The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.
Interpretation
The truth of God's Word is powerful and does not require human defense; it can stand on its own.
This quote by Charles Spurgeon uses the metaphor of a lion to illustrate the inherent strength and power of the Word of God. Just as a lion does not need defending because of its own power, the message of God is robust enough to prove its truth, and believers do not need to forcefully defend it. Instead, they should share it, trusting that its inherent truth will resonate and protect itself against challenges.
In practice
In a sermon about faith and scripture, one might reference this quote to emphasize the power of the Bible.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.
The worst days are when you feel foggy in the head - chemo-brain they call it. It's awful because you feel boring. As well as bored. And stupid. And resigned.
A sad person who is so involved with his sadness that he mistakes it for reality will have a hard time seeing himself as anything but sad. For him, the sadness is not a feeling that he experiences - it is him.
Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might. And do so, please, with a sense of urgency, for every tick of the clock subtracts from fewer and fewer...
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