Bound Hand and Foot

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Duration: 1min

• 1 min. read • grade level: 2

Proverbs 5:22²²His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. (Proverbs 5:22); James 1:14-15¹⁴But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. ¹⁵Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. (James 1:14‑15); Galatians 5:16¹⁶This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. (Galatians 5:16)

When I was speaking to five thousand children in Glasgow some years ago, I took a spool of thread and said to one of the largest boys:

“Do you believe I can bind you with that thread?”

He laughed at the idea. I wound the thread around him a few times, and he broke it with a single jerk. Then I wound the thread around and around, and by and by I said:

“Now get free if you can.”

He couldn’t move head or foot. If you are slave to some vile habit, you must either slay that habit, or it will slay you.

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Moody's Stories: Volume 2

• Act on Your Belief

• All Things Work for Good

• Anchored Boat, The

• Anecdote About Tennyson, An

• Anyone Can Believe

• As a Little Child

• Baby's Feeding Himself!

• Bad Company

• Balaam's Ass

• Beautiful Motion but No Progress

• Bending His Will

• Best Proof, The

• Better Make Sure

• Bidding Christ Farewell

• Border Apple-Tree, The

• Bound Hand and Foot

• Brighter Picture, A

• Calling a Man a Liar

• Confessing Christ at Home

• Constant Watching

• Converted the Regular Way

• Don't Scold

• Doubting Castle

• Draw Nearer

• Drawing a Comparison

• Dumb Christians