1 Chronicles 11:28

And he slew an Egyptian.

The spiritual slaughter

We too are called upon to slay, to destroy and to overthrow. Are we anxious to slay a lion?

1. There is a lion to be fought by every man--Satan (1 Peter 5:8). We are called upon to fight against--

2. Self-indulgence.

3. Worldly fashion.

4. Worldly ambition.

Truly there is battle enough now to be done. Whosoever will set himself against the customs of his time, the popular policies of the circle in which he moves, the prejudices of the persons whose friendship he values, will find that he must have a sword in his right hand, and that even whilst he sleeps he must have his armour so near that at a moment’s notice he can be once more in the fray. (J. Parker, D. D.)