Temptation

Satan Departing, Angels Ministering

Luke 4:13

… When Satan has tempted you throughout and ended all his temptation, then he will leave you. You have not yet undergone all forms of temptation, so you may …

'Tempted of the Devil'

Matthew 4:1

… tempted! Jesus Christ went right away from human society into the wilderness and, "then," was He tempted by the devil. Solitude is no preservative against temptation from Satan …

A Tempted Savior—Our Best Succor

Hebrews 2:18

… that He Himself has suffered being tempted, He is able to succor them that are tempted." The next foul temptation of Satan with Christ was not to unbelief …

Sonship Questioned

Matthew 4:3

… to the temptation. We know that our blessed Lord was personally without the slightest taint of sin—"holy, harmless, undefiled"—yet He was tempted by Satan, himself, the …

Comfort for the Tempted

1 Corinthians 10:13

… This will suffice by way of preface to a little talk about temptation with a view of comforting any who are sorely tempted of Satan. I know that …

"They Were Tempted"

Hebrews 11:37

… It is no sin to be tempted—the sin is in yielding to temptation! Your Lord was tempted and yet in Him was no sin. Thrice did Satan …

Comfort for Tried Believers

1 Corinthians 10:13

… You have never been tempted with an angelic temptation. Satan has tempted you, young man, but not with the same temptation with which he allured the angels who …

Evening, February 20

Mt 4:1

… the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.” Matthew 4:1 A holy character does not avert temptation—Jesus was tempted. When Satan tempts us, his sparks fall …

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Matthew 6:13

… This leading into temptation is by Divine Grace overruled for our good, since, by being tempted we grow strong in Grace and patience. Our God and Partner may …

Temptations On The Pinnacle

Matthew 4:5-7

… A man may be tempted to run away from the service of God, but he may hate the temptation and then there is no sin in it to …

The Suffering Savior's Sympathy

Hebrews 2:18

… Apollyon and agonize against temptation, for He suffered being tempted— "Exposed to wounds most deep and sore The great Redeemer stood While Satan's fiery darts He bore …

The Roaring Lion

1 Peter 5:8

… So has Satan done with us—pouring down his filth—cramming us with his mire, constraining us as much as possible to yield to temptation. My peculiar temptation …

Evening, February 9

Lu 11:4

… Pray this evening first that you may not be tempted, and next that if temptation be permitted, you may be delivered from the evil one.

Gethsemane

Luke 22:44

… Once let Satan be permitted really to try you with a temptation to blasphemy, and you will never forget it, though you live till your hairs are blanched …

An Antidote to Satan's Devices

Genesis 3:1

… temptation. Never anatomist so well understood the human body as Satan does the human soul. He has not been "tempted in all points," but he has tempted others …

Infallibility—Where To Find It and How To Use It

Matthew 4:4

… walk uprightly." In that way, only, can you safely meet the temptation to distrust. Then Satan tempted the Lord to presumption. "If you are the Son of God …

"Lead Us Not Into Temptation"

Matthew 6:13

… Remember yourself, lest you, also, be tempted, and pray, "Lead us not into temptation." I am afraid that badly as some behave under temptation, others of us might …

Satan Considering the Saints

Job 1:8

… An experimental divine remarks, that there is no temptation in the world which is so bad as not being tempted at all; for to be tempted will tend …

Christ's Sympathy With His People

Hebrews 2:18

… That was sufficient to aid him in the time of temptation, for Christ, having Himself suffered, being tempted, was able to aid His faithful follower when he, also …

A Description of Young Men in Christ

1 John 2:13

… young men in Christ have won many a victory over Satan! Have we not been tempted, fearfully tempted? But the mighty Grace of God has come to the …

All Joy in All Trials

James 1:2-4

… I suppose that every test must have in it a measure of temptation. The Lord cannot be tempted of evil, neither tempteth he any man; but this is …

An Exhortation By Rev. C.H. Spurgeon

2 Samuel 11:1

… Ah, Christian, it is a dangerous time to you when temptation has ceased to harass you, when Satan has left you in peace, and when you have placed …

The Tenderness of Jesus

Hebrews 4:15

… But the text says, "tempted" and that bears a darker meaning than "tried." Our Lord could never have fallen the victim of temptation, but through life He was …

The Thorn in the Flesh

2 Corinthians 12:7

… Then he adds, "The messenger of Satan." Not Satan—it was not a great enough temptation for that. It was a "messenger of Satan"—one of Satan's …

How They Conquered the Dragon

Revelation 12:11

… It is clear that good and evil spirits are at necessary variance one with another, and it is also clear that in ages gone by Satan tempted the …

What and Whence Are These?

Revelation 7:13-14

… Yet do not say you cannot enter heaven because you are tempted, for all those snowwhite bands attained their glorious standing through much temptation, as well as through …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… But with God's own people, Satan generally takes care to bait his hook and cover it so that it is scarcely seen. In this parable, the temptation …

Peter After His Restoration

Luke 22:32

… God also may find a reason for allowing His saints to be tempted of Satan and that reason may have more relation to others than to themselves. They …

His Name—the Mighty God

Isaiah 9:6

… Angels were but little tempted, some of them not tempted at all, and yet they fell. And then look at man; slight was his temptation, yet he fell …

The Destroyer Destroyed

Hebrews 2:14

… course of temptation to evil and infliction of misery. Death is a part of Satan’s dominion, he brought sin into the world when he tempted our mother …

A Discourse Upon True Blessedness Here and Hereafter

James 1:12

… Notice, it does not say, "Blessed is the man that is tempted," nor, "Blessed is the man that is beset by temptation." No. "Blessed is the man that …

Idleness

… not tempted of the devil so much as they do tempt the devil to tempt them. Idleness sets the door of the heart ajar, and asks Satan to …

An Epistle Illustrated by a Psalm

Psalm 118:13

… If, when much tempted of the devil, you have still said, "Get you behind me, Satan," and have strived against him, then you are ready with all your …

The Deceitfulness of Sin

Hebrews 3:13

… We ought not to pray so much against sickness, or trial, or temptation, or even against death itself, as against sin! Satan, himself, cannot hurt us except as …

Little Sins

Genesis 19:20

… I must shun all sin, even though thou sayest it is but little.” It may be further answered, in reply to this temptation of Satan with regard to …

Charity and Purity

James 1:27

… But the same trial may be both a temptation and a trial—and it may be a trial from God's side, and a temptation from Satan's …

Angelic Protection in Appointed Ways

Psalm 91:11

… They are ways into which we may be tempted by Satan—and which we are to jealously avoid. You know how, when the devil professed to quote this …

A Warning to Waverers

James 1:6

… for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts He any man. That is to say, if God permits or sends temptation to any man, it is not …

The Snare of the Fowler

Psalm 91:3

… Another one perhaps eschews every lascivious and sensual habit; then Satan comes to him, and adapts his temptation to the shape of pride. The man is naturally a …

The Education of Sons of God

Hebrews 5:8

… When our Lord was hungry, Satan came to Him and tempted Him to turn stones into bread. Did you ever notice that when you are hungry, Satan comes …