Title: The Gift of Grace (3)
Series: Five Qualities All Christians Should Live By...
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Ephesians 2:7-9
Sermon 1 - The Law of Love
Sermon 2 - The Mandate of Mercy
Sermon 3 - The Gift of Grace
Sermon 4 - The Foundation of Faith
Sermon 5 - The Fitness of Forgiveness
I - The Helpful Examination of Grace
II - The Holy Epitome of Grace
III - The Human Extension of Grace
IV - The Harrowing Erosion of Grace
V - The Highest Example of Grace
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Moody's First Sermon on Grace.
I remember preaching one night in winter-one of the coldest winters we had-the winter after the Chicago fire. I had been studying up grace, and it was the first time I had spoken of it, and I was just full of it. I started out of the house, I remember, and the first man I met I asked him if he knew anything about the grace of God, and I tried to preach to him.
This man thought I was crazy. I ran on and met another, and finally got up to the meeting. That night I thought I was speaking to a lot of people who felt as I did about grace, and when I got through, I asked anyone who would like to hear about grace, who had any interest in it, to stay.
I expected some would have stayed, but what was my mortification to see the whole audience rise up and go away. They hadn't any interest in grace; they didn't want to learn anything about grace. I put my coat and hat on and was going out of the hall, when I saw a poor fellow at the back of the furnace crying. "
I want to hear about the grace of God," said he. "You're the man I want, then," said I. "Yes," the poor fellow said, "you said in your sermon that it was free, and I want you to tell me something about it." Well, I got to talking to him, and he told me a pitiful story.
He had drank away twenty thousand dollars, his home had been broken up, and his wife and children had left him. I spoke to him, and it was ...
Series: Five Qualities All Christians Should Live By...
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Ephesians 2:7-9
Sermon 1 - The Law of Love
Sermon 2 - The Mandate of Mercy
Sermon 3 - The Gift of Grace
Sermon 4 - The Foundation of Faith
Sermon 5 - The Fitness of Forgiveness
I - The Helpful Examination of Grace
II - The Holy Epitome of Grace
III - The Human Extension of Grace
IV - The Harrowing Erosion of Grace
V - The Highest Example of Grace
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Moody's First Sermon on Grace.
I remember preaching one night in winter-one of the coldest winters we had-the winter after the Chicago fire. I had been studying up grace, and it was the first time I had spoken of it, and I was just full of it. I started out of the house, I remember, and the first man I met I asked him if he knew anything about the grace of God, and I tried to preach to him.
This man thought I was crazy. I ran on and met another, and finally got up to the meeting. That night I thought I was speaking to a lot of people who felt as I did about grace, and when I got through, I asked anyone who would like to hear about grace, who had any interest in it, to stay.
I expected some would have stayed, but what was my mortification to see the whole audience rise up and go away. They hadn't any interest in grace; they didn't want to learn anything about grace. I put my coat and hat on and was going out of the hall, when I saw a poor fellow at the back of the furnace crying. "
I want to hear about the grace of God," said he. "You're the man I want, then," said I. "Yes," the poor fellow said, "you said in your sermon that it was free, and I want you to tell me something about it." Well, I got to talking to him, and he told me a pitiful story.
He had drank away twenty thousand dollars, his home had been broken up, and his wife and children had left him. I spoke to him, and it was ...
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