when he came to Boston, 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:23.460 before he went to Chicago, 00:11:23.460 --> 00:11:24.320 he went to Boston, 00:11:24.560 --> 00:11:26.259 his desire was to make a fortune. 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:29.759 And he was one of the best shoe salesmen 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:32.680 that Boston and then later Chicago ever saw. 00:11:33.060 --> 00:11:35.080 He had a natural way with people. 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:38.879 He began attending a local YMCA. 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:41.639 And he attended a Sunday school class. 00:11:41.680 --> 00:11:42.940 And his Sunday school teacher 00:11:42.940 --> 00:11:45.400 was a man called Edward Kimball. 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:50.340 Now, Kimball described Moody in these ways. 00:11:50.340 --> 00:12:20.320 He says, 00:12:20.340 --> 00:12:30.600 Now, if you're a parent with a child 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:33.120 and the Sunday school teacher gives a report 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:34.120 and says, 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:45.340 This was the man D.L. Moody. 00:12:45.340 --> 00:12:46.680 of not only coming to know, 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:50.700 let alone coming to serve in any meaningful way. 00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:54.019 This was the man D.L. Moody. 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:56.000 Uneducated, 00:12:56.940 --> 00:12:57.800 untrained. 00:12:57.980 --> 00:13:00.120 He was brought up in a Unitarian household. 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:03.120 Unitarians do not believe in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 00:13:03.680 --> 00:13:06.720 They don't believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:08.060 or the Savior of the world. 00:13:08.059 --> 00:13:13.819 And yet, D.L. Moody came to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 00:13:14.459 --> 00:13:22.079 And he described his conversion in this way. 00:13:22.699 --> 00:13:23.019 He said, 00:13:23.119 --> 00:13:27.819 It was the love of God that broke my heart years ago. 00:13:27.820 --> 00:13:31.800 And it was the love of God that he preached 00:13:31.800 --> 00:13:34.400 and shared from that time forward. 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:37.000 Now, I said that in many ways, 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:39.520 D.L. Moody is an ordinary person. 00:13:39.640 --> 00:13:40.860 Well, he's extraordinary. 00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:44.820 It's estimated that he personally led 00:13:44.820 --> 00:13:48.400 70,000 people to faith. 00:13:48.780 --> 00:13:51.160 One of his great gifts was personal evangelism, 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:52.539 one-to-one evangelism, 00:13:52.839 --> 00:13:55.339 speaking to people about their souls. 00:13:55.659 --> 00:13:58.319 It was said that people would say of D.L. Moody, 00:13:58.719 --> 00:14:02.740 he spoke to me as if my soul mattered. 00:14:04.219 --> 00:14:05.360 On a train, 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:07.279 in the streets, 00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:10.639 he made it a personal commitment 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:13.059 that he would speak to at least one person 00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:14.559 every day 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:16.539 before he went to bed. 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:19.059 One of the early biographies of Moody 00:14:19.059 --> 00:14:20.100 was simply described, 00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:21.420 Love the Men, 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:24.379 the Life and Theology of D.L. Moody. 00:14:25.060 --> 00:14:25.980 And he said this, 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:27.840 If you can really make a man believe 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:28.899 that you love him, 00:14:29.460 --> 00:14:31.639 you have won him. 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:33.940 We might not have 00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:36.040 the depth of theology 00:14:36.040 --> 00:14:37.879 or the depth of understanding. 00:14:38.060 --> 00:14:40.240 We might not be able to answer the objections 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:42.120 or answer the questions. 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:45.660 But if you have a genuine love for Jesus 00:14:45.660 --> 00:14:48.500 and a genuine love for people, 00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:52.120 just wait to see what God can do. 00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:55.500 Just wait to see how God can use you 00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:56.779 or use me. 00:14:57.179 --> 00:14:58.799 Not because of who we are, 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:01.960 but because of whom we serve. 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:05.919 Of who we introduce people to. 00:15:06.580 --> 00:15:08.799 So this man of fourth grade education, 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:11.679 this man came in his lifetime. 00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:12.500 He was converted. 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:15.659 He began attending the YMCA 00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:16.620 at the age of 17. 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:18.279 He became a Christian 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:19.940 at the age of 18. 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.120 And interesting, 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:23.000 this same Kimball. 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:24.779 Kimball's Sunday school class, 00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:26.480 he was saying to himself, 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:26.899 he said, 00:15:27.299 --> 00:15:30.059 he felt that not one member 00:15:30.059 --> 00:15:31.559 of his Sunday school class 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:33.480 was a Christian, 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:35.720 had come to a faith in Jesus. 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:38.139 And as a Sunday school teacher, 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:39.220 this vexed him. 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.759 This concerned him. 00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:42.820 He felt that he had to do something. 00:15:43.300 --> 00:15:44.779 So he was committed 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:47.420 to speak to each member of his class. 00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:49.100 So if you're here 00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:50.440 and you're working 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:53.320 and serving within the youth ministry, 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:55.000 the Sunday school ministry, 00:15:55.540 --> 00:15:56.519 North Edinburgh, 00:15:56.660 --> 00:15:57.639 wherever it might be, 00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.940 and sometimes you feel 00:15:58.940 --> 00:16:00.639 as if you're making no impact, 00:16:01.180 --> 00:16:02.820 or if your efforts, 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:03.940 your prayers, 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:06.160 your teaching is in vain. 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:08.199 Listen to this scene. 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:09.659 Kimball said, 00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:11.539 I determined to speak to him 00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:13.299 about Christ and about his soul. 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:16.000 So he went down to Holton's shoe store, 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.980 where Moody was working. 00:16:17.459 --> 00:16:18.819 When I was nearly there, 00:16:18.899 --> 00:16:20.079 I began to wonder 00:16:20.079 --> 00:16:21.839 whether I ought to go in 00:16:21.839 --> 00:16:23.899 just then during business hours. 