Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 14:31-32

"Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace." — Luke 14:31-32 (ASV)

If you cannot fight the world, the flesh, and the devil, – if there is no power that can help you to do it, or if you are not willing to be helped by the only power that can help you, – if you will not surrender yourself to Christ that he may baffle all the hosts of the adversary, then it is of no use for you to begin the war.