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Temptation, Satan, spiritual warfare, and resisting sin
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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 3091Pedigree
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 2630What 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 674The 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 2952The 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 2872The 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 524The 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 805Resurrection 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 1680Bochim—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 294A 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 2146Joy, 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 998More 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 1018Pleading
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 2878Good 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 903The 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 1276Unconditional 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 2692Church 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 2081Truth 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 3265Faith 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 2889Christ 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 2089Profitable 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 3039The 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 1168The 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 3137Soul 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 3481Visits 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 946The 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 3303A 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 242Christ 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 2387Good 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 1449A 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 2310Howling 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 2676Comfort 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 1128Love'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 243Weak 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 1120The 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 2265Harvest 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 2078The 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 2540Declaring 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 3470An 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 …