00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:26.199 I thought that possibly my call 00:16:26.199 --> 00:16:27.659 might embarrass the boy. 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:30.059 And that when I went away, 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:32.699 the other clerks might ask who I was 00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:34.000 and taunt him with my efforts 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:36.280 of trying to make him a good boy. 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.200 In the meantime, 00:16:37.420 --> 00:16:38.440 I had passed the store 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:39.360 and discovering this, 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:41.160 I determined to make a dash for it 00:16:41.160 --> 00:16:42.960 and have it over at once. 00:16:43.540 --> 00:16:45.800 I found Moody in the back part 00:16:45.800 --> 00:16:47.520 of the building wrapping up shoes. 00:16:48.020 --> 00:16:49.200 I went up to him at once, 00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:50.860 putting my hand on his shoulder. 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:53.200 I made what I afterward thought 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:55.540 was a very weak plea for Christ. 00:16:56.040 --> 00:16:58.120 I don't know just what words I used, 00:16:58.200 --> 00:16:59.820 nor could Mr. Moody tell. 00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:03.540 I simply told him of Christ's love for him 00:17:03.540 --> 00:17:06.779 and the love that Christ wanted in return. 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:07.980 There's a theme here, isn't there? 00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:13.380 That that was all there was. 00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:15.860 It seemed the young man 00:17:15.860 --> 00:17:17.900 was just ready for the light 00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:20.160 that then broke upon him. 00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:23.680 And there, in the back of the store in Boston, 00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:27.500 he gave himself and his life to Christ. 00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:32.880 It's estimated that in his ministry, 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:35.420 he lived to the age of 62, 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:38.619 he became a Christian at the age of 18, 00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:41.000 that he personally preached 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.660 to 100 million people. 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:49.160 He was persuaded that God was calling him 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:53.000 and his generation to reach their generation, 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:55.660 the whole of their generation, 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.460 for Jesus. 00:17:58.660 --> 00:18:00.079 Now, we will have to say 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.220 that they did not succeed 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:03.539 in reaching their whole generation 00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:06.400 by the end of the 19th century. 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:08.180 The work still goes on. 00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:11.279 But 100 million is not a bad start 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:14.200 for someone with a fourth grade education. 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:17.460 He came to the United Kingdom 00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:18.319 on several journeys, 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:20.500 but his first trip was in 1872, 00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:23.019 and he did not come as a preacher. 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.640 He was not advertised. 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:25.980 He was little known. 00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:28.240 But he was invited to a church 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:29.500 in North London. 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:32.819 And just to give you a flavor 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:34.299 of these early years, 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:37.180 he said when Moody preached in the morning, 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:40.039 he felt there was a dullness 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:41.000 or a heaviness. 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:43.640 He then preached that evening. 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:45.299 He said it could not have been 00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:46.420 more radically different. 00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:48.700 It seemed as if the very atmosphere 00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:50.819 was charged with the Spirit of God. 00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:52.819 There was a hush from heaven 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.779 upon the people, 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:55.220 and by his own admission, 00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:57.140 he hadn't been much in prayer that day. 00:18:57.580 --> 00:18:58.920 And as was his custom, 00:18:59.019 --> 00:19:00.259 he concluded his sermon 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.500 by asking any 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:03.380 who wished to become Christians 00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:04.240 to rise, 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:06.140 and so he could pray for them. 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.880 Almost all at once, 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:09.080 scores of people stood. 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.680 It seemed like the whole audience 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.160 had risen. 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:12.620 Moody thought, 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:14.460 they must not have understood me. 00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:16.319 They didn't know what I meant 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:17.519 when I gave an invitation 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:18.740 for seekers to stand. 00:19:18.939 --> 00:19:19.259 Surely, 00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.939 that is what has just happened. 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:23.099 So he thought to put the invitation 00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:23.799 more clearly, 00:19:23.919 --> 00:19:24.619 and repeated it. 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:27.279 All those who want to become Christians, 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.460 he said, 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:30.139 just step into the inquiry room. 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.240 At this, 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:32.720 most of the sanctuary emptied. 00:19:33.439 --> 00:19:34.679 Virtually everyone present 00:19:34.679 --> 00:19:36.039 went to the inquiry room. 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:37.419 There were so many people 00:19:37.419 --> 00:19:38.220 that extra chairs 00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:39.179 had to be brought in. 00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.859 Neither the local minister 00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:41.939 nor Moody could believe it. 00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:43.039 They had never seen 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:44.720 God saved by hundreds. 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:46.259 Once more, 00:19:46.360 --> 00:19:47.700 Moody thought he had been misunderstood. 00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:50.160 He asked those that really wanted 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:51.220 to become Christians 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:52.160 to rise. 