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Including contributions from celebrated preachers and theologians, The Biblical Illustrator provides historical and cultural insight, commentary, illustrations, and more to make your sermons engaging and practical. This volume covers chapters 14–24 of the Gospel of Luke.

limited power of Satan. He cannot touch one of these men without God’s permission. II. Leaving now the other disciples, let us look at THE EFFECT OF THIS WARNING ON ONE OF THEM, PETER. “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you.” 1. Observe, that it excited his love. If mere feeling could have made a martyr, Peter was already prepared to be one. 2. And observe again—this warning did not shake Peter’s self-confidence. And yet it was given in a manner calculated to shake it. It made no impression
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