I
have not confirmed the following story; I read it in a Christian magazine many
years ago. To be safe, let’s say, “Legend has it…
D.L. Moody was
preaching one time in a Southern city about the value of the Word of God in a
person's life. Suddenly, he was interrupted by the loud voice of a man in the
audience.
“Mr.
Moody, I do not believe a single word of that collection of old wives’ tales
you call your Bible!”
“My
dear brother,” replied Mr. Moody, “there is one verse in this Bible which you
are forced to believe. ‘Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.’ If a
man sows wheat, he does not reap potatoes or peanuts. Take the saloonkeeper,
for example; he sows drunkards and he will reap drunkards.”
The
man sat down as the audience broke into loud applause. Mr. Moody, of course,
did not know the man, but the audience did. He was a notorious, long-time
atheistic saloonkeeper; and all his children, both sons and daughters, were
drunkards.
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