Power Over Satan
Take a moment to read 1 Corinthians 10:13. Man is a free moral agent. This means man has a choice between right and wrong. Our society as a whole seems to go along with the concept of blaming someone else or something else. Part of the problems is that we do not demand accountability. When students shoot other students, we hear that their rock music was the cause, but 30 million kids listen to the same music, and they do not shoot their classmates. People will blame guns for the murders, they will blame poverty for the thieving, they will blame society for the violence they do. Yet few want to blame the person that actually committed the crime.
Well, the verse we read tells us that every opportunity to sin gives us the choice. We choose to sin. That is what the Bible says. We can’t blame the devil, neither can we blame our parents, or anyone else. God will hold us accountable for what we do (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; 2 Corinthians 5:10) God gives us the strength to resist temptation, so when we give in, we can only blame ourselves. If we seek God and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33) first in our lives, sin would take a lower priority. “…Resist the devil and he will flee from you “(James 4:7). Let us help you on your spiritual journey.
Believe in the Christ (Acts 8:37), Repent of your sins (Luke 13:3), Confess Christ before all (Matthew 10:32), and be baptized for your sins to be washed away (Acts 22:16), and then be faithful unto death (Revelation 2:10).
May God bless you in your study of His word.
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By Carey Scott via Madisonville Meteor; February 6, 2008

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