Temptation

The Lessons of the Foot-washing

John 13:3-5

… errand!— "The sight might kings themselves convert, God only could so far submit: Satan is in the traitor's heart, The Lord Most High is at his feet …

The Lost Silver Piece

Luke 15:8-10

… Those for whom Christ hath died, whom he hath peculiarly redeemed, are not Satan’s even when they are dead in sin. They may come under the devil …

One Worker Preparing For Another

1 Chronicles 22:14

… on, what does it matter who does it? God buries the workman, but Satan, himself, cannot bury the work! The work is everlasting, though the workmen die. We …

Deliverance From the Pit

Job 33:24

… who finds a ransom! Surely, if you have sold yourself to sin and Satan, you must find the ransom to get yourself set free, must you not? "No …

Every Man's Necessity

John 3:7

… But these strides from nothingness to greatness are inconsiderable and trifling compared with rising from being a slave of Satan to become a son of God! To be …

Baptism’A Burial

Romans 6:3-4

… At times we have fierce struggles with our own spirit, and fears lest sin and Satan should prevail, till our life is scarce discerned by itself, but it …

Sight For Those Who See Not

John 9:39

… dead—and like turning from darkness to light—and from the power of Satan unto God! The old-fashioned convert is the man for me! He knows something …

Work

John 9:4

… You are still servants of Satan, and you cannot serve God. O poor Souls, do you know why it is that we want Christian people to be earnest …

A Bright Light in Deep Shades

Isaiah 51:1

… Sometimes Satan makes the pendulum vibrate in one direction, and sometimes in another direction. If it swings this way, men become presumptuous in sin. Or, if he make …

The Power Of Aaron'S Rod

Exodus 7:12

… It is in vain that Satan tries to attract it from the one master thought. The Divine life must and will have its course. As some lofty mountain …

Serving the Lord With Gladness

Psalm 100:2

… But Satan, the foul tyrant, is one from whom we rejoice to have been delivered. Moreover, the Believer's joy in the Lord's service springs from the …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… It is God in man struggling with Satan—the Christ of God fighting with evil. Heaven and Hell in the Believer's life find a battlefield where hottest …

God's Works Made Manifest

John 9:3

… Whereat Bernard called out to him, and said, "You think to stop me in this way, do you, Satan? Now you shall suffer for it yourself!" So he …

The Throne of Grace

Hebrews 4:16

… Standing where Satan’s seat is, in the midst of ten thousand idols, I beseech those who worship God in the spirit to wrestle in prayer for times …

Ten Wrong Kinds of Hearers

Isaiah 58:1

… to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath …

'Bought with a Price'

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

… us; we have therefore no right to give a portion of ourselves to Satan. And he has bought us entirely from head to foot, every power, every passion …

Zealots

Luke 6:15

… But when you get a man who is vigorous in the cause of Satan and when Sovereign Grace brings him down—what a trophy he becomes of its …

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

John 14:1

… of God of which the Christian used to boast in his brighter days. Satan suggests to them, "You see, these Christian people are no better sustained than others …

Life In Earnest

2 Chronicles 31:21

… Think, I pray you, how earnest Satan is. If we slumber, he never does. If we are idle, certainly he never is. As Hugh Latimer said, the devil …

The Law Written in the Heart

Jeremiah 31:33

… Original sin has cut deep lines, Satan has scored his horrible handwriting in black letters and our evil habits have left their impressions. How can the Lord write …

The Cast-Off Sash

Jeremiah 13:1-11

… Oh the terror of that sentence—"Put it not in water"! Surely, this is what Satan desires—his malice cannot exceed the wish that we may never be …

Christ’s Estimate of His People

Solomon 4:10-11

… I saw thee when the tempter came and thou saidst, ‘Get thee hence, Satan;’ I saw thee give thine alms to one of my poor sick children; I …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc.

… As Rowland Hill said that he could not see why Satan should have the best tunes, so neither can I see why he should have the most graceful …

Heaven and Hell

Matthew 8:11-12

… For then Satan would laugh at Christ. There will be more in heaven than there are among the lost. God says, that “there will be a number that …

Psalm 99

Psalm 99

… He calls him Satan, a name sharper than the title of the devil's children, wherewith he marked the Pharisees, and given (besides him) to none but Judas …

Earnestness: Its Marring and Maintenance

… begun to feed upon our inmost spirit, and there it will burn though Satan himself should labour to stamp it out. Yet the best flame in the word …

Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

… Know thou this, moreover, O man, that one day in the halls of Satan, down in hell, I perhaps may see thee amongst those myriad spirits who revolve …

Psalm 98

Psalm 98

… Be no more afraid of your voice now, nor more ashamed of its being heard, than when you sung the songs of Satan." Make a loud noise, and …

Psalm 57

Psalm 57

… thy worship. With lip and with heart will I ascribe honour to thee. Satan shall not stop me, nor Saul, nor the Philistines, I will make Adullam ring …

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

… The world, death, Satan, and sin, shall all be trampled beneath the feet of the champions of faith; while those who rely upon an arm of flesh shall …

Psalm 21

Psalm 21

… him out; but from God's all-piercing eye none can hide himself. Satan may desire to kill Job, Jonah may be angry till death for Nineveh's …

The Evils of the Present Time, and Our Object, Necessities, and Encouragements*

… The most mischievous servant of Satan that I know of is the minister of the gospel, who not only doubts the truth in his own soul, but propagates …

Psalm 29

Psalm 29

… eternally: our interests in the most stormy times are safe in his hands. Satan is not a king, but Jehovah Jesus is; therefore let us worship him, and …

Psalm 96

Psalm 96

… his cross began and made sure, is completed by the total suppression of Satan's reign, and the removal of the curse. All this is anticipated here; and …

The Uses of Anecdotes and Illustrations

… I do not know why ridicule is to be given up to Satan as a weapon to be used against us, and not to be employed by us …

Lecture III: The Uses Of Anecdotes And Illustrations.

… I do not know why ridicule is to be given up to Satan as a weapon to be used against us, and not to be employed by us …

Psalm 127

Psalm 127

… of its being the house of God, it will be the synagogue of Satan. All marriages that are not under God's blessing will be a private and …

Light. Fire. Faith. Life. Love.

… We must not waste a single moment, but redeem the time, because the days are evil.” When we see the wonderful activity of the servants of Satan, and …

Psalm 138

Psalm 138

… cannot make another truth, and therefore he will not lose one jot thereof. Satan, knowing this, sets all his wits to work to deface this and disfigure it …

Psalm 14

Psalm 14

… So great is their infatuation, that they prefer time to eternity, momentary enjoyments to those that shall never have an end, and listen to the testimony of Satan …