Nov. 16
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
WEAPONS DOOMED TO FAIL
"No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue
that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn" Isa. 54:17
There is great clatter in the forges and smithies of the enemy. They
are making weapons wherewith to smite the saints. They could not even
do as much as this if the Lord of saints did not allow them; for He has
created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire. But see how
busily they labor! How many swords and spears they fashion! It matters
nothing, for on the blade of every weapon you may read this
inscription: It shall not prosper.
But now listen to another noise: it is the strife of tongues. Tongues
are more terrible instruments than can be made with hammers and anvils,
and the evil which they inflict cuts deeper and spreads wider. What
will become of us now? Slander, falsehood, insinuation, ridicule --
these are poisoned arrows; how can we meet them? The Lord God promises
us that, if we cannot silence them, we shall, at least, escape from
being ruined by them. They condemn us for the moment, but we shall
condemn them at last, and for ever. The mouth of them that speak lies
shall be stopped, and their falsehoods shall be turned to the honor of
those good men who suffered by them.