Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04
MOODY ON GOD IS LOVE.

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Tuesday night, April 10th, was
"God is love-" reported ia the
Richmond State he ssid:--
"This old world, which was
swung out into darkness will never
swing back until we believe this
truth. 1t is master stroke OF
Satan to make Us believe that God
is not love. For 5000 years God
has been trying to show us His
love. You ask me why God loves
US? l can't tell you that. If you
were to ask a mother why she loved
her vsgabond son, she couldn't
answer it. No one else could.
God loved US because He can't
help it and 1t is the same way with
that mother. There is not an un-
converted person here to night but
who has got a false idea about
God-but who thinks that God
doesn't love him; that Col hates
him.
Spurgeon while out driving with
a brother minister one day passed
that minister's church. There was
a weather vane on top OF the church
and on it was written God is love.
He asked 'wLy did you put that
up there. Do you mean that God
is changeable p
"The answer he got was, No,
not at all; but because God loves
every way the wind blows
"Although tie may have a
peculiar love tor those that love
Him, He loves not only them, but
everybody.
when Judas betrayed Him with
a kiss, He did not hurl him away
from Him, but mildly reproved
him, and believe that it was the
sense of the great love that Christ
bore for Judas, that drove the
betrayer to suicide.
I'VE love a person as long as
they deserve our love; when they
are unworthy of our lOFe; we cast
them of. That is the difference
between divine and human love.
Love begetS love; hatred begets
hatred. III were to tell that man
down there that another man had
spoken i'll of him today, although
he might never before have had
anything against that man, he
would begin to say to himself, 'well
that is a mighty mean man. On
the other hand, if told him that
the man had spoken wellof him he
would at once become attached to
that other man although he had
never thought of him before.
"If God loves u.s. you say
why does he give us those rigid
commands, ordering that we dc
this and do that p | tell you, those
comman ds come from a heart full
OF love-"
Continuing Mr.. Moody said
"What was it that brought
home the prodigsl 1t was not the
elder brother. Do you know 1 think
that elder brother was the meanest
man in history. 1t Is the Older
brother who kept the prodigal
away as long as he remained.
Have you any of those elder broth
ers in Richmond Was that elder
brother poor In spiritf Did any OF
you women ever live with a man
who never did anything wrong
If you did, 1 feel sorry for you. II
anything ever wen. wrong, you
were responsible for it,"
Mr.. Moody took the Sermon on
the Mount, and said that not one
portion Thereof was applicable to the
elder brother.
"rhat which sent a thrill of JOY
to the heart OF God made that elder
brother mad. So we see that it
was not the elder brother that
brought about the prodigaPs re.
turn.
Let's see what brought him
home. he sat down and began to
think. He thought Of the past like
all sinners-tbey never look ahead.
He looked way back to his boy
hood days. There was a green
spot there. he says to himself, Il
don't know anybody who loyes me
as my father loved me-"
In his own picturesque style Mr..
Moody told the story of the return
of the prodigal.
"Let the love Of God to nigh:
bring back the many as the love oi
that father brought back the one.
"Come home Come home
Come home!p