Temptation

The Reason Why Many Cannot Find Peace

James 4:7-10

… It is madness to forsake the honorable service of the great King to become the slave of Satan. O that men would submit themselves unto God and be …

What Is Essential in Coming to God?

Hebrews 11:6

… They are be-tween-ites—if there is such a word—neither servants of God, nor yet out-and-out servants of Satan—a miserable crew! Let none …

The Lord's Own Salvation

Hosea 1:7

… Or that, going to hear a minister, there will be something very striking in the sermon which will alarm or depress them, so that they will be tempted …

The Two Effects of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

… Christ suffered for this mans sins, and yet,” says Satan with a malignant joy, “I have him afterwards; for God exacted the punishment twice!” Shall that e’er …

The Jewel of Peace

2 Thessalonians 3:16

… He is a Man tempted in all points like as I am, a Man who knows every grief of the soul and every pain of the body—therefore …

Jesus Christ Immutable

Hebrews 13:8

… If by His death upon the tree He crushes Satan for us, by His life of holiness He teaches us how to break the dragon's head within …

Acceptable Service

Hebrews 12:28

… me that before I left the pulpit." Satan soon suggests to God's servants some lofty notion and they are tempted to appropriate to themselves the honor which …

The Peace of God

Philippians 4:7

… But he says to himself— "Come, then, expressive silence, muse His praise." Satan has breathed a whisper into the mind—"It is too good to be true," but …

Choice Food for Pilgrims to Canaan

Exodus 33:14

… But, if the Lord is withdrawn from us, then in His sanctuary we shall be tempted to transgress like Eli's sons—and in His Temple the devil …

Means for Restoring the Banished

2Samuel 14:14

… In their complaining moments they are tempted to say, "Lo, these many years do I serve You, and yet You never gave me a kid, that I might …

Early And Late

Matthew 20:1

… Youngsters still more at home in the playground than in the work field—fitter, as Satan tells them—to be sporting in the marketplace than busy in the …

Where Go You?

Job 23:10

… I wish every man here who is serving Satan to be aware that he is doing it. "If Jehovah is God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow …

The Substance Of True Religion

Job 19:28

… He lived among our race, bearing our infirmities and tempted in all points like as we are, though without sin. It is most sweet for faith to say …

Asleep and Yet Awake—a Riddle

Solomon 5:2

… We may wisely quote David as an encouragement to a penitent, that God will forgive his sin, but not as an apology for ourselves should we be tempted …

"Living, Loving, Lasting Union"

Ephesians 5:30

… away from His by the wounds of Satan's sword, the surgery of infidelity, or any earthly accident or diabolical temptation. If you are one with Him, you …

A New Year's Benediction

Hebrews 13:5

… We almost longed for some temptation to prove how true we would be! We felt very vexed with other professors, that they should prove so untrue! We felt …

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… Such conduct is meanness, itself, and it is amazing that the churches tolerate it! Only Satan, himself, could have put it into a man's heart to become …

Harvest Past, Summer Ended and Men Unsaved

Jeremiah 8:20

… You shall be tempted and often have to groan because of secret lusts that will linger in you, but you have a new life, now, for you have …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc. (Second Lecture)

… sermons, with notes in the margin, the preacher is recommended to shake the crucifix, and to hammer upon the pulpit like Satan himself ! By this means he was …

Hidden Manna

Jeremiah 15:16

… the Bible read? A young man who never had read his Bible was tempted to do so, and led to conversion by the gift of a bookmarker, presented …

Fellowship With God

1 John 1:3

… We ought to know him in his wilderness temptations—ourselves being tempted in all points. We ought to know him in his blasphemies and slanders—ourselves being accounted …

Might Have Been, or May Be

John 11:37

… Still, you see the drift, and this is often the drift of Satan's arguments. Your brother, your mother, your child, your friend—these are dead. You sent …

Psalm 46

Psalm 46

… A place of freedom and liberty, freedom from the guilt of sin, wrath of God, curse of the law, present evil world, bondage to Satan, etc., etc. 6 …

Traveling Expenses On The Two Great Roads

Jonah 1:3

… How hard is the harlot's drudgery! How heavy is the yoke of Satan! 4. Sinners, again, are frequently put by their sins to a great expense of …

Spiritual Liberty

2 Corinthians 3:17

… It is no pleasant thought for me to stand here and believe that if I dropped down I must sink into the arms of Satan and have him …

Compassion on the Ignorant

Hebrews 5:2

… For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities but was in allpoints tempted like as we are, yet without …

Loosening The Sandal Strap

Luke 3:16

… He reverenced Him as the Anointed of the Lord, the King of Israel, and, consequently, he was not tempted into elevating himself into a rival. He rejoiced to …

Wanted!—Volunteers

2 Chronicles 17:16

… What will you give for her, O Sin? 'A few paltry transient joys.' And Satan wants to have her. What will you give for her, Satan? 'And the …

Fullness of Joy Our Privilege

1 John 1:4

… If we can see the Savior's face without a cloud between, then temptation has no power over us, and all the glittering shams that sin can offer …

Sin Slain

Judges 4:22

… There was a time, too, when we thought we would starve our sins; we thought we would keep out of temptation, and not go and pander to our …

Self-Humbling and Self-Searching

Solomon 1:6

… But you know that, when there is much to be done in God’s service, there is a very strong temptation to want to push this and that …

The Bridgeless Gulf

Luke 16:26

… Rejoice, you saints in light, triumph in your God for this—no temptation of Satan can ever vex you when once you are landed on the golden strand …

Psalm 97

Psalm 97

… 4) After sore conflicts with Satan, the upright have been revived by the springing of the joy sown. After Christ was tempted came an angel to comfort him …

Jesus in Gethsemane

John 18:1

… It is noteworthy that He did not ask them to pray with Him—He bade them watch and pray, lest they should enter into temptation. But He said …

The Blind Eye and the Deaf Ear

… observations which show that they are not very great admirers, we may be tempted to discouragement if not to anger: herein lies a snare. When I was about …

Bread For The Hungry

Deuteronomy 8:3

… in such straits that, though a Christian man, he is severely tempted and sternly tried by Satan to do what he knows is wrong, but which he thinks …

No Fixity Without Faith

Isaiah 7:9

… So they make it out to be and, in the future, those poor creatures are going to manage themselves! The wine cup, it is true, has tempted them …

The Double Cleansing

Zechariah 13:1

… Some of you cannot do without awful peril what other people might very freely do because there is a special temptation for you about that particular form of …

Declension from First Love

Revelation 2:4

… But now you see a commandment, and you see profit on the other side; and how often do you dally with the profit and choose the temptation, instead …

Beginning at Jerusalem

Luke 24:47

… Begin where you are tempted not to begin. Naturally these disciples would have said one to another when they met, “We cannot do much here in Jerusalem. The …