New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Temptation

• God cannot be the subject of Jas. 1:13
• Does not come from God Jas. 1:13
• Comes from
  • Lusts Jas. 1:14
  • Covetousness Pr. 28:20; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10
• The devil is the author of 1 Chr. 21:1; Mt. 4:1; Jn. 13:2; 1 Th. 3:5
• Evil associates, the instruments of Pr. 1:10, 7:6, 16:29
• Often arises through
  • Poverty Pr. 30:9; Mt. 4:2, 3
  • Prosperity Pr. 30:9; Mt. 4:8
  • Worldly glory Num. 22:17; Dan. 4:30, 5:2; Mt. 4:8
• To distrust of God's providence Mt. 4:3
• To presumption Mt. 4:6
• To worshipping the god of this world Mt. 4:9
• Often strengthened by the perversion of God's word Mt. 4:6
• Permitted as a trial of
  • Faith 1 Pet. 1:7; Jas. 1:2, 3
  • Disinterestedness Job 1:9-12
• Always conformable to the nature of man 1 Cor. 10:13
• Often ends in sin and perdition 1 Tim. 6:9; Jas. 1:15
• Christ
  • Endured, from the devil Mk. 1:13
  • Endured, from the wicked Mt. 16:1, 22:18; Lk. 10:25
  • Resisted by the word of God Mt. 4:4, 7, 10
  • Overcame Mt. 4:11
  • Sympathizes with those under Heb. 4:15
  • Is able to help those under Heb. 2:18
  • Intercedes for His people under Lk. 22:31, 32; Jn. 17:15
• God will not suffer saints to be exposed to, beyond their powers to bear 1 Cor. 10:13
• God will make a way for saints to escape out of 1 Cor. 10:13
• God enables the saints to bear 1 Cor. 10:13
• God knows how to deliver saints out of 2 Pet. 2:9
• Christ keeps faithful saints from the hour of Rev. 3:10
• Saints may be in heaviness through 1 Pet. 1:6
• Saints should
  • Resist, in faith Eph. 6:16; 1 Pet. 5:9
  • Watch against Mt. 26:41; 1 Pet. 5:8
  • Pray to be kept from Mt. 6:13, 26:41
  • Not to occasion, to others Rom. 14:13
  • Restore those overcome by Gal. 6:1
  • Avoid the way of Pr. 4:14, 15
• The devil will renew Lk. 4:13
• Has strength through the weakness of the flesh Mt. 26:41
• Mere professors fall away in time of Lk. 8:13
• Blessedness of those who meet and overcome Jas. 1:2-4, 12
• Exemplified
  • Eve Gen. 3:1, 4, 5
  • Joseph Gen. 39:7
  • Balaam Num. 22:17
  • Achan Josh. 7:21
  • David 2 Sam. 11:2
  • Jeroboam 1 Ki. 15:30
  • Peter Mk. 14:67-71
  • Paul 2 Cor. 12:7; Gal. 4:14