Temptation

Hearing With Heed

Mark 4:24

… And these are they by the wayside, where the Word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan comes immediately and takes away the Word that was sown …

Brought Out to Be Brought In

Deuteronomy 6:23

… A soul in whom the Lord does not finish His work would be a monument for the eternal derision of Satan and all his hosts—and that shall …

Jonah's Resolve—or, 'Look Again!'

Jonah 2:4

… I did not know the power of Satan over me, then, as I know it now—yet will I look again unto Your holy Temple! With all these …

Prayer 15 — The Peace of God

… Write Thy law upon my heart and upon my mind." Make our nature so clean that temptation cannot defile it. "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us …

Our Change of Masters

Romans 6:18

… Satan brings sin before you, say, "I cannot see it—my eyes are Christ's." And if he would charm you with the sweet sound of temptation say …

A Paradox

2 Corinthians 12:10

… Their experience has been very extensive, and the knowledge it has brought them they consider to be specially profound, and, consequently, they are not afraid of temptation, for …

The Minister's Trumpet Blast and Church Member's Warning

Hosea 8:1

… by the way and enjoy ourselves." There are too many droning preachers that Satan employs to rock the cradle of immortal souls while he is standing by waiting …

Lecture I: Illustrations In Preaching.

… The squirrel is not more tempted to carry nuts to his hoard than the bookish author is tempted to transfer to his own pages fine passages from his …

A Sad Confession

Isaiah 53:3

… resolve! Hide not your eyes from the Savior! It is a dreadful temptation of Satan, this mistaken notion of humility. People think, or affect to think, that it …

Sharing Christ's Life

John 14:19

… Temptation after temptation have I endured until it appeared as if I must yield my hold on Christ and give up my hope! There has been conflict upon …

His Name—The Everlasting Father

Isaiah 9:6

… For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet …

David's Sublime Consolation

2 Samuel 23:5

… But it is a kind of land I should never think of plowing, nor should I ever wish to add to my farm! I shall never be tempted …

A Most Needful Prayer Concerning The Holy Spirit

Psalm 51:11

… In the wilderness it was the sonship of our Lord which Satan assaulted when he tempted the Savior. "If You are the Son of God," said he. Christ …

Prayer 5 — To The King Eternal

… Give them the victory, Lord, and when the battle gets very sharp and they are tempted to give way a little, help them to be very firm and …

Angelic Interest in the Gospel

1 Peter 1:12

… I am sure that Satan did not know that Christ came into the world to redeem men by dying for them, or else he would never have stirred …

Spiritual Transformations

Isaiah 4:13

… He turns men from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to the Kingdom of Christ, from being possessed with devils to become full of the Holy …

Strong Consolation

Hebrews 6:17

… it really appears that the Gospel plan is too simple and we are tempted to think it may prove to be insufficient. But the text will not allow …

Jesus Asleep on a Pillow

… He had chosen and called, and who had been with Him in His temptation, yet He was quite content to leave them all in the care of His …

The God of Peace

Romans 15:33

… When Satan fell, there was war in heaven. God made peace there, for he smote Satan and cast him and all his rebel hosts into eternal fire. He …

Tokens For Good

Psalm 86:17

… You have been praying to the Lord about your business and, perhaps, Satan has tempted you to a measure of unbelief against which you are daily fighting. Now …

A Voice from the Hartley Colliery

Job 14:14

… Like those earnest Methodist miners, we have one life of usefulness, of service, of affliction, of temptation; one life in which to glorify God on earth in blessing …

The Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… God knows the circumstances of temptation in which a man may be placed, and though the force of temptation is not an excuse for sin, it may serve …

The First Cry from the Cross

Luke 23:34

… he foresees the temptation which is awaiting you, and in his intercession he takes note of the future event which his prescient eye beholds. “Satan hath desired to …

Jesus—"All Blessing and All Blessed"

Psalm 72:17

… who have been brought into the House of God from the place where Satan's seat is—who cannot, after years of godliness, get out of their memory …

Man'S Weakness—God'S Anointing

2 Samuel 3:39

… Brothers and Sisters, we reject, renounce and abhor that doctrine, as being not the truth of God, but an insinuation of Satan! We believe that every child of …

To Those Who Have Believed

… Trust the Lord to keep you, however long you may live, and however much you may be tempted; and “according to your faith, so be it unto you …

Patients for the Great Physician

Luke 5:31

… There is no power that you possess that has not the slime of the serpent upon it! O Satan, you have dashed down the palace of manhood! Stately …

Psalm 19

Psalm 19

… Thus the word of God, O Christian, shows thee the face of those lusts which Satan employs to destroy thy comforts and poison thy soul.— G. S. Bowes …

Encourage Your Minister!

Deuteronomy 1:38

… If Satan can find a flaw in our character, then it will be, "Publish it, publish it, publish it!" If he can lend us to keep back a …

The Truly Blessed Man

Psalm 1:1-3

… He may be tempted to sloth or a besetting sin of another kind. Still being a man he must have some infirmity and yet, none the less is …

Providence

Matthew 10:30

… I have often noticed this fact, and I believe you are able to confirm it, that there are times when if a temptation should come you would be …

Salvation to the Uttermost

Hebrews 7:25

… If thou shouldst have the sharpest temptation with which mortal was ever tried, he is able to save thee. If thou shouldst be brought into such a predicament …

Goodness Going Before

Psalm 21:3

… Had such a young man really put his hand into the till when he was severely tempted to do it, he might have lost his standing and never …

Mr. Fearing Comforted

Matthew 14:31

… not while God is God. “Aha!” again, says Satan, “believers have eternal life given to them. Here is one that had eternal life, and this eternal life has …

Pride Catechized and Condemned

1 Corinthians 4:7

… In the natural heart it flourishes, springing up without sowing, and growing without watering; and even in the renewed heart it all too readily takes root when Satan …

Portraits Of Christ

Romans 8:29

… Of course Satan will do his best to stop God's decrees; but what shall become of anything that stands in the way of God's decree? As …

Psalm 107

Psalm 107

… Sailing over the deeps of inward depravity, the waste waters of poverty, the billows of persecution, and the rough waves of temptation, they need God above all others …

The Final Perseverance of the Saints

Job 17:9

… that is for us than all they that are against us!" Defying sin, Satan, death and Hell, the righteous holds on his way. I take our text as …

An Indictment with Four Counts

Zephaniah 3:2

… You have listened to other voices, the siren voice of temptation has enchanted you, the voice of flattery has puffed you up, the voice of Satan has beguiled …

Fathomless

Psalm 36:6

… When he is humbled under God's hand, then he is less likely to be carried away with every wind of temptation. Smooth water on the way to …