Opponents Beat Upon God's Anvil But Ruin Only hands and hammers

Hammers vs Anvil Common Sense

The Anvil of God's Word

“Last eve I paused beside the blacksmith’s door,
And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime;
Then looking in, I saw upon the floor,
Old hammers, worn with beating years of time.

“‘How many anvils have you had,’ said I,
‘To wear and batter all these hammers so?’
‘Just one,’ said he, and then with twinkling eye,
‘The anvil wears the hammers out, you know.’

“And so, I thought, the Anvil of God’s Word
For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;
Yet, though the noise of falling blows was heard,
The Anvil is unharmed, the hammers gone.”

John Clifford

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My thoughts on God's anvil... Rayburn Blair

The anvil of God's Word has these attributes:

1. It is solid, stainless steel through and through.

2. Its divine existence is eternally indestructible. 

3. Its holy purpose is to create, strengthen and save. 

4. Though beaten often it never weakens or quits.

5. It is too heavy for a man to move or improve it.

6. It will not change its message for approval.

7. It will accomplish its purpose for ever and ever.