Temptation

The Sluggard's Farm

Proverbs 24:30-32

… While you are sleeping, Satan will be sowing. If you withhold the seed of good, Satan will be lavish with the seed of evil and from that evil …

Psalm 139

Psalm 139

… Let us think of this if ever we are tempted to take license from the dark—it is light about us. If the darkness be light, how great …

The Saint's Heritage and Watchword

Isaiah 54:17

… James II had attempted to revive the dying cause of Popery—and the hopes of Satan were great. But sturdy Protestants would not easily lose their dearly-bought …

Help for Your Sickness

Matthew 8:16

… So the Savior met Satan foot to foot and face to face—and the devil made a poor fight of it—for whenever the Lord Jesus made His …

Dr. Rippon’s Prayer and its Answer

… a year, since he was under no temptation to leave for another position, because he felt at home, and could say, like one of old, “I dwell among …

Morning, May 3

Jn 16:33

… Dost thou know what foes thou hast beneath thy feet? Thou wast once a servant of Satan, and no king will willingly lose his subjects. Dost thou think …

Morning, June 28

Heb 12:2

… If we would at once overcome Satan and have peace with God, it must be by “looking unto Jesus.” Keep thine eye simply on him; let his death …

Morning, March 26

Jn 18:8

… In the midst of Egypt’s bondage, that voice rings as a word of power, “ Let these go their way .” Out of slavery of sin and Satan the …

Evening, February 17

Eze 35:10

… What comfort this assurance yields us in our troubles and spiritual conflicts! We are constantly opposed, and yet perpetually preserved! How often Satan shoots his arrows against our …

Evening, November 30

Rev 12:7

… The servants of Satan partake much of the old dragon’s energy, and are usually an active race. War rages all around, and to dream of peace is …

Morning, June 20

Am 9:9

… Nay, more, in some sense our siftings are directly the work of heaven , for the text says, “I will sift the house of Israel.” Satan, like a drudge …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… pain and trouble; of anxiety and fear; of trouble and of doubt; of temptation and of trial; of weakness and death. He is a man just as we …

Holding Fast the Faith

Revelation 2:12

… I know your works and where you dwell, even where Satan's seat is: and you holdfast My name and ha ve not denied My faith." Revelation 2 …

Prayer 4 — The All-Prevailing Plea

… fetters thereby, and though desperate be the evil, yet grant that Satan may cast out Satan and may his kingdom be divided and so fall. Above all, Thou …

"Persecuted, But Not Forsaken"

… What a coward Satan is! He always tries to attack God's children most fiercely when they are young. Fight one of your own size, Sir! But that …

Are You Prepared To Die?

Jeremiah 12:5

… I do not believe that any preacher will be long in his pulpit without having the temptation to be afraid of some man or another. And if he …

Psalm 108

Psalm 108

… When he says I will, he supposes that there might be some temptation to refrain, but this he puts on one side, and with fixed heart prepares himself …

Psalm 145

Psalm 145

… Jesus loosed a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had so bound that she was bowed down, and could by no means lift up herself. In this he proved …

How Saints May Help the Devil

Ezekiel 16:54

… Thus I have, mournfully in my own soul, set forth the plan whereby Satan comforts sinners in their sins, even by means of those who ought most sternly …

The Lord's Chosen Ministers

Luke 10:21

… To fetch Satan down from his throne, is no small thing—how is it to be done? Well, the philosophers may try their magnetism, but the devil is …

The Beauty Of The Olive Tree

Hosea 14:6

… You may study this conflict in your own heart and see how the Divine Life within you struggles on under affliction, adversity, trial and temptation—but conquers all …

Religion a Present Concern

… Yet are there not many who seem to imagine that if they save a corner in their souls for their religion, all will be well? Satan may stalk …

Delay Is Dangerous

Genesis 24:55

… You shall have Christ—you shall put your trust in Him—but not yet! Stop just a little while." Satan's last counsel to his servants seems to …

Carte Blanche

Matthew 15:28

… I am not certain that there are not instances of Satan's possession even now among us. There are cases that look very much like it, but in …

Psalm 45

Psalm 45

… Thus, under Popery, all my temptation was this. I used to say, `that I would willingly go to the sacrament if I were but worthy.' Thus we seek …

Wheat in the Barn

… The seed of the serpent, fathered by Satan, is thus separated from the seed of the kingdom, owned by Jesus, the promised deliverer. This is the one distinction …

The First Setting Up of the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:4-9

… We cannot believe it, and we will not let our soul say so!— "Determined to save, He watched over my path When, Satan's blind slave, I sported …

Mongrel Religion

2 Kings 17:41

… Albeit they do not practically turn from sin and renounce the service of Satan, yet are they willing to bow with the righteous, to sing their psalms and …

The Flight to Zoar

Genesis 19:23

… Moreover, this darkness is caused principally by conscience and by Satan. It is a strange thing, but, sometimes, a sinner's conscience and the devil will strike hands …

Once A Curse But Now A Blessing

Zechariah 8:13

… Give him abilities—talents of thought and speech—he becomes a sort of sergeant-major in the ranks of Satan, a commander of others. Satan employs him as …

Good News for the Aged

Matthew 20:6

… God calls His people out of the world and from the service of sin and Satan at all periods of life—and thus He exhibits His Divine Sovereignty …

Despair Denounced and Grace Glorified

Ezekiel 37:11

… Him that He has not half the power to save that Satan has to destroy—that Satan can be more successful in destruction than Christ can be effectual …

A Psalm of Remembrance

1 John 4:16

… Shall Satan be the conqueror? shall grace give way? O my dear brother, stand up now and say once more, once for all, “I tell thee, Satan, the …

Elijah’s Appeal to the Undecided

1 Kings 18:21

… You that are decided for God will want no decision; you that are decided for Satan will want no decision; you are on Satan’s side, and must …

A Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… Hence it is that Satan, who is always crafty, endeavors to strike at the heart. He will give you the hand if you please; you may be honest …

Wrecked, But Not reckless

Acts 27:20

… Do not believe what Satan is telling you! There is hope! The hope that you may be saved is not altogether gone—no, I will tell you the …

Christ Loosens From Infirmities

Luke 13:11-13

… It appears, from our Savior's words, that this woman's infirmity was coupled with Satanic influence. "Whom Satan has bound," He said, "lo, these eighteen years." We …

Peace—How Gained, How Broken

Psalm 85:8

… Around us are persons who have a peace which Satan preserves. "When a strong man armed keeps his house, his goods are in peace." When Satan is in …

Prayer 1 — Help from On High

… Let not Satan take away any more of the stars with his tail, but may the lumps of God shine bright. Oh! Thou that walkest amongst the seven …

The Single-handed Conquest

Isaiah 63:3

… There is Satan, lying with bruised head! How often does he come to afflict you! How terribly does he sometimes roar in your ears and tell you that …