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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