Quotes about Temptation
Satan's most effective weapon is to take our eyes off of what God has declared over us in the gospel.
- JD Greear
When we resist God, we draw near to Satan.
- Beth Moore
Satan is willing to have us worship anything, however sacred - the Bible, the crucifix, the church - if only we do not worship God Himself.
- DL Moody
Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.
- John Quincy Adams
Once you savor God's goodness, sin holds no lasting appeal.
- Judah Smith
The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God.
- Neil Anderson
The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It's Satan's delight to tell me that once he's got me, he will keep me. But at that moment I can go back to God. And I know that if I confess my sins, God is faithful and just to forgive me.
- Alan Redpath
The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.
- Martin Luther
Sin creates the illusion of freedom. In the end it fools us into seeking freedom from God rather than finding freedom in God.
- Erwin McManus
Satan is the master distracter. He is always working to keep us off track in our walk with God.
- Joyce Meyer
He who looks sinward has his back to God-he who looks Godward has his back to sin.
- Charles Spurgeon