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.039 Again, 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:54.600 the whole audience stood. 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:57.519 Moody truly had no idea 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.079 what to do, 00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.720 so again, 00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.640 he played it safe 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.680 and told all those 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:02.079 who were really in earnest 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:03.500 to meet the pastor there 00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:05.079 the next night. 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.539 By that evening, 00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.299 he was in Dublin. 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:10.120 Over the next week, 00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:11.819 400 people were added 00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:13.000 to that church 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.779 as members. 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.779 What does this say? 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.460 This says that God 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.620 takes instruments 00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:20.880 of ordinary ability 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:22.720 but uses them 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:24.779 in an extraordinary capacity. 00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.220 Why? 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:27.339 Because there is a powerful 00:20:27.339 --> 00:20:29.880 and a palpable love. 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:32.000 A love that Moody had 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:33.220 for his Savior Jesus 00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:35.240 and a love that Moody had 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.880 for people. 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:38.920 How can we translate this love 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:40.600 into our own circumstance? 00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:42.240 How can we take the love 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.259 that we have for Jesus? 00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.460 Jesus. 00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:45.339 Because we do love Jesus. 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:47.619 We love him for who he is. 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:49.619 We love him for what he has done. 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:53.039 We love him because he first loved us. 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:55.119 And we love people. 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.819 We love our families. 00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.140 We love our friends. 00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.480 We love our neighbors. 00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:02.000 We love the people in Brunsfield. 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:03.559 We love our friends. 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.299 We love our great care 00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.279 and our great concern 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:07.019 is so many people 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:10.420 do not know the same Jesus. 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:13.140 That they do not love the same Jesus. 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:14.200 That they are not aware 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:16.680 of his love for them. 00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.619 So, 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.920 as Jesus sees 00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:22.579 these harassed 00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.700 and helpless people, 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:25.759 as he sees these sick 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:27.059 and afflicted people, 00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:29.039 he asks us to do two things. 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.420 He says, 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.599 the harvest is plentiful, 00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:32.119 but the laborers are few. 00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.319 So, 00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:33.899 he asks us to focus our vision 00:21:33.899 --> 00:21:34.779 on what we see, 00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:36.299 to see what we see. 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:36.920 And then he says, 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.420 pray. 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.359 Therefore, 00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:39.899 pray earnestly 00:21:39.899 --> 00:21:41.799 to the Lord of the harvest 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:44.159 to send out laborers 00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:47.039 into his harvest. 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:53.119 The scene 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.399 from later 00:21:54.399 --> 00:21:55.440 in Moody's ministry. 00:21:56.659 --> 00:21:57.720 He was in London 00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.420 at the time 00:21:58.420 --> 00:22:00.159 and several local clergymen 00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:01.159 asked to meet with him. 00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.920 Vickers in the Church of England. 00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.639 They wanted to know 00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:06.899 why this poorly educated American 00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:08.240 was so effective 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.980 in winning people 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.920 to Christ. 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.539 And they said, 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.079 Mr. Moody, 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:15.599 can you explain this to us? 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:17.980 And at that point, 00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.799 he took the men 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.719 to the window 00:22:19.719 --> 00:22:20.740 of the hotel room 00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:22.019 where they were meeting. 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:24.000 And he asked them 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.799 what they saw 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:26.059 as they looked out the window. 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.719 And one by one, 00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:29.019 the men described the people 00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.919 in the park below. 00:22:31.419 --> 00:22:32.559 Then one of them stopped 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:32.879 and said, 00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.679 Mr. Moody, 00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:35.500 what do you see? 00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.659 And he said, 00:22:37.939 --> 00:22:38.599 I see countless 00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.779 thousands of souls 00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.819 that will one day 00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.599 spend eternity 00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:44.299 in hell 00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:45.619 if they do not 00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.599 find the Savior. 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:49.439 They saw the same scene. 