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Temptation, Satan, spiritual warfare, and resisting sin

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SERMON • SERMON 2647

Preparation Necessary for the Communion

1 Corinthians 11:28

… the name of the LORD. That was the very best time to pray. Satan does his utmost to prevent our praying when we are in extremities, but, oh …

SERMON • SERMON 3091

Pedigree

2 Corinthians 11:22

… It gives us no effort to remember when we were the slaves of Satan. The scars of his whip are scarcely healed. When we see others sinning, we …

SERMON • SERMON 2630

What Jesus Would Do

Matthew 23:37

… He is willing to hide, as in the cleft of the rook, the sin and Satan-haunted spirit! It is so, dear Friends! I know it is so …

SERMON • SERMON 674

The Mighty Arm

Psalm 89:13

… trod on the neck of sin, that You have broken the head of Satan, that You have led captivity captive and opened the gates of Heaven to all …

SERMON • SERMON 3293

'The Blood of the Testament'

Hebrews 9:19

… this or that—but because His blood makes them yours! The next time Satan says to you, "You do not believe as you ought and, therefore, the promise …

SERMON • SERMON 2952

The Church—the World's Hope

Acts 27:24

… I do believe it is the invention of Satan to lift up some few men above the rest and say, "Only some of you are to fight the …

SERMON • SERMON 2872

The Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:26

… It is the flashing before the eyes of Satan of the sword that smote him in the days of old and that will make him tremble again even …

SERMON • SERMON 524

The Saint'S Horror At The Sinner'S Hell

… That great synagogue of Satan, the place appointed for unbelievers and prepared for the devil and his angels. Where "sullen moans and hollow groans and shrieks of tortured …

SERMON • SERMON 805

Resurrection With Christ

Ephesians 2:4

… effort the great black lid of blasphemy flies off, never to be replaced. Satan thought it was screwed down fast enough, and so it was for a dead …

SERMON • SERMON 1680

Bochim—Or, the Weepers

Judges 2:4

… If Satan is effectually driven out of a man, the emancipated one sweeps his house and purges himself of the filth which he formerly harbored. He plucks out …

SERMON • SERMON 294

A Home Question

… Your honesty in avowing yourself to be a slave of Satan! Your effrontery in declaring that you are steeped up to the very throat in sin, is this …

SERMON • SERMON 2146

Joy, Joy Forever

Psalm 5:11

… there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me." In every tribulation God is moved by love to His people …

SERMON • SERMON 998

More and More

Psalm 71:14

… As we think of these busy servants of Satan, we ought to chide ourselves and say: “Shall Baal be diligently served, and Jehovah have such a sleepy advocate …

SERMON • SERMON 1018

Pleading

Psalm 70:5

… be diminutions, there will be divisions, there will be mischief of all kinds; Satan will rejoice, and Christ will be dishonoured, unless we obtain a larger measure of …

SERMON • SERMON 2878

Good Cheer for the Needy

Psalm 9:18

… the heart! So rest assured of that. "The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly," and you shall yet feel the power of holiness and …

SERMON • SERMON 903

The Way Everlasting

Psalm 139:24

… it! That man must have well listed his door who can keep out Satan's temptations. But he who should have done that and left no crack by …

SERMON • SERMON 1276

Unconditional Surrender

James 4:7

… braying of vanity is a miracle another way, not of God but of Satan. Is it not one of the fundamental truths of our faith that we are …

SERMON • SERMON 2692

Church Increase

Isaiah 49:20

… I bless God and take courage as I see another great slice cut out of the kingdom of Satan and transferred to the Kingdom of Christ! Quite a …

SERMON • SERMON 2081

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

Joel 2:25

… None toil harder than those who are the slaves of lust, pleasure, self and Satan. These people often labor as in the very fire. The way of transgressors …

SERMON • SERMON 3265

Faith Tried and Triumphing

Job 13:15

… Yet he says there is but one thing more that can be done—and God has kept Satan back from that. He said, "Only you shall not take …

SERMON • SERMON 2889

Christ Receiving Sinners

Matthew 9:10

… old pillars shake, though they are, today, the sworn friends of sin and Satan! But He who has permitted them to go so far into sin may issue …

