Quotes about Temptation
The sin of self is a deadly sin.
- Billy Graham
We are going through a sexual tempest, a bombardment provided by unprecedented exploitation of cheap sex by moviemakers, theater owners, publishers, and producers of pornography. [There is more] openness of talk about sex, acceptance of public nudity … homosexuality. Sex revolution, no! But sex pollution? Yes!!
- Billy Graham
If you are not careful you will find yourself actually in the employ of the devil. He is powerful, slick, crafty, wily, and subtle.
- Billy Graham
One of the devil's methods is to attack everyone . . . He knows that the Word of God is powerful, and he will try to keep you from it.
- Billy Graham
The word lust [can] mean "selfish desire." . . .It is wanting something so badly you will do anything to get it. That is one of the tricks of the devil. It is too high a price to pay.
- Billy Graham
In our desire to achieve success quickly it is easy to get our values mixed up and call evil good and good evil.
- Billy Graham
Would Christ feel comfortable in an environment where men and women are consuming alcoholic beverages, gambling away their money, and engaging in conversation that is often filled with the baser things of life? It is a relevant question. As a Christian, Christ lives in you and you carry Him wherever you go. The Bible tells us to "come out from them and be separate" [2 Corinthians 6:17 NIV].
- Billy Graham
Satan is masterful at using just enough of God's truth to capture a person's attention and then mix it with his devious potion that will lead [believers] astray.
- Billy Graham
If your heart is not attuned to God, it will become a catch basin for every device of the devil. Yes, Satan is at work in our world. The Bible is my authority.
- Billy Graham
All young people sin, and sin produces discord, repellent vibrations which rifle the concert of life until the strings are gutless and flat. The kicks soon lead to kickbacks.
- Billy Graham
Satan didn't lose any of his beguiling ways when he became the fallen prince. He took his charm, his subtleties, and his clever plots to use on us.
- Billy Graham
Satan exalted himself above God and endeavored to get man to doubt the reliability of God's Word.
- Billy Graham