Temptation

Evening, July 12

2Ti 4:18

… a temptation dead at thy feet—thou hast in that hour a foretaste of the joy that awaits thee when the Lord shall shortly tread Satan under thy …

Morning, May 29

Ps 45:7

… How our Lord Jesus hated it when the temptation came! Thrice it assailed him in different forms, but ever he met it with, “Get thee behind me, Satan …

Evening, December 3

Ps 24:8

… Every arrow of guilt which Satan might have shot at us is broken, for who can lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? Vain are the …

Morning, March 24

Heb 5:7

… There may be sterner trials than this, but surely it is one of the worst to be utterly forsaken? “See,” said Satan, “thou hast a friend nowhere! Thy …

Morning, September 23

Eph 1:6

… Thou hast to fight with corruption, and to wrestle with temptation, but thou art already accepted in him who has overcome the powers of evil. The devil tempts …

Confirmation

… These are not carried away by every wind of doctrine, nor overthrown by sudden temptation. They are a great stay to others, and act as anchors in the …

The Best of All—god Is With Us

1 Chronicles 22:18

… In this wicked city our young people—but I do not know that I need say only our young people—have been exposed to a furnace of temptation …

Morning, October 10

Jude 24

… Sin gone, Satan shut out, temptation past forever, and ourselves “faultless” before God, this will be heaven indeed! Let us be joyful now as we rehearse the song …

The Head of the Church

Colossians 1:18

… You cannot put any sect into a position of ascendancy but it falls into persecution—all sects have persecuted, in turn, when so tempted. There is not a …

The Captive Savior Freeing His People

John 18:8

… One is tempted to linger over every separate sentence of the narratives given by the Evangelists. It is possible to preach several series of sermons upon the whole …

The Glory of Grace

Ephesians 1:6

… If a man would work for what he needed, he would not be tempted to steal it. Paul carries his argument very far, "let him labor." 28. Working …

The Form of Sound Words

2 Timothy 1:13

… Once open the door to a false doctrine—Satan says it is but a little one—ay, but he only puts the little one in like the small …

The Lord's Name and Memorial

Isaiah 55:13

… yet! There are angels that have been tempted but did not fall—these are the elect angels, who when Satan fell, preserved their integrity—faithful among the faithless …

Grace for the Guilty

Isaiah 44:22

… Though every crime of that man has been forgiven long ago, though all his iniquities have been cast into the depths of the sea, Satan will agitate his …

Why the Heavenly Robes are White

Revelation 7:14

… He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel." Satan takes care to nibble at the heel, though his own head has been broken by our …

'Pray Without Ceasing'

1 Thessalonians 5:17

… Then in heaven, God's will obeying, Life is praise and perfect peace.' Never give up praying, not even though Satan should suggest to you that it is …

Marvelous! Marvelous!

Zechariah 8:6

… Oh, but," says the tempted one, "how can I hope to persevere to the end? I shall be, one of these days, tempted so strongly that I shall …

Love

1 John 4:19

… Now, what say we to this? We who live in these gentler times, are we about to give up our Master, when we are tried and tempted for …

Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers

James 1:5

… Much-tempted and severely-tried saints are frequently at their wits’ end, and though they may be persuaded that in the end good will come out of all …

Nathanael—Or, the Ready Believer and His Reward

John 1:50

… Smooth and oily tongues, with lying hearts at the back of them are fit instruments for Satan. But truth-speaking lips, which are joined to an honest heart …

Away With Fear

Isaiah 41:10

… I mean that for every blessing that sin could bring, Divine Grace brings ten times as much of a greater blessing—and so faith checkmates Satan—and temptation …

Out Of Egypt

Matthew 2:14

… I do not know of anything that could have tempted them down into Egypt, for it had nothing to offer which was better than Canaan, but the fathers …

Unto You, Young Men

1 John 2:14

… once given Satan a slap in the face need not be afraid of men. If you have often stood foot to foot with a violent temptation, and, after …

Psalm 91

Psalm 91

… When Satan tempted Christ in the wilderness, he alleged but one sentence of Scripture for himself, Mt 4:6, and that Psalm out of which he borrowed it …

A Prayer for Everybody

Matthew 15:25

… me!" Are any of you very much tempted from without by surroundings that are peculiarly dangerous? Are you tempted by Satan? Are any of you exposed, just now …

The Great Supreme

Deuteronomy 32:3

… You have violated this command, for it is said, "Ascribe you greatness unto God" You are tempted in your employment to commit a fault; you are commanded to …

Unanswered Prayer

Psalm 22:2

… I know it is one of Satan's chief objectives to make the Christian cease praying, for if he could but once make us put up the weapon …

Could He Not? Ah! But He Would Not

John 11:37

… They need, none of them, ever be tempted, for He could chain up the devil. They need, none of them die, for He could take them up to …

Jesus About His Father’s Business

John 4:34

… There is a strong temptation at such seasons to defend one’s self. We want to say just a word about one’s own sincerity and heartiness of …

Thrice Happy Day!

Haggai 2:19

… If any of you Christian people are tempted to put off some service for God which lies upon your heart, I pray you to remember your Lord's …

Hezekiah And The Ambassadors—Or, Vainglory Rebuked

2 Kings 20:12

… This great prosperity was a great temptation, far more difficult to endure than Rabshakeh's letter, and all the ills which invasion brought upon the land. Ah Friend …

Washed to Greater Foulness

Job 9:30

… The evil propensity lurks within, it needs only the contagion of society, or the temptation of Satan to bring it out. Does not this alarm you? It ought …

Psalm 142

Psalm 142

… The cave was not half such a dungeon to David's body as persecution and temptation made for his soul. To be exiled from the godly is worse …

The Covenant Pleaded

Psalm 74:20

… Have respect unto Your Covenant and sanctify Your servant." Or suppose you desire to be upheld under strong temptation, lest you should go back and return to your …

Saved In Hope

Romans 8:24

… When Satan would buffet us; when temptation would overcome us; when affliction would wear us down; when doubts would torment us, let us bear the temporary trial with …

Good Works In Good Company

Solomon 7:11-13

… Tempted in all points like we are, He will know all the points in which we are tempted. And, while we are earnestly examining, His gracious finger will …

Awake! Awake!

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… Are you asleep? Asleep, when Satan has fire-balls of lust to hurl into the windows of your eyes—when he has arrows of temptation to shoot into …

The Silver Trumpet

Isaiah 1:18

… He is a man whom Satan seems to have sought out to take care of his black flock in that particular district—who is a kind of shepherd …

Compassion for Souls

Genesis 21:16

… In the third place, I said I would speak upon COMPASSION FOR THE SOULS OF MEN—THE TEMPTATION IT MUST RESIST. We must not fall into the temptation …

The Enchanted Ground

… roaring devil better than a sleeping devil.” There is no temptation half so bad as not being tempted. The distressed soul does not sleep; it is after we …