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.539 They were looking 00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.859 at the same park. 00:22:52.199 --> 00:22:53.219 They were observing 00:22:53.219 --> 00:22:54.599 the same people. 00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:55.779 And yet, 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.939 this man saw something 00:22:57.939 --> 00:23:00.179 that they didn't see. 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.359 And what he saw 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:04.099 moved him to tears, 00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.799 moved him to prayer, 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.459 moved him to preach, 00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:09.119 moved him to witness. 00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:11.699 Each one of you 00:23:11.699 --> 00:23:12.559 has people 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:14.059 in your life, 00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.939 unique circles 00:23:15.939 --> 00:23:16.639 of people 00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.919 that you have 00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:19.079 relationships with, 00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:20.379 friendships with, 00:23:20.719 --> 00:23:21.699 rapport with, 00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:23.019 people that you can 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.719 talk to, 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.519 people that you can 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.259 talk with, 00:23:25.699 --> 00:23:26.479 people that you can 00:23:26.479 --> 00:23:27.239 pray for, 00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.059 people that you can 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.819 pray with. 00:23:29.639 --> 00:23:30.559 Now, you might never 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.579 have the opportunity 00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.359 of preaching 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.659 in a pulpit. 00:23:33.739 --> 00:23:34.459 You may never have 00:23:34.459 --> 00:23:35.039 an opportunity 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.659 of preaching 00:23:35.659 --> 00:23:36.519 to a multitude. 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:38.359 But what would 00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.759 Edinburgh be like 00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:42.279 if each one of us 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:44.920 witnessed to the 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:47.059 gospel to the 00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:48.339 closest five people 00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:50.019 in our family group, 00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.960 our friends group? 00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:52.000 If we committed 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:53.779 to pray that God 00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.839 would speak to their 00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.319 heart? 00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.240 What would happen 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:59.720 if one by one, 00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.480 ten by ten, 00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.299 hundred by hundred, 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.359 what would happen 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:05.139 if we saw God work 00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:06.139 in the city of Edinburgh? 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.940 As he has in the past 00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:09.400 and as he can do 00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.079 in the future. 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:12.299 And where men and 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.539 women, young and old, 00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.599 people who have no 00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.500 connection with any 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.259 church, let alone 00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.359 your church or my 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:18.879 church, where they 00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:20.019 meet with followers 00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:21.079 of Jesus and they 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.039 meet with passionate 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:23.039 people who have a 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:24.559 passionate love for 00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.559 their Savior Jesus 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.220 and a passionate love 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:28.440 for them as people. 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:30.099 And we pray 00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:32.480 and we witness 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:34.660 and we seek to 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:36.000 demonstrate the love 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.740 that we have 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:39.440 for Jesus Christ. 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:42.180 At the end of 00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.960 Moody's life, 00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.960 he was 62 years 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.480 of age, 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.000 he had what 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.920 we would describe 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:50.240 as congestive 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.980 heart failure. 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.559 He was a large 00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.799 man and his heart 00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:56.059 simply gave up. 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.920 It was November 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.920 the 16th, 00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.839 1899, 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.799 not long before 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.480 the end 00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.740 of the century. 00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.700 He chose a passage 00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.519 to preach from 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.319 Luke's gospel, 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.480 Luke chapter 14, 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:09.019 the parable of the 00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.740 great banquet. 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.220 It was the last time 00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.940 he ever preached. 00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.420 He was in Kansas 00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.980 City and he said 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.500 this, he said, 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.539 many of you will get 00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.299 up and go out 00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.039 of this hall, 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.400 making light 00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.980 of the preacher, 00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.619 laughing at 00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.180 everything you 00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.559 have heard, 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.500 paying no attention 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.319 to the invitation. 