Temptation

An Ancient Question Modernized

Ezekiel 24:19

… You are the bond slaves of Satan and I must be bound to set you free." O Beloved, learn the lesson well! Sin always enslaves you. Free thought …

The God of Bethel

Genesis 31:13

… Perhaps full often when Satan might tempt, there come against him a mighty squadron of cherubim and seraphim to drive him back. And those strange battles of which …

What The Church Should Be

1 Timothy 3:15

… we read it as "the Church of God." There is a Synagogue of Satan and there is a Church of God. There are churches so-called which are …

Loving Persuasion

Acts 28:23

… Holy Spirit and that you are also hardened by the terrible influence of Satan—and that you have also allowed the suicidal influence of self-will to sear …

Love's Logic

1 John 4:19

… No man can stand up and truly say, “I, unbiassed and unaided, will to love God and I will not to love Satan.” Such proud self-assuming language …

Not Sufficient and Yet Sufficient

2 Corinthians 3:5

… To deliver men from the fascinations of sin and Satan. To bring them out of darkness into God's marvelous light. To turn rebels into sons of God …

Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls

Exodus 33:19

… There is no Saviour for angels; no precious blood was ever shed for Satan. Lucifer falls, and falls for ever, never to hope again. There is no dispensation …

God's Heart the Source of All Blessing

2 Samuel 7:21

… to you shall be fulfilled the promise, "The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly." Oh, the glory of which He has spoken concerning us …

Secret Sins Driven Out By Stinging Hornets

Deuteronomy 7:20

… If Satan cannot shoot us from above, he will do it from below. If he cannot assail us in the head, he will seek to cast us down …

Precious, Honorable, Beloved

Isaiah 43:4

… And what an achievement it will be when Satan shall be bruised beneath our feet, as he shall be shortly, when the hosts of Hell, with all their …

"Out Of The Depths"

Psalm 40:12

… of God, will grant you Grace to do it! He will shortly bruise Satan under your feet and your inbred corruptions shall yet be uprooted by the Spirit …

A Promise For Us And For Our Children

Isaiah 44:1-5

… by internal, self-produced fuel? Have you kept yourselves from the power of Satan? My Brethren, have you kept yourselves in communion with God? You know that you …

Psalm 80

Psalm 80

… Son of Man, the world is to be delivered from the dominion of Satan and the curse of sin. O Lord, fulfil thy promise to the man of …

An Earnest Warning about Lukewarmness

… fiery enough to burn the stubble of sin, nor zealous enough to make Satan angry, nor fervent enough to make a living sacrifice of themselves upon the altar …

A Hard Case

Job 33:14-18

… After having given their lives to Satan, they will give their deaths to the Savior. That prayer of the meanest man mentioned in the whole Bible is one …

The Power Of Prayer And The Pleasure Of Praise

2 Corinthians 1:11

… the earnest prayers of the people? Is not his position the most perilous? Satan's orders to the hosts of Hell are, "Fight neither with small nor great …

Life Proved by Love

1 John 3:14

… turning him front darkness to light, and from the power of sin and Satan, unto God. All the arguments that ever were written by Butler, or Paley, or …

Wanted, A Guest Chamber!

Mark 14:14

… Because I believe that if there is anything likely to do me good, Satan is sure to prevent my hearing it if possible, and therefore I listen with …

Turning Back in the Day of Battle

Psalm 78:9

… If Satan must have merriment may he find it anywhere rather than in us. Oh! may we stand at last, and, having done all, may we still stand …

The Blind Befriended

Isaiah 42:16

… see at all, but were duped and deluded, and under the witchcraft of Satan, fascinated by the world and beguiled by your own corrupt heart? Well, if it …

One Lion, Two Lions, No Lion at All!

Proverbs 22:13

… as a bird out of the snare of the fowler—that fowler is Satan and his nets are the deceitfulness of sin. And what if there is a …

The Marvelous Magnet

John 12:32

… It is on the tree He triumphed over Satan and it is by the Cross that He must triumph over the world. "I, if I am lifted up …

Believers—Lights In The World

Philippians 2:14-16

… The wreckers of Satan are always abroad, tempting the ungodly to sin under the name of pleasure. We must put up the true light upon every dangerous rock …

The Trees in God's Courts

Psalm 92:13-15

… If He says it shall flourish, flourish it will! Satan may seek to tear it up. The foxes may try to spoil the vines. There may be chilling …

Christ and His Co-workers

Mark 16:20

… they depict or symbolize the subjection of her nature to the power of Satan. It is very beautiful to notice that those people for whom Christ does most …

The True Position Of Assurance

Ephesians 1:13

… Your poor soul stands on trial and you have been listening to the accusations of Satan and your own sins! And the moment Christ gets up to show …

The Soul-Winner

Proverbs 11:30

… Or if, as an employer you are hard, tyrannical, and unchristian-like towards your men, your fruit shows that you are a tree of Satan's own orchard …

Withholding Corn

Proverbs 11:26

… on the other hand, you may be made instruments of unrighteousness through whom Satan may harden these children's hearts, even to their everlasting ruin. I use the …

Psalm 12

Psalm 12

… Strange is it that the easy yoke of the Lord should so gall the shoulders of the proud, while the iron bands of Satan they bind about themselves …

Jesus At Bethesda—or, Waiting Changed for Believing

John 5:1-9

… be to God, He has power to deliver far more than any which Satan uses for man's destruction. Look at the Biblical illustrations of what salvation is …

The Need and Nature of Conversion

Isaiah 55:7

… the same time, be a servant of the Savior and a servant of Satan. Besides, dear Friends, our common sense tells us that it would be highly dangerous …

A Visit to the Harvest Field

James 5:7-8

… It cast Satan out of heaven, when he was impatient at the honor and dignity of the Son of God. He was impatient at being a servant to …

Three Sights Worth Seeing

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… with me an everlasting covenant ordered in all things and sure." What if Satan does not appear to fall from heaven? What if the devils do not seem …

A Solemn Impeachment of Unbelievers

1 John 5:10

… such teaching will cease to be popular? It is a most attractive religion Satan, himself, invented—and it shows his genius in lying! Confess your sin to a …

Honey From A Lion

Romans 5:15

… an inheritance which we hold by an indisputable and never-failing title which Satan, himself, cannot dispute—"All things are yours, and you are Christ's, and Christ …

The Sinful Made Sinless

1 John 3:4

… what a wonder of Divine condescension—that we who were the slaves of Satan, the children of disobedience, the heirs of wrath, should be called the sons of …

God's Love Shamefully Questioned

Malachi 1:2

… Your money will speedily be gone and that, I trust, will be the way home for you." I asked him whether he knew why Satan did not drive …

The Tender Grapes

Solomon 2:13

… what he is after—he wants to get you back among the ungodly. Satan misses you and he wants to have you again, so he is sending Mr …

Godly Fear and Its Goodly Consequence

Proverbs 14:26

… It is written concerning Job that he was a man that "feared God and eschewed evil." Satan was permitted to tempt him and he came into deep trouble …

A Portrait No Artist Can Paint

Revelation 1:16

… He never really can be, for He abhors it! "Get you behind Me, Satan," would be His answer to every proposal that His image should be worshipped, for …