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  IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: God's power and protection distinguish His people from those
who oppose them, bringing peace and safety in the midst of enemies.

Topics: "God's Protection", "Peace in Adversity"
Scripture References: Exodus 11:7, Psalm 23:5, Psalm 91:7, Isaiah 54:17, Daniel 6:22, Romans 8:31

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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes God's sovereign power to protect His people,
illustrating that just as He can silence the tongues of dogs, He can
also grant peace amidst adversaries. He reassures believers that despite
the noise and threats from the ungodly, God can keep them safe and
unhurt, much like Daniel in the lion's den. Spurgeon encourages the
faithful to seek God's intervention in their troubles, trusting that His
grace creates a clear distinction between the righteous and the wicked.
The sermon calls for a deep reliance on God's power to provide peace and
safety in the face of opposition.

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But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his
tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth
put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. (Exodus 11:7)

What! Has God power over the tongues of dogs! Can he keep ours from
barking? Yes, it is even so. He can prevent an Egyptian dog from
worrying one of the lambs of Israel's flock. Doth God silence dogs, and
doggish ones among men, and the great dog at hell's gate? Then let us
move on our way without fear.

If He lets dogs move their tongues, yet He can stop their teeth. They
may make a dreadful noise and still do us no real harm. Yet, how sweet
is quiet! How delightful to move about among enemies and perceive that
God maketh them to be at peace with us! Like Daniel in the den of lions
we are unhurt amid destroyers.

Oh, that today this word of the Lord to Israel might be true to me! Does
the dog worry me? I will tell my Lord about him. Lord, he does not care
for my pleadings; do Thou speak the word of power, and he must lie down.
Give me peace, O my God, and let me see Thy hand so distinctly in it
that I may most clearly perceive the difference which Thy grace has made
between me and the ungodly!

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