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(Charles Spurgeon, "Flowers from a Puritan's Garden" 1883)
"A garrison is not free from danger, while it has an enemy lodged within!"
You may bolt all your doors, and fasten all your windows--but if the thieves have placed even a little child within doors who can draw the bolts for them--the house is still unprotected.
All the sea outside a ship cannot do it damage--until the water enters within.
Hence, it is clear that our greatest danger is from within.All the devils in Hell, and all tempters on earth could do us no injury--if there were no corruption in our nature. The sparks will fall harmlessly, if there is no tinder.
Alas, our heart is our greatest enemy--this is the little home-born thief!
Lord, save me from that evil man, myself!
(Charles Spurgeon, "Flowers from a Puritan's Garden" 1883)
"A garrison is not free from danger, while it has an enemy lodged within!"
You may bolt all your doors, and fasten all your windows--but if the thieves have placed even a little child within doors who can draw the bolts for them--the house is still unprotected.
All the sea outside a ship cannot do it damage--until the water enters within.
Hence, it is clear that our greatest danger is from within.All the devils in Hell, and all tempters on earth could do us no injury--if there were no corruption in our nature. The sparks will fall harmlessly, if there is no tinder.
Alas, our heart is our greatest enemy--this is the little home-born thief!
Lord, save me from that evil man, myself!
"It is what comes from inside that defiles you. For from within, out of a person's heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you!" Mark 7:20-23
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