00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.900 I beg of you, 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.619 do not make light 00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.640 of this invitation. 00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:29.359 It is a loving God 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:30.240 that invites you. 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.940 He painted 00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:33.140 one last word picture. 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.740 What would it be 00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.559 like, he wondered, 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.839 if everyone there 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.599 that night were 00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:37.259 to accept 00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:38.259 heaven's invitation? 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.460 What words 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.099 would they say? 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.680 Perhaps 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:42.059 they would run 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.039 something like this. 00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:44.740 to the king of heaven, 00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.980 while sitting in 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.879 the convention hall 00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.700 on November the 00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.980 16th, 1899, 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.779 I received a 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.779 pressing invitation 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.539 from one of your 00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.879 servants to be 00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.700 present at the 00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.519 marriage supper 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.740 of your only 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.720 begotten son. 00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:59.159 I hastened to 00:25:59.159 --> 00:26:00.559 reply, by the 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.759 grace of God, 00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.700 I will be 00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.500 present. 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.579 It's an 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:06.859 interesting 00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.420 coincidence. 00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.279 The last sermon 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.460 that D.L. 00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.339 Moody preached 00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.519 on the parable 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.879 of the great 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.240 banquet, 00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:13.880 compelled them 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.480 to come in, 00:26:14.840 --> 00:26:15.940 was the most 00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:17.740 effective sermon 00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.360 by his own 00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.160 estimation that 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.060 C.S.C.H. 00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.800 Spurgeon ever 00:26:20.800 --> 00:26:21.280 preached. 00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:22.780 Spurgeon was a 00:26:22.780 --> 00:26:23.340 much different 00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:23.940 preacher than 00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.180 Moody. 00:26:24.300 --> 00:26:24.980 He was a 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.680 settled preacher 00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.220 of a settled 00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.960 congregation. 00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.440 If you like 00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.000 statistics, 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:31.540 during Spurgeon's 00:26:31.540 --> 00:26:32.960 37 years at the 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.440 Metropolitan 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.400 Tabernacle in 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.960 the New Park 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.020 Street Pulpit 00:26:36.020 --> 00:26:36.780 in London, 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:39.380 14,000 members 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.140 were added to 00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.720 the church. 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:40.799 church. 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.900 And in 00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:44.420 1858, when 00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.779 the Metropolitan 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.600 Tabernacle was 00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:47.240 being rebuilt, 00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.940 the New Park 00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.920 Street Church 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.319 was too 00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.660 small, he 00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.200 preached in 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.740 the Surrey 00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.819 Gardens, the 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:55.480 largest place 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:57.279 to gather for 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.400 anything in the 00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.920 United Kingdom 00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.400 at that time. 00:26:59.460 --> 00:26:59.740 It could seat 00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:01.299 12,000 people. 00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.339 And he 00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.039 preached the 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:04.299 sermon from 00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.059 Luke's gospel, 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.799 Luke chapter 00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.960 14. 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.259 And listen to 00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.599 the same 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.359 passion that 00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.159 comes through 00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:11.339 from a servant 00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.019 on this side 00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.599 of the Atlantic. 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.099 He would have 00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.659 preached with a 00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.180 much different 00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.960 accent than 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.980 Moody, yet 00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.399 Moody and 00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:16.879 Spurgeon were 00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.579 close personal 00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.180 friends. 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.779 Spurgeon says 00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:21.079 this, he said, 00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:21.940 and now again 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.899 is it all in 00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.240 vain. 00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.359 Will you not 00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.119 now come to 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.419 Christ? 