Temptation

God'S Witnesses

Isaiah 43:10

… you, as God's witnesses, will be cross-examined. Watch, therefore! Watch carefully. Temptation will be put in your way—the devil will cross-examine you. You say …

Invitation to a Conference

Isaiah 1:18

… The first temptation that has crossed your path has drawn you back into the ways of sin and you still remain just as sinful as ever. Some of …

A Worthy Theme for Thought

Psalm 48:9

… in forgiveness, in comforting, in strengthening, in guiding, in answering prayer, in removing temptation, in conquering infirmity, in leading on from strength to strength!" Oh, if we had …

Earnest Expostulation

Romans 2:4

… What mean those wakeful nights after you have yielded to a temptation? What means that miserable feeling of shame? that fever of unrest? You find it hard to …

Covenant Blessings

Ezekiel 36:26

… Mere religious impressibility is not Grace—it is Nature alone—and I even fear that to some it is a temptation to be so extremely impressionable. I am …

Forts Demolished and Prisoners Taken

2 Corinthians 10:5

… I can overcome any temptation. I am persuaded that I can fight my own way into eternal happiness," and all such vain ideas. Let but the Gospel come …

Strength And Recovery

Zechariah 10:12

… The strongest man that ever lived was one of the most unhappy of men because of the temptation to which his vigorous flesh exposed him. Samson was the …

Mr. Spurgeon’s Opinions on Subjects of General Interest

… The ease with which drink can be obtained at respectable shops, I believe to be a peculiarly evil form of temptation ; but to publish the facts which prove …

Conceit Rebuked

Job 34:33

… are poor would speedily become rich—and they do not know what the temptation of riches might be, nor the Grace they would need to resist it. And …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… How can He preserve me amid persecution? How can He keep me from temptation and preserve me from the world, the flesh and the devil?" Nothing is impossible …

Supposing Him to Have Been in the Company

Luke 2:44

… How firmly shall we believe because we are living in fellowship with "the Truth"! How safely we shall be guarded against temptation, even as the sheep are safe …

The One Foundation

1 Corinthians 3:11

… above, the floods of persecution from without and the mysterious winds of Satanic temptation which howl from every quarter. The best masonry must crack and fall if the …

The Friend of God

Isaiah 41:8

… He went childless for many a day and the temptation came to him and, for a moment prevailed with him, that he must use human means to effect …

God Has Spoken!— Rejoice!

Psalm 108:7

… in a time of trouble, or to preserve you in the hour of temptation, or to deliver you out of trial, or to give you Divine Grace according …

The Filling of Empty Vessels

2 Kings 4:3

… If he could have faith to bring his peculiar temptation before God as well as every other, it would be overcome for him. There is no sin which …

The Shining of the Face of Moses

Exodus 34:29-36

… Our temptation is to gross self-flattery! We dream of strength where all is weakness—of wisdom where all is folly. A man does not need to see …

The Beatitudes

Matthew 5:1-12

… but we had better be hindered in our work than drawn aside into temptation. The most dexterous hand must not be spared if it encourages us in doing …

A Man of God Alone With God

Psalm 119:26

… Teach me to watch against temptation. Teach me to search the Scriptures. Teach me to yield myself up to You as a living sacrifice, which is my reasonable …

Barriers Broken Down

Romans 10:3

… fading, floating thing, always apt to be damaged by the next moment's temptation—how can I be so foolish? A ridiculous thing, an ignominious thing, a filthy …

Unbelievers Stumbling—Believers Rejoicing

Romans 9:33

… Again, the Christian would have cause to doubt if Christ were to fail him, either as to Providence or Grace, in his times of trial and temptation. When …

"Forever With The Lord"

Philippians 1:23

… have said it—there will be no sin, no depravity, no infirmity, no temptation there. He did not say, "We shall be better in employment," though surely it …

Heaven Below

Revelation 7:16

… But no heat of that sort shall happen to saints in Heaven—they can be rich, honored, perfectly beautiful and yet under no temptation to self-exaltation! Here …

Dead, Yet Alive

Romans 6:11

… to provide things honest in the sight of all men—he finds a temptation to do something which is unjust, put in his way, and though, at first …

Additions to the Church

… It is a strong temptation with many to say, "I have believed in Jesus, but that is a matter between God and my own soul. There can be …

Everlasting Love Revealed

Jeremiah 31:3

… so as to leave out this day of trouble and that hour of temptation. Even at this dark hour your name is on the heart of your God …

The Royal Pair in Their Glorious Chariot

Song 3:6-11

… Christian ministers especially should be no novices, but both in the school of temptation, and in some school of the prophets, they should be disciplined for fight. May …

Lessons From Lydia'S Conversion

Acts 16:13

… It is a temptation of modern times to be always talking as though the ministry were a magnifying of man, as though to listen to the preacher were …

Why Is Faith So Feeble?

Mark 4:40

… believing confidence in Him, such as neither storm of sorrow nor tempest of temptation can shake. I shall conclude by carrying this enquiry into another region for another …

Breakfast With Jesus

John 21:12

… What He has done in the time of temptation—how He has supplied your needs. And how He has given you enjoyments of His love. I was looking …

The Obedience of Faith

Hebrews 11:8

… Therefore, it is not relaxed in the time of temptation, nor destroyed in the hour of losses and sufferings. Life has no trial which can turn the gracious …

The Agreement Of Salvation By Grace With Walking In Good Works

Ephesians 2:9

… Yes, vehemently desire, heartily pant after perfect holiness in the fear of God! Then may you, in the midst of severe struggles against temptation from outside and from …

Binding Up Broken Hearts

Isaiah 61:1

… a child of God, but who has been suddenly overthrown by a great temptation to which he has yielded. Brother, I know that you do not excuse yourself …

Mouth and Heart

Romans 10:9

… We preach emancipation for the slaves of sin! You that are worried and wearied with temptation shall be saved from yielding to it! You that cry out by …

Without Money and Without Price

Isaiah 55:1

… would have marred the whole, and left a gap whereby might enter the temptation to self-glory! Every child of God will know eternally that he is saved …

Contentment

Philippians 4:11

… You can go with him through all the depths of care and woe, and follow him almost into the wilderness of temptation, when you are in your straits …

Do You Know Him?

Philippians 3:10

… A sight of Christ! How shall I stir you to it? It will fire you to duty; it will deliver you from temptation; it will, in fact, make …

A Psalm For The New Year

2 Peter 3:18

… Where can we go to escape from peril? Where shall we fly to avoid temptation? If we venture into business, worldliness is there. If we retire to our …

The Man Christ Jesus

Hebrews 7:4

… in the wilderness he is grandly victorious over temptation, in the crowd he is greatly wise in answering those who would entrap him. Behold him in his agony …

The Entreaty of the Holy Spirit

Hebrews 3:7

… context. "Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness"—that is to say, by unbelief—by saying, "God cannot save …

The Sunday-School Teacher—A Steward

Luke 16:2

… help him in his future life, to maintain integrity in the midst of temptation, and preserve righteousness when he shall be subjected to imminent perils? How did I …