Quotes about Resist

Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.

If we will not learn out of the Scriptures, we must learn out of the Turk's scabbard, until we find in our hurt that Christians are not to make war or resist evil. Fools must be chased with clubs.

When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.

You must pray diligently and strive to resist the desires of your sinful nature. Ask God to give you a Rebekah or Isaac instead of a Delilah or Samson—or someone even worse. Finding a devoted, loyal wife or husband isn't a matter of good luck. It's not the result of good judgment, as unbelievers think. Rather, a devout spouse is a gift from God.

Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

if sin is Satan's rope by which the soul is bound, how can it resist till it is released from that weakness. Secondly, how could anyone who is acquainted with either reason or grace, believe that a man who is a slave to his own corruption

But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”

If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, you have power and you can resist temptation!

Never forget: Satan's goal is to turn us away from God.

One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”