the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Nature: Need of Renewal
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
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A vicious horse is none the better tempered because the kicking straps prevent his dashing the carriage to atoms; and so a man is none the better really because the restraints of custom and providence may prevent his following that course of life which he would prefer. Poor fallen human nature behind the bars of laws, and in the cage of fear of punishment, is none the less a sad creature; should its Master unlock the door we should soon see what it would be and do. A young leopard which had been domesticated, and treated as a pet, licked its master's hand while he slept, and it so happened that it drew blood from a recent wound; the first taste of blood transformed the gentle creature into a raging wild beast; yet it wrought no real change, it only awakened the natural ferocity which had always been there. A change of nature is required for our salvation: mere restraints are of small value.
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Spurgeon, Charles. Entry for 'Nature: Need of Renewal'. Spurgeon's Illustration Collection. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fff/n/nature-need-of-renewal.html. 1870.
