Temptation

Is It True?

Daniel 3:14

… Sin in some form or other is the image which Satan sets up and requires us to serve. The tyranny of the world is fierce and cruel—and …

First Printed Works.–Author, Publishers, and Readers

… If a little one were lost, Satan would say, " Ah 1 you saved the great ones, because they had strength and could help themselves ; but the little one …

Life In Christ

John 14:19

… by fair temptation, you shall not be cowed by fierce persecution: mightier is he that is in you than he which is in the world. Satan will attack …

A Word with those who Wait for Signs and Wonders

Luke 11:29

… Unless I can be tempted to destroy myself. Unless I become so desponding that I am more fit for a lunatic asylum than to be in my own …

The Sojourn in Mesech

Psalm 120:5

… And, to this day, the chosen weapon of Satan with which the Evil One does great mischief, and on which he relies as his masterpiece of hellish ammunition …

The Unrivalled Friend

Proverbs 17:17

… You have been rich, perhaps, and increased in goods— you were tempted to forget your Lord, but He was a friend who loved you at all times and …

Why May I Rejoice?

Luke 10:20

… Our Lord Himself evidently coincided with the truth of their report, for He, also, said, "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from Heaven." I can hardly think that …

Miracles Of Love

Isaiah 38:17

… Our hearts were tempted by vanity and wantonness and the pleasures of sin, like Sirens, tried to fascinate us to our sure destruction. Have you never been in …

God's Longsuffering: An Appeal to the Conscience

2 Peter 3:15

… Eighteen, nineteen centuries, and the world not converted! Nineteen centuries, and Satan still to the front, and all manner of iniquity still wounding this poor, bleeding world! What …

Faith Illustrated

… To-day, as an ungodly sinner, you are your own master, free to follow the lusts of the flesh; or, rather Satan is your great tyrant, and you …

The Stony Heart Removed

Ezekiel 36:26

… Which is it with you? Then further, a man who has a hard heart is Satan's throne . There is a stone they tell us, in Scotland, at …

'Feed My Sheep'

John 21:16

… not going to cast you out—we consider ourselves lest we, also, be tempted. You have been converted, once, as a sinner—you must now be converted as …

Psalm 121

Psalm 121

… How different this from the portion of the ungodly ones who have Satan standing at their right hand, and of those of whom Moses said, "their defence has …

The Gospel

… Do you want something to make you stand steadfast in the midst of temptation? In the gospel there is that which can make you immovable, always abounding in …

Cheer Up, My Comrades!

2 Chronicles 35:2

… They say, ‘What can I do? What is the use of me? I may be excused.’ That is the temptation. Brother, do not be entangled in that snare …

The Iniquity of Our Holy Things

Exodus 28:36-38

… The verdict of Pilate was true—"I find no fault in this Man." He was tempted in all points but He never sinned in any point. The piercing …

'Who Is This?'

Matthew 21:10

… through the three years of His public ministry in the wilderness beholding Him tempted of the devil, though Lord of All and Prince and King! When they watched …

The Poor Man's Friend

Psalm 72:12

… They have need of a covering for the sin of the past; they have need of help against the temptation of the present; they have need of perseverance …

The Only Door

John 10:9

… you, but you shall be saved! Ah, though you are tempted every day of your lives, tempted as none ever were before, yet God is true and cannot …

Another And A Nobler Exhibition

Ephesians 3:10

… Satan casts out Satan in this case. We rise by man as by man we fell—"As in Adam all died, so in Christ shall all be made …

The Lion-slayer—the Giant-killer

1 Samuel 17:36

… us because we conscientiously did the right thing and would not yield to temptation. We must not think that we are out of the right road when we …

What We Have, and Are to Have

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… shed abroad in your heart by the Holy Spirit, you will not be tempted away from your Heavenly Father's house, neither will you be weary of your …

"Clear Shining After Rain"

2 Samuel 23:4

… I do think that, sometimes, when Satan wants to repress the zeal of young converts, he finds more efficient servants among good people than he does among bad …

The Turning Of Job's Captivity

Job 42:10

… The suggestion of Satan was that Job was selfish in his piety—that he found honesty to be the best policy and, therefore, he was honest—that godliness …

"Forever With The Lord"

1 Thessalonians 4:17

… Your Lord was led into the wilderness to be tempted—and you, too, have been tempted by the devil. You have been with the Lord all along, from …

Three Texts, But One Subject— Faith

Psalm 57:1

… I have been tempted many times to come out, but I never will. I cannot fight the hawk, I cannot kill the eagle, but I can squeeze myself …

A Bit of History for Old and Young

Genesis 48:15

… Especially should this care be taken by parents who are growing rich—whose offspring will be tempted by this very fact to seek grander society than the poor …

Rehoboam the Unready

2 Chronicles 12:14

… But a mother, trained in the school of Satan, and who has become a mistress in the art of sin is a terrible source of evil to her …

Daniel Facing the Lions' Den

Daniel 6:10

… The apostate is of all creatures the most terrible delinquent; his crime is akin to that of Satan, and the apostate's doom is the most dreadful that …

Sept. 14 — MARK OF DIVINE APPROVAL

James 1:12

… 14 MARK OF DIVINE APPROVAL "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath …

Self-Examination

… repented of. “If thou be the Son of God,” is not always a temptation of the devil, but often a very healthy inquiry, most fittingly suggested by holy …

Hagar at the Fountain

Genesis 16:13

… dead" is the token of temptation without defense. Such a stay and holdfast, Mother often is, that when she is gone, Satan gets a dire advantage over a …

Oct. 16 — ONE WITH CHRIST JESUS

John 14:19

… O believer, when, under great temptation, thou fearest that thou shalt one day fall by the hand of the enemy, let this reassure thee. Thou shalt never lose …

Sept. 13 — THE DEW OF HEAVEN

Deut. 33:28

… I shall not be left to my natural drought, or to the world's burning heat, or to the sirocco of Satanic temptation. Oh, that I may at …

The Exaltation of Christ

Philippians 2:9-11

… I shall preach there again yet; ay, and God shall give us souls there, and Satan’s empire shall tremble more than ever. “God is with us; who …

Moab Is My Washpot

Psalm 60:8

… You are a man of like passions, remember yourself, lest you also be tempted. In these days of epidemics, if we knew that a certain house was tainted …

God's Work Upon Minister and Convert

Acts 26:16-20

… The man is translated from the power of darkness into the kingdom of God's dear Son, or, as our text has it, "from the power of Satan …

Christ Is All

Colossians 3:11

… Whatever fiery darts Satan may shoot, Christ is the shield that can quench those darts. If Satan tempt me, Christ shall plead for me before the temptation comes …

A Present Helper

Acts 18:10

… He has passed through all, that as the Captain of our salvation He might be made "perfect through suffering." "Tempted in all points like as we are," there …

Forward! Forward! Forward!

Exodus 14:15

… Short, prompt, soldier-like, here is the whole of it—"Forward! Forward!" If you have been sitting down or tempted to go back—"Forward!" We have long been …