A Charge to the Man of God-1 Timothy 6:11-16

Perhaps the line most frequently attributed to Dwight L. Moody is the famous quotation: "The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully consecrated to him. By God's help, I aim to be that man." In fact, Moody did not originate the line. Henry Varley, a British revivalist who had befriended the young American in Dublin, recalled that in 1873 Moody asked him to recount words they had spoken in private conversation a year earlier, just before Mood's return to the United States. Varley provides this account. During the afternoon of the day of conference Mr. Moody asked me to join him in the vestry of the Baptist Church. We were alone, and he recalled the night's meeting at Willow Park and our converse the following morning. 'Do you remember your words?' he said. I replied, 'I well remember our interview, but I do not recall any special utterance.' 'Don't you remember saying, 'Moody, the world has yet to see what God will do with a man fully consecrated to him?' 'Well, not the actual sentence,' I replied. 'Ah,' said Mr. Moody, 'those were the words sent to my soul through you, from the living God. As I crossed the wide Atlantic, the boards of the deck of the vessel were engraved with them, and when I reached Chicago, the very paving stones seemed marked with 'Moody, the world has yet to see what God will do with a man fully consecrated to him.' Under the power of those words I have come back to England, and I felt that I must not let more time pass until I let you know how God had used your words to my inmost soul.'' With the death of another faithful evangelical leader, who was a valiant defender of the Gospel, people are reeling after how many men of God have gone to heaven this year. So what is the solution and where should our focus be? Join us this coming Lord's Day as we delve into "A Charge to the Man of God" (1 Tim 6:11-16).