Temptation

Brief, Silent Prayer

Nehemiah 2:4

… Do you think that there is a temptation before you? Do you begin to suspect that somebody is plotting against you? Now for a prayer. "Lead me in …

Satan's Punctuality, Power and Purpose

Luke 8:12

… Our text says "then," that is, then and there "comes the devil." Mark renders it, "Satan comes immediately." Whoever else may loiter, Satan never does. No sooner does …

Why Christ Is Not Esteemed

Isaiah 53:3

… Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. He went away again the second time, and prayed …

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

… The oftener the messenger of Satan is sent to buffet us, the more earnestly (with Paul) we cry unto the Lord to be delivered (2Co 12:8). So …

A Blow For Puseyism

John 6:63

… I know the talk is that we ought to vie with the false churches in the beauty of our services—but this is a temptation of the devil …

The True Apostolical Succession

Psalms 45:16

… and our struggles, who have been with me in the wilderness of my temptation, by the bed of my sickness ; my helpers in council, my assistants in labour …

Human Depravity And Divine Mercy

Genesis 8:21

… The more he feels the depth of his depravity, the more he admires the fullness of the atoning sacrifice! The more terrible the temptation, the more joyous is …

A Threefold Slogan

Luke 10:44

… you surveyed it! What with propensities within your breast, and profuse attractions outside—temptation held you spell-bound! What could not be done in the village—what you …

Evening, January 11

Lu 22:32

… Mark, he does not say, “Satan hath desired to have you.” He checks Satan even in his very desire, and nips it in the bud. He does not …

Heavenly Rest

Hebrews 4:9

… Sin now troubleth him constantly; but there sin is dead, there they have no temptation to sin, from without or from within, but they are perfectly free to …

Our Lord's Preaching

Isaiah 61:1

… Do not bring depraved persons within your doors to defile them! For a man to lead others like himself into temptation is bad enough—but to sow the …

Full Redemption

Exodus 10:26

… The mandate has gone forth to earth and hell: “Thus saith the Lord, let my people go that they may serve me.” “No,” saith Satan, “they shall not …

An Awful Contrast

Matthew 26:67

… He "went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end." Peter was right enough in following Christ—it was afterward, when the temptation came, that he …

Ears Bored to the Doorpost

Exodus 21:5

… And when they have their choice—and they do have it every day, for temptation gives them many an opportunity—they will not go out, but are obliged …

Holy Song From Happy Saints

Isaiah 5:1

… s Countenance in your own soul? Has a snare been broken? Has a temptation been removed? Are you in a joyous frame of mind? "Is any merry? Let …

The Great Reservoir

Proverbs 4:23

… we had better adopt another scheme of living; society must be re-modeled, so that man may have an opportunity for the display of virtues, and less temptation …

Life, and the Path to It

Psalm 16:11

… No temptation can ever enter there, no carking care, no spiritual weakness. They are eternally clear of all that made them sad in the days of their sinfulness …

Ripe Fruit

Micah 7:1

… If your passions are still not subdued, if still you are carried about by every wind of temptation—if still, "Lo here, and lo there," will attract you …

The Dejected Lover

Solomon 3:1-4

… there idle brain But bred an idle thought." No longer to the insidious temptation which is so apt to beset us all. The Lord deliver us from the …

Over the Mountains

Song 2:16

… He knew temptation in the wilderness, heartbreak in the garden, desertion on the Cross. He is quite at home with pain and weakness, for, "He Himself took our …

The Immutability of God

Malachi 3:6

… Cannot you remember in your life, seasons similar to those I have felt? I have gone right to the edge of sin; some strong temptation has taken hold …

A Troubled Prayer

Psalm 25:18

… Those poor souls, who, through superabundant difficulty, are ready to do the most unreasonable things—ready, it may even be, to give way to that wicked, Satanic temptation …

Satan, Self, Sin and the Savior

Mark 5:9

… Without any preface, let us at once seek to find in the text SOMETHING ABOUT SATAN. Although an unclean spirit, Legion, like his master, Satan, is very apt …

Out of Nothing Comes Nothing

Job 14:4

… that Grace in the soul, He helps the man to pray, to overcome temptation and to engage in holy service. The Spirit helps us all the way through …

The Drawings of Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… and the second hastens down to everlasting death! Lord, deliver me from the temptation to be "broad," and keep me in the narrow way, though few find it …

'He Blessed Him There'

Genesis 32:29

… I take it to be a vast blessing to a Christian to be delivered from the temptation to retaliate, to be saved from all hardness of heart and …

The Pastors’ College, 1861-1878 (Continued)

… must listen to much with the deaf ear, while you will often be tempted to say things which had better be left unsaid; then, remember the muzzle. Then …

With Golden Band Girded

Revelation 1:13

… Heaven is the place of rest for us—not this world of temptation and of sin. Always stand ready to suffer or to serve! At the Master's …

The Necessity of the Spirit’s Work

… that can lead a man to live in heaven, while there is a temptation to him to live on earth. I do not wonder that a poor man …

Mourning at the Sight of the Crucified

Luke 23:48

… They are beyond temptation, beatified and made like Jesus! And how? It was all through Calvary. There was their sin put away! There was their everlasting righteousness brought …

Memories of my Father (Continued)

… All of you have had great delight in your converted children, when your boy has stood out against temptation, or your girl has remained faithful when thrown among …

The Scarlet Line in the Window

Joshua 2:21

… and made to doubt whether we are saved or not in times of temptation, if our faith took a firm grip of Christ and tied the scarlet line …

Our Champion

Judges 16:3

… Our Savior's sufferings were not only an Atonement for sin, but they were a conflict with Satan and a conquest over him. Satan is a defeated foe …

Real Contact With Jesus

Luke 8:46

… Ah, it is a terrible fight sometimes—a real toe-to-toe fight with evil, with temptation and I know not what! But Beloved, do fight it out …

COME AND WELCOME

John 6:37

… troubled spirit may find rest, but, after all, there is a very strong temptation to a heart in trouble to rest in the prayers of others rather than …

Psalm 39

Psalm 39

… Such as his chequered life would be sure to produce; fit effusions for a man so tempted, so strong in his passions, and yet so firm in faith …

'It Pleased God'

Galatians 1:15

… I thanked her and told her that I should do the same for her, whereupon she said that she did not require it, for she had no temptation …

Looking Unto Jesus

Psalm 34:5

… Look unto Him, thou poor distressed brother in Jesus; look unto Him, and be lightened. “Why dost thou complain of want or distress, Temptation or pain?—he told …

Messrs. Moody and Sankey Defended; or, A Vindication of the Doctrine of Justification by Faith

Galatians 5:24

… pleasures, who have turned instantly from them, and have continued to resist all temptation, because they are new creatures in Christ Jesus. The phenomenon of conversion is singular …

God's Hand at Evening

Ezekiel 33:22

… If our besetting sin is a fiery temper, or a slothful nature, or a strange temptation to some other evil, may "the hand of the Lord" be so …