SERMON • SERMON 2089

Profitable Mixture

Hebrews 4:2

… Spirit helps our infirmities." The Lord "will subdue our iniquities." "God shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly." "Thanks be unto God, who gives us the victory through …

SERMON • SERMON 3039

The King's Sharp Arrows

Psalm 45:5

… I say, of awful perseverance, you have managed to remain a servant of Satan until now! Nor can we bring you to accept the Gospel of Christ. If …

SERMON • SERMON 1168

The Crown of Thorns

Matthew 27:29

… It is a safe place for sinners! Neither Satan, sin, nor Death can reach you there. Gaze on your Savior's sufferings and you will see sin atoned …

SERMON • SERMON 3137

Soul Satisfaction

Psalm 35:3

… says, "how can this be true?" That is neither my business nor yours, Satan! God says it is so and therefore it is so. That is enough for …

SERMON • SERMON 3481

Visits From the Lord

John 21:7

… I said, "Don't run away from Satan. Fight the devil where you are! Tell the devil you will grapple with him where you are, and you mean …

SERMON • SERMON 946

The Profit Of Godliness In The Life To Come

1 Timothy 4:8

… The worldling's haunt, the synagogue of Satan, shall be far away from you. No more shall you sojourn in Mesech and dwell in the tents of Kedar …

SERMON • SERMON 3303

A Very Early Bible Society

2 Chronicles 34:15

… It will tell him how to be rid of all his sin and free himself from the slavery of Satan. It will teach him how to bear his …

SERMON • SERMON 242

Christ Precious to Believers

1 Peter 2:7

… Nay, more than this, Satan has been permitted to put forth his hand and touch Christ’s people, not only in their goods and in their families, but …

SERMON • SERMON 2387

Good Advice For Troublous Times

Isaiah 26:20

… Of what are you afraid? Afraid of the devil? God is stronger than Satan! Afraid of death? God is stronger than death! Afraid of poverty? Christ is stronger …

SERMON • SERMON 1449

A Vile Weed and a Fair Flower

Hebrews 13:5

… Behind the wall He will pour oil upon the flame if in the front of the wall He permits Satan to throw water upon it. He will feed …

SERMON • SERMON 2310

Howling Changed To Singing

Psalm 13:1

… exult over us whenever he can! And so our trouble outside is that Satan and his allies exult over us and we have not yet learned to say …

SERMON • SERMON 2676

Comfort From the Future

Job 11:16

… He enjoys the liberty of the sons of God and he forgets the chains he used to wear as Satan's slave. He has peace with God and …

SERMON • SERMON 1128

Love's Crowning Deed

John 15:13

… Even Satan acknowledged the reality of the virtue which would lead a man to die, when he spoke concerning Job to God. He made little of Job's …

SERMON • SERMON 243

Weak Hands and Feeble Knees

Isaiah 35:8

… And hence it is that Satan still retains the throne, still darkness broods over the nations, and still men are not saved. May God strengthen us, or what …

SERMON • SERMON 1120

The Apple Tree in the Woods

Solomon 2:3

… We cannot be certain that a thing is right because it is old, for Satan is old, and sin is old, and death is old, and Hell is …

SERMON • SERMON 2265

Harvest Joy

Isaiah 9:3

… Who but God can make the eternal Light of God burst through the natural darkness and turn us from the power of Satan unto God? Next, conversion must …

SERMON • SERMON 2078

The Believing Thief

Luke 23:42-43

… Yes, Satan asks to come to the front and preach to you; but he cannot be allowed. Avaunt, thou deceiver! Yet I should not wander if he gets …

SERMON • SERMON 2540

Declaring the Works of the Lord

Psalm 118:17

… death unto life, that we have been brought out of the kingdom of Satan into the Kingdom of God's dear Son! I think that man who was …

SERMON • SERMON 3470

An Earnest Entreaty

Psalm 17:7

… And if not steeped in crime, you were, perhaps, puffed up with self-righteousness and so fast held in Satan's stronghold. When we think of what we …