The Snare of the Fowler

This sermon explains that Satan is like a hunter (fowler) who tries to trap Christians through secret temptations that are customized to each person's weaknesses and disguised as pleasures or harmless activities. Spurgeon teaches that God delivers His people from Satan's traps either by preventing them from falling into sin (through troubles that redirect them or giving them strength to resist) or by rescuing them after they've already fallen into sin and leading them back to righteousness. He promises that God will surely protect all true believers because Christ has guaranteed their salvation, but warns that only those who truly trust in Jesus Christ alone for salvation can claim this promise of protection.

A sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on March 29, 1857.