They Weave The Spider’s Web

~ Sherry

“They weave the spider’s web.” — Isaiah 59:5

See the spider’s web, and behold in it a most suggestive picture of the hypocrite’s religion.  It is meant to catch his prey: the spider fattens himself on flies, and the Pharisee has his reward. Foolish persons are easily entrapped by the loud professions of pretenders, and even the more judicious cannot always escape. Philip baptized Simon Magus, whose guileful declaration of faith was so soon exploded by the stern rebuke of Peter. Custom, reputation, praise, advancement, and other flies, are the small game which hypocrites take in their nets. A spider’s web is a marvel of skill: look at it and admire the cunning hunter’s wiles. Is not a deceiver’s religion equally wonderful? How does he make so barefaced a lie appear to be a truth? How can he make his tinsel answer so well the purpose of gold? A spider’s web comes all from the creature’s own bowels. The bee gathers her wax from flowers, the spider sucks no flowers, and yet she spins out her material to any length. Even so hypocrites find their trust and hope within themselves; their anchor was forged on their own anvil, and their cable twisted by their own hands. They lay their own foundation, and hew out the pillars of their own house, disdaining to be debtors to the sovereign grace of God. But a spider’s web is very frail. It is curiously wrought, but not enduringly manufactured. It is no match for the servant’s broom, or the traveller’s staff. The hypocrite needs no battery of Armstrongs to blow his hope to pieces, a mere puff of wind will do it. Hypocritical cobwebs will soon come down when the besom of destruction begins its purifying work. Which reminds us of one more thought, viz., that such cobwebs are not to be endured in the Lord’s house: He will see to it that they and those who spin them shall be destroyed for ever. O my soul, be thou resting on something better than a spider’s web. Be the Lord Jesus thine eternal hiding-place. C.H. Spurgeon

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23 thoughts on “They Weave The Spider’s Web”

  2. YAY!!! Now I just need to get the blog going for God’s HONOR AND GLORY! I am sort of “stuck” going to have one of my boys help me ASAP!!!
    Thank you-Sister ❤

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      1. That image was something I shared on Facebook a lot (I am no longer on there)! Lots of people liked it, too! Thank you very much for that offer I may be taking you up on it!!

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  3. Ok, Sisters! Can you please go to the about page and see if that is set up right 🙂 ? When you have time ❤ Thank you! Have another blessed day!

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      1. I just saw this comment, Sherry! LOL! I will see if I can find it…maybe I need to start over??? Thank you! Have anotherb lessed day KNOWING Who our Saviour is!

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        1. Elizabeth, maybe you don’t need to start over. Would like to talk more but having surgery on my other eye today. Talk soon?
          Love in the Lord to you and Sherry!
          :0)

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        1. Do you see an EDIT on the About page? Click on that and you will be on the edit page and just delete the the words, press update and there you go!

          Do you see a black task bar above your site? It says My Sites Reader and so on…click on My Sites and a drop down menu will appear. Run through each item on there to get familiar with your options and to make changes to various aspects of your blog.

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  4. Sherry, though I’ve read this already an email notification just came in. I have to say that this piece is so convicting – thank you, sister.

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