Temptation

Nearer and Dearer

Solomon 5:2-8

… It will be a foul temptation of Satan it you are led to say, "I am content to sleep so long as my heart does but wake." Firm …

Psalm 144

Psalm 144

… So we, too, should be always beforehand with Satan, ought to fast, even if not tempted to gluttony, and be humble, though not assailed by pride, and so …

The Minister's Farewell

Acts 20:26-27

… That is no gospel which has not Christ in it, and the modern idea of preaching THE TRUTH instead of Christ, is a wicked device of Satan. Nor …

Swooning and Reviving Christ's Feet

… I admire the forcible words of a dying woman to one who asked her what she did when she was tempted by the devil on account of her …

The Battle of Life

… Like the old knights who, slept in their armour, you must be prepared for reprisals—always watchful, always expecting temptation, and ready to resist it; never saying, "It …

Consolation in Christ

Philippians 2:1

… I remember John Bunyan says he had a black temptation, and it did him a great deal of good; for, said he, “Before I had the temptation I …

That Horrible East Wind!

Colossians 3:15

… I do not caricature him—his body allies him to the beast and sin makes him a child of Satan! Mr. Whitefield used to describe fallen nature and …

The Leafless Tree

Isaiah 6:3

… Fair professors once they were; they stood green among the church, like the very leaves of paradise; but in an evil hour they fell, the slaves of temptation …

Struggling Against Sin

Psalm 119:145

… Have you ever thought that you had destroyed an evil tendency in your disposition—and then found in an unguarded moment that you fell into the temptation from …

Prayer 18 — O, For More Grace!

… And if through Satan's temptation any are sorely put to it, even to keep their feet, hold them up, and if any have fallen, help them to …

Mercy for the Meanest of the Flock

Micah 4:6

… What with one temptation and then another temptation, and then a third, they feel very wearied by the way. They are like Jacob when he limped on his …

War With Amalek

Exodus 17:8

… We may be thankful that though Satan selected the most suitable season for himself, yet the Lord made his devices of no effect. Amalek fell upon them when …

Our Lord's Solemn Enquiry

Matthew 27:46

… Now the temptation will be at such times for them to sit down and look into their own hearts; and if they do, they will grow more wretched …

Bankrupt Debtors Discharged

Luke 7:42

… With this temptation, Satan has destroyed multitudes of men, tempting them to ask for more time, instead of coming up to the mark at once and asking for …

Psalm 30

Psalm 30

… Our entering upon a special service for God, or receiving a special favour from God, are two solemn seasons, which Satan makes use of for temptation...We are …

Christ Triumphant

Colossians 2:15

… Old Satan had taken away from us all our possessions. Paradise, Satan had added to his territories. All the joy, and happiness, and peace of man, Satan had …

Entangled in the Land

Exodus 14:3

… You were once a valuable servant to Satan and he will not willingly lose you. Some of you whom God has saved by Grace could drink for Satan …

The Holdfast

Proverbs 4:13

… shadow of death! I do not wish to see seeking souls distressed by Satan, but I do press for this—that there shall be an end of self …

Pure Fun

… We are tempted to make copious quotations, but we had rather our friends should get the book for themselves; in fact, they will have to do so, for …

The Vanguard and Rereward of the Church

Isaiah 52:12

… As for temptation, he “has been tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin.” As for trials and sorrows, he has felt all we can …

'Our Light Affliction'

2 Corinthians 4:17

… In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not [See Sermon #2304, Volume 39—blinded BY SATAN.] [See Sermon #2077, Volume …

The Pilgrim's Longings

Hebrews 11:15-16

… Each man's calling may seem to him to be more full of temptation than his fellow's. It is not so. Our temptations are pretty equally distributed …

The Remembrance of Christ

1 Corinthians 11:24

… It will give us strength in temptation . I believe that there are hours with every man, when he has a season of terrific temptation. There was never a …

A Pastoral Letter Accompanying Sermon 221

… Beware lest Satan take advantage of you—for we are not ignorant of his devices. Draw not back. It is written in the law, “No devoted thing that …

The Holy Spirit in Connection with Our Ministry

… I am tempted to linger here, for the point is worthy of longer notice. Unbelievers ask for phenomena. The old business doctrine of Grad-grind has entered into …

A Practical Discourse

1 Kings 5:14

… As in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: when your father tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My work. Forty years long …

May 29 — FISHERS FOLLOW HIM

Mark 1:17

… But we are tempted to try methods which Jesus would never have tried. Shall we yield to this suggestion of the enemy? If so, we may splash the …

July 12 — WHOM, WHEN, HOW TO DELIVER

II Peter 2:9

… day of judgment to be punished." II Peter 2:9 The godly are tempted and tried. That is not true faith which is never put to the test …

Oct. 4 — THE MIGHTY MAGNET

John 12:32

… Be not tempted by the quackeries of the day; but as workers for the Lord work in His own way, and draw with the Lord's own cords …

May 10 — FEAR ONLY GOD

Heb. 13:6

… Under such high patronage we do not feel tempted to cringe before our fellowmen, and ask of them permission to call our lives our own; but what we …

Zechariah'S Vision Of Joshua The High Priest

Zechariah 3:1-5

… I find that when I am in good physical health, I am not often tempted of Satan to despondency or doubt. But whenever I get depressed in spirit …

April 13 — THIS BODY FASHIONED ANEW

Phil. 3:21

… that this indeed is "the body of our humiliation," and when we are tempted by the passions which rise from the flesh we do not think the word …

Attention!

Matthew 17:5

… your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness, when your fathers tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years." May …

The Joy of Harvest

… We have another joy of harvest in ourselves when we conquer a temptation . We know what it is to get under a cloud sometimes; sin within us rises …

Nov. 3 — IN GOD'S TIME

Hab. 2:3

… It is never a dead letter, as we are tempted to fear when we have long watched for its fulfillment. The living word is on the way from …

Psalm 44

Psalm 44

… Where men, comparable to dragons for their poison and cruelty, dwell, particularly in Rome, and the Roman jurisdiction, both Pagan and Papal, the seat of Satan the great …

The Importunate Widow

Luke 18:1-8

… Be you not deceived by a specious temptation, as you may well be if you do not daily come to the Lord and say, "Guide me! Make straight …

Deliverance From the Power of Darkness

Colossians 1:13

… through the plan of salvation by His Grace! Beloved, we still are tempted by Satan, but we are not under his power! We have to fight with him …

An Appeal to Children of Godly Parents

Proverbs 6:20-23

… And they have gone into employment in the city where they have been tempted to steal—and they have yielded to the tempter and have lost their character …

Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:15

… In fact, it subserves a very high purpose in the economy of mankind, for there is many a man who might be tempted to end this mortal life …