Temptation

The Oil and the Vessels

2 Kings 4:6

… gifts would be wasted by becoming superfluities, or burdensome responsibilities, or occasions for temptation, will He restrain His power and the oil shall cease. Rest assured that God …

'Ready, Yes, Ready!'

Isaiah 27:13

… But, after the soul has been rent to its foundations—after the awful groundswell and the Atlantic billows of deep temptation—when Jesus gives peace, there is "a …

Preparation for the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:28

… And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Our Savior now makes …

Fever and Its Cure

Luke 4:38

… Often it seemed to them nothing but a miracle that they kept clear of the temptation—they felt as if they must drink or die! O dear Friends …

Psalm 141

Psalm 141

… It is equivalent to the petition, "Lead us not into temptation." O that nothing may arise in providence which would excite our desires in a wrong direction. The …

New Tokens of Ancient Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… I break the power of Pharaoh? Have I not crushed the might of Satan? Did I divide the Red Sea for Israel to pass over? Have I not …

Cheering Words and Solemn Warnings

Isaiah 3:10

… Oh, blissful hour! Oh, joyous change, when the tendency shall be all upward, all toward good, all toward God, and not one whisper of temptation toward evil! Not …

The Clean and the Unclean

Leviticus 11:2

… For which will you be—for God—for truth—for right? Or for Satan—for the he—for the wrong? Which shall it be? May the Spirit of …

Moses—His Faith and Decision

Hebrews 11:24-26

… To do evil that good may come is no doctrine of Christ but of Satan. Fallen nature may wander in that way but the Grace of God delivers …

Diary, April to June, 1850

… Though tempted, I am not cast down; tried, but not overcome; truly it is of the Lord’s sovereign mercy. I would desire again this day to make …

Thorns and Thistles

Genesis 3:18

… To have to mix in it is rather a task for which we need much Grace, as we cry, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from …

God's Providence

Ezekiel 1:15-19

… There was a temptation which might have led you astray, but God said, "Gabriel, fly! There is one of My people in peril—go and put such a …

The Perfuming of the Heart

Romans 5:5

… from the touch of sin! If God loves me, He will not suffer temptation to overcome me, but He will keep me pure and holy, and receive me …

The New Park Street Pulpit

Ephesians 1:13

… temptation dead at your feet—you have had in that day and hour a foretaste of the joy that awaits you, when the Lord shall shortly tread Satan …

Black Clouds and Bright Blessings

Ecclesiastes 11:3

… Listen to the words—"Now for a season, if necessary, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations." The necessity is not merely for the temptation, but that you …

Two Wilderness Incidents

Numbers 21:1-6

… While we are hard at work for the Lord, watching against temptation, striving against sin, or bravely enduring trial, we behave ourselves well. But full often when we …

Three Precious Things

1 Peter 2:7

… But Christ is such a jewel that even Satan himself can never rob the soul of him when once it has Him. My heart evermore rejoices in that …

A Clear Understanding

Matthew 13:51

… When he is praying, often the temptation is to glide into a kind of ministerial prayer—not the prayer of a poor sinner coming near to God! Perhaps …

Chastisement—Now And Afterward

Hebrews 12:11

… Besides, Satan very seldom forgets to roar on such occasions. That old cowardly villain seldom meddles with God's people when they can skillfully handle the shield of …

Earthquake But Not Heartquake

Psalm 46:1-3

… of losses and sufferings, we shall say to every form of temptation, "Get you behind me, Satan." One thing more I desire to say about this fearlessness, namely …

With the King for His Work!

1 Chronicles 4:23

… My dear Brother, if you are placed in the very midst of ribald wickedness, an opportunity to serve the Lord where Satan's seat is might induce you …

Holiness Demanded

Hebrews 12:14

… I have sometimes felt inclined to pray that my life may come to a speedy end lest haply, in some evil hour, some temptation should come upon me …

An Observation of the Preacher

Ecclesiastes 7:8

… are you not grateful, Christian, that another year of temptation has gone forever and that the arrows that Satan has shot at you this year, he can shoot …

God-Guided Men

Galatians 1:16

… But the Lord said to him, "Get you behind Me, Satan: you are an offense unto Me, for you savor not the things that are of God, but …

The Living Care of the Dying Christ

John 18:8

… Although, under the brunt of a strong temptation, I may flee—He still loves me! Yes, and even if I should deny Him, yet I can understand that …

Warning and Encouragement

Genesis 27:38

… He can give you the Grace to enable you to resist the strongest temptation and to conquer the fiercest besetting sin. There is almighty power in the ever …

Onward!

Philippians 3:13

… Whereas he had spiritual conflicts and found that without were fights and within fears, these very superior persons have already trod Satan under their feet and reached a …

The Welcome Visitor

John 11:28-32

… When you meet with rebuke, and slander, and jesting, and jeering against you for Christ's sake, He has told you of them— "Temptation orpain—He has told …

The Ever-Living Christ

Revelation 1:18

… there shall you see Him, as He said unto you." I am quite sure that this is the same Christ who said to Peter, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan …

The Chief Of Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15

… Such God shall judge when He comes at the last day, for this temptation is a deep ditch and the abhorred of the Lord shall fall into it …

Iconoclast

2 Kings 18:4

… Although it was an interesting memorial, it must be utterly destroyed because it presented a temptation to idolatry. Here, if ever in this world was a relic of …

"How Good to Those Who Seek!"

Lamentations 3:25

… Is He not good in keeping back the temptation which might have destroyed you? The foul insinuations of Satan trouble you, but they might be worse than they …

The Minister in These Times

… Now, if your gospel has not the power of the Holy Ghost in it, you cannot preach it with confidence, and you are tempted to have a performance …

Cleansing—a Covenant Blessing

Ezekiel 36:25

… Yes, I guarantee you that the darkest dungeon would be a bright paradise to a Believer, if there he could be exempt from the temptation, from the remembrance …

"Is the Spirit of the Lord Straitened?"

Micah 2:7

… I have heard a good deal about it and I believe that "the spirit of the age" is Satan. That is short and not very sweet—but that …

A Root Out Of A Dry Ground

Isaiah 53:2

… The mower's scythe of temptation has cut down the outgrowth of our spiritual life, but, blessed be God, He who comes down like rain upon the mown …

Wordless Prayers Heard in Heaven

Isaiah 41:17

… He (or, more likely, she) begins to say, "But what can Ido? I cannot thresh mountains! No, rather, it seems to me that Satan's threshing me and …

'By Water and Blood'

1 John 5:6

… you were left to yourself, what might you not become? If circumstances put temptation in your way and God's Grace did not restrain you, what sin might …

Love Abounding, Love Complaining, Love Abiding

Isaiah 43:1-4

… you nor forsake you," come life, come death, come temptation, come poverty, come sickness, come assault of Satan, come whatever may from Heaven, or earth, or Hell, the …

Am I Sought Out?

Isaiah 62:12

… Has not God been pleased to give us in this Church scores of instances where those who were decoys for Satan are now the leaders of others to …