00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.119 What more can 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.639 I do? 00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.819 I have but 00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.399 one more 00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:29.539 resort, and 00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.159 that shall be 00:27:30.159 --> 00:27:30.579 tried. 00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.680 I shall be 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.399 permitted to 00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.440 weep for you. 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.320 I can be 00:27:34.320 --> 00:27:34.880 allowed to 00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.740 pray for you. 00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.380 You shall 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.960 scorn the 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.640 address if you 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.019 like. 00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:38.600 You shall 00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:39.140 laugh at the 00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.519 preacher. 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.259 You shall 00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.840 call him a 00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:41.620 fanatic if you 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:41.880 will. 00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.660 He will not 00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.200 chide you. 00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.700 He will bring 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.539 no accusation 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.600 against you to 00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:46.360 the great judge. 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.940 Your offense, 00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.660 so far as he 00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.320 is concerned, 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.539 is forgiven 00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.700 before it is 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.059 committed. 00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:52.200 But you will 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.200 remember that 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.140 the message that 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.980 you are rejecting 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.240 this morning is 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.000 a message from 00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.779 one who loves 00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.740 you, and it 00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.440 is given to 00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.059 you by the 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:01.039 lips of one 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.720 who loves you. 00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.600 And you will 00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.340 recollect that 00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.959 you may play 00:28:03.959 --> 00:28:04.879 your soul away 00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.519 with the devil, 00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.339 that you may 00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.179 listlessly think 00:28:07.179 --> 00:28:07.899 it a matter of 00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.720 no importance. 00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.740 But there lives 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.299 at least one who 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.099 is in earnest 00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.859 about your soul, 00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:15.339 and one who 00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:16.359 before he came 00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.480 here wrestled 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.720 with his God 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.599 for strength 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:21.119 to preach to 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:22.419 you, and who 00:28:22.419 --> 00:28:23.439 will, when he 00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:24.240 has gone from 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.059 this place, will 00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:26.379 not forget his 00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:27.379 hearers this 00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:27.759 morning. 00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:32.740 I love the 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.480 Lord Jesus 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.980 Christ, and I 00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.859 want to do 00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:37.119 something for 00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.559 him. 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.500 Loving them 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.859 in. 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:42.039 Loving people. 00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.440 Loving Jesus. 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.079 Loving the 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.619 Jesus that 00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.379 saved us. 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.480 Wanting to 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.460 introduce the 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.079 Jesus who 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:50.759 saved us to 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.519 men and 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.259 women, boys 00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.799 and girls, 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.720 young and old, 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.779 of bringing 00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.720 this message, 00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:56.880 of bringing 00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.700 this Jesus. 00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.059 Moody often 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.799 said that 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.960 doctrines were 00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.759 important, that 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.680 creeds were 00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:06.259 important, but 00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.039 he said this, 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.299 doctrines are 00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.980 all right in 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.559 their places, but 00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.100 when you put 00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.460 them in the 00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.220 place of faith 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.839 or salvation, 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.500 they become 00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.039 sin. 