Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary

spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and

Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

This week, we are spending some time delving into the great sermon by Charles

Spurgeon called Compel Them to Come in. The focus of that sermon is a parable from Jesus, the parable

of the great banquet that we see in Luke 14, verses 12 through 24. Today we're going to focus in on

verses 21 through 23. I'll read them here and again I'm going to read

the King James Version out of respect for the Spurge. So that servant came and shoot his Lord these

things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, go out quickly into the

streets and lanes of the city and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, and the halt, and the

blind. And the servant said,

Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord said unto the servant,

go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in that my house may be filled.

So let's go to Spurgeon's sermon here. But especially I must speak to you who are poor spiritually.

You have no faith, you have no virtue, you have no good work, you have no grace, and what

is poverty worse still, you have no hope.

Ah, my master has sent you a gracious invitation.

Come and welcome to the marriage feast of his love. Whosoever will,

let him come and take of the waters of life freely. That's Revelation 2217. Come, I must lay hold upon you,

though you be defiled with foulest filth, and though you have not but rags upon your back,

though your own righteousness has become as filthy clouts. Yet must I lay upon you

and invite you first and even compel you to come in. So who is Spurgeon talking about here? He's talking about

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