Temptation

Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit

John 19:30

… have been tempted in all points like as we are, yet have You sinned in none! It was finished, for the last arrow out of Satan's quiver …

Steadfastness

… At times you can bid defiance to the rage of Satan, boldly meet every attack, and resist every temptation; but too often you are fearful and irresolute, and …

Jesus Near but Unrecognized

Luke 24:16

… Now, it is a strong temptation of Satan with children of God, when they are full of sorrow, to tempt them to stay away from the means of …

"Return! Return!"

Jeremiah 18:11

… Which has the greater power over you? Tonight, if you were tempted, to which temptation would you be most likely to yield? You do not know, you say …

Our Sympathizing High Priest

Hebrews 5:7-10

… Him, days of poverty, sickness, weariness, reproach and temptation—though in Him was no sin, yet He was tempted and tried in all points like as we are …

Christ's Negative and Positive Prayer

John 17:15

… Just as He permitted Job to be tempted by the devil, that all the world might see how God can enable a man, by patience, to triumph, so …

The Shrill Trumpet of Admonition

Jeremiah 48:11

… He feels that he could fight with any temptation and come back more than a conqueror. He has grown so strong that he feels himself a Samson! He …

Hope in Hopeless Cases

Matthew 17:17

… troubled than before—not because Jesus troubles us—but because Satan revolts against Him. A poor tempted creature may even lie down in despair as dead, and those …

Effectual Calling

Luke 19:5

… Some goodness appears, but like the cloud of the morning it is dissipated by the sun of temptation. He says, “I solemnly vow from this time to be …

The Beatific Vision

1 John 3:2

… temptation, with the earth offered to him if he will but crouch at the feet of the demon. Nay; nor shall we see him mocked by Pharisees, tempted …

The Great Liberator

John 8:36

… The slave of sin and Satan, sooner or later, knows greater horrors than these—his doom is more terrible because it is eternal—and his slavery more hopeless …

The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death

Psalm 23:4

… from abundance of temptation as from the carnal security of his own heart. We are often most in jeopardy when we are not tempted—and the worst devil …

Divine Gentleness Acknowledged

Psalm 18:35

… Have you not often felt that either when you have had an opportunity to sin you have not felt the temptation, or else when you have been tempted …

Evening, August 19

Ps 31:4

… The text asks that even out of Satan’s meshes the captive one may be delivered; this is a proper petition, and one which can be granted: from …

A Sight Of Self

Isaiah 64:6

… Perhaps you made up your mind that you would never go out to your labor again without prayer—that you would never lose your temper—that when tempted …

Dying Daily

1 Corinthians 15:31

… Put him under every temptation and this will help him, for he will not be tempted by the offers of so brief a happiness—his soul has a …

The Life, Walk and Triumph of Faith

Genesis 17:1

… There is no reason why you should not yet be elevated beyond all the sin into which you may have fallen from inadvertence or temptation. Have hope, my …

The Trial of Your Faith

1 Peter 1:7

… Do not fret if temptation does not come just now. You will have it soon enough. Between the day of our new birth and the day of our …

Unstaggering Faith

Romans 4:19-21

… We have not gone this way before, and being quite new at the work, Satan whispers, "You are a poor creature to pretend to serve God. Go back …

Christ Set Forth As A Propitiation

Romans 3:25

… Repentance is an absolute duty, and a Christian Grace—a Grace without which there can he no salvation; but there has been a strong temptation upon many minds …

"Return, Return, O Shulamite; Return, Return!"

Song 6:13

… Oh, brothers, 'tis a wretched temptation, and yet some fall before it. Do you not know how the world will even call us back to our old cares …

David's Five-stringed Harp

… May God be pleased to increase the faith of all of us who believe in Jesus! If we are tempted and tried very sorely, may the Great High …

Prosperity Under Persecution

Exodus 1:10-12

… time of it, for if you do more good the more you are tempted, Satan will not so often tempt you. When he knows that all the more …

The Doctrines of Grace Do Not Lead to Sin

Romans 6:14

… The tempted man flies to his chamber, unbosoms his grief to God, looks to the flowing wounds of his Redeemer, and comes down strong to resist temptation. The …

Heman's Sorrowful Psalm

Psalm 88:13

… He could not be made to leave off praying! If, by some process or other, Satan could have dragged him from the Mercy Seat, he would have had …

God Pleading For Saints, And Saints Pleading For God

Lamentations 3:58

… We cannot plead the force of temptation, for we know that often we have tempted ourselves and have, without any incentive beyond our own hearts, run greedily after …

Elijah Fainting

1 Kings 19:4

… Oh, if you are ever tempted in that way, God grant you Grace at once to say, "Get you behind me, Satan!" Even if you feel a desire …

Effectual Calling—Illustrated by the Call of Abram

Genesis 12:5

… The snares of the devil shall not entrap us, for His wisdom shall surely make a way of escape out of every temptation that shall happen to His …

Am I Clear Of His Blood?

Genesis 4:10

… Ah, the servants of Satan shame me! They shame me, they shame me! There comes at night a message to some of you who are the servants of …

The Necessity of Ministerial Progress

… Martin Luther used to say that temptation is the best teacher for a minister. There is truth on that side of the question. Another school of believers dwell …

The Redeemer's Face Set Like a Flint

Isaiah 50:7

… But not so was it with Christ! He recognized the hand of Satan in Peter's temptation, so He said to him, "Get you behind Me, Satan: you …

Inward Conflicts

Solomon 6:13

… As the old nature comes of Satan, being defiled and depraved by the Fall, so the new nature comes direct from Heaven, pure and without spot. As the …

Bright Prospects for Young Believers

Malachi 4:2

… Perhaps fears have come in and physical infirmity has been the platform upon which Satan has planted his heavy guns of temptation. But suddenly a wondrous light has …

Psalm 9

Psalm 9

… How the prospect of appearing before the impartial tribunal of the Great King should act as a check to us when tempted to sin, and as a comfort …

A Stanza of Deliverance

Psalm 105:37

… When under temptations of the flesh and memories of old sins, Satan, himself, comes in with his fiery darts, and you have a hard time of it. He …

The Power of a Sigh

Psalm 12:5

… There was Saul, hunting him everywhere, and I do not doubt that David was strongly tempted, sometimes, to seek safety for himself. He did some few things that …

The Fatherhood of God

Matthew 6:9

… Satan-tempted child of God. Sonship is a thing which all the infirmities of our flesh, and all the sins into which we are hurried by temptation, can …

John Mark—or, Haste in Religion

Mark 14:50-52

… Is not this Satan's great net in which men, like the silly fishes of the deep, are taken to their eternal destruction? O you dove, pursued by …

The Ascension of Christ

Ephesians 4:7-12

… he who was once tempted in the desert, looked down upon the kingdoms of the earth, which had been shown him by Satan as the price of sin …

"Goodness, as a Morning Cloud"

2 Chronicles 24:2

… It seems almost a matter of course that they should be too strongly tempted and, in all probability, yield to the temptation. But many of you were not …