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.319 If a man 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.960 should ask me 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.559 to his house 00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:16.980 to dinner 00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:18.339 tomorrow, the 00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.880 street would 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.620 be a very good 00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.380 thing to take 00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.900 me to his 00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:22.259 house, but if 00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.960 I didn't get 00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.519 into the 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:23.960 house, I 00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.380 wouldn't get 00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.940 any dinner. 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.140 Now a 00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:27.079 creed is a 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.680 road or a 00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:27.960 street. 00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.920 It's very 00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.579 good as far 00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.200 as it goes, 00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:32.079 but if it 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.600 doesn't take 00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:32.880 us to 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.900 Christ, it 00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.480 is worthless. 00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:36.160 By contrast, 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.940 he said this, 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.400 as a rule I 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.100 have had for 00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:40.460 years is to 00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.100 treat the 00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.840 Lord Jesus 00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:43.700 Christ as a 00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.940 personal friend. 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.720 His is not a 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.819 creed, a mere 00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:49.220 doctrine, but it 00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.680 is he himself 00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:52.140 that we have. 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.380 And if there's 00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.120 one thing that 00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.600 this world 00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:56.460 needs, if it's 00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.020 one thing that 00:29:57.020 --> 00:29:57.980 the 17,000 00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.759 people groups 00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.340 in this world 00:29:59.340 --> 00:30:00.560 needs, if there's 00:30:00.560 --> 00:30:01.080 one thing that 00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:01.580 the city of 00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:01.940 Edinburgh 00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.600 needs, if it's 00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.100 one thing that 00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:03.640 the people of 00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.680 Brunsfield need, 00:30:05.020 --> 00:30:05.600 if it's one 00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.060 thing that your 00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:07.000 family needs, if 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.480 it's one thing 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.220 that your friends 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.040 need, if it's 00:30:09.040 --> 00:30:09.600 one thing the 00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.140 people that you 00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.440 work with need, 00:30:11.520 --> 00:30:12.160 if it's one thing 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.640 that the people 00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.220 you live next 00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.200 door to need, 00:30:14.520 --> 00:30:15.980 they need him. 00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.860 They need Jesus. 00:30:18.520 --> 00:30:19.160 They need his 00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.580 grace. 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.140 They need his 00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.580 forgiveness. 00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:22.519 They need his love. 00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.779 They need his compassion. 00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:30.539 And we may be the only people in their lives that have Jesus to share with them. 00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.379 God is never limited. 00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:35.319 God can work with us or without us. 00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:41.019 But God has chosen to use us, ordinary instruments in his hands, 00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:44.559 to accomplish extraordinary work. 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:48.679 Whether it's through servants who go to the ends of the earth. 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:52.420 Whether it's to those who stand in pulpits and proclaim Jesus. 00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:56.740 Or whether it's you and me who sit down over a cup of coffee 00:30:56.740 --> 00:31:03.920 to listen, to share, to tell, to show the love that we have for Jesus 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:06.360 and the love that we have for people. 00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:08.560 We need to pray. 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.160 We need to speak. 00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.460 We need to serve. 00:31:12.320 --> 00:31:13.640 We love Jesus. 00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:17.440 And we simply want to do something for him. 00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:20.059 May God bless you as a church. 00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:22.000 May God bless you individually. 00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.460 Members of families. 00:31:23.580 --> 00:31:27.900 May God use you wherever you are, whoever you are, 00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:30.160 that you might commend this Jesus. 00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:32.180 The Jesus that you love. 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:35.960 That you might commend this Jesus to the people that you love. 00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:39.920 And that you might commend the people that you love to Jesus. 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:43.980 Praying that he would open eyes that are blind. 00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:46.620 That he would change hearts that are dead. 00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:48.879 That he would transform lives. 00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:52.199 So that his name would be praised. 00:31:52.459 --> 00:31:55.079 So that his kingdom would be extended. 00:31:55.479 --> 00:31:58.199 And that his church would grow. 00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.839 May God bless us. 00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:01.239 And may God bless you all. 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.000 Good day. 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.099 Good day. 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.359 Good day. 00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.019 Good day. 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.740 Good day. 00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.140 Good day. 00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.440 Good day. 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:22.579 Good day. 00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.680 Good day. 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:24.160 Good day.