TEMPTATION
Thompson Chain Reference (1908)
(A) MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
(1) Satan the Chief Agent in
(2) Voluntary entering into
(3) Encouragement to those in the Midst of
(B) TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
(C) YIELDING TO TEMPTATION
- The Lure of Forbidden Fruit
- The Lure of Fertile Fields
- The Lure of Appetite
- The Lure of Silver and Gold
- The Lure of Women
- The Lure of Ambition
(D) RESISTING TEMPTATION
(1) Examples of
- Abraham, by Refusing a Reward
- Elisha, by Reusing Payment for Healing
- Job, by rejecting Evil Counsel
- The Rechabites and Daniel, by Refusing Wine
- Christ, by refusing Worldly Honour
- Peter, by Refusing a Bribe
(2) The Duty of Resisting
(E) TEMPTATION TO DECEIT
(F) SPECIAL SOURCES OF
(1) Worldly Snares
(2) Enticers
(3) Seducers
(4) Evil Companionships
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
God cannot be the subject of
Does not come from God
COMES FROM
The devil is the author of
Evil associates, the instruments of
OFTEN ARISES THROUGH
To distrust of God's providence
To presumption
To worshipping the god of this world
Often strengthened by the perversion of God's word
PERMITTED AS A TRIAL OF
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Often ends in sin and perdition
CHRIST
God will not suffer saints to be exposed to, beyond their
God will make a way for saints to escape out of
God enables the saints to bear
God knows how to deliver saints out of
Christ keeps faithful saints from the hour of
Saints may be in heaviness through
SAINTS SHOULD
The devil will renew
Has strength through the weakness of the flesh
Mere professors fall away in time of
Blessedness of those who meet and overcome
Exemplified
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General scriptures concerning
A TEST
Prayer against being led into
Abraham leads Pharaoh
Abimelech
Balak tempts Balaam
The old prophet of Beth-el, the prophet of Judah
Gideon leads the people of Israel into sin
Jeroboam leads the northern kingdom (Israel) into
RESISTANCE TO
Adam and Eve
Sarah, to lie
Isaac, to lie
Jacob, to defraud Esau
Balaam
Achan
David, to commit adultery
To count the nation of Israel
Solomon, to become an idolater through the influences of his wives
The prophet of Judah
Hezekiah
Peter