Skeletons of Sermons Matthew 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. I. Satan has the WORST DESIGNS UNDER THE MOST FRIENDLY APPEARANCES. II. When Satan tempts, HE CAN APPEAR TO BE INVISIBLE, as suits him best, He tempted Christ invisibly, and then appeared (Luke 4:2, and text, vers. 2, 3). III. Satan tempts us TO DOUBT SOME THINGS MOST PLAIN AND CERTAIN. IV. When temptations are well suited, they are sometimes VERY PLAUSIBLE. TO Jesus — to prove His Sonship; for food, being hungry. V. Things lawful themselves become SINFUL BY CIRCUMSTANCES. VI. It is an encouragement to the tempted to see now GOD HAS APPEARED FOR OTHERS. To Jesus, to Elijah, etc. (Deuteronomy 8:3, 4). VII. He that would prevail against temptation must STAND ON SCRIPTURE GROUND. (Skeletons of Sermons.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.WEB: When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. |
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