The Devil Made Me Do It?

 

Why do we as Christians often want to blame our all of our sin completely on the devil? To make ourselves feel better.? To avoid responsibility? To justify our actions? 

It really doesn't matter to God, what we do to try to get out of it. What does matter is this. Sin is sin. No matter how we slice it.

He has laid it out in his word what we need to avoid and if we choose to ignore those things that he tells us to avoid, then there are probably consequences to be had.

People can struggle with different sins. Addiction is a strong one for someone that maybe wanted to escape their problems and didn't know that God's way is always better when it comes to solving them. Before they know it, they are in deep. Even Christians can struggle with this kind of situation. 

We all struggle with sin. It is always at the door of our hearts, trying to get in to ruin our lives.

But some of us play that game, "The devil made me do it." and choose to continue on in whatever we are struggling with, to make ourselves feel better and less guilty.

Instead, we need to look to God's word:

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 

1 Corinthians 10:13

Get those first words, "there is no temptation..." zip, none, not a one that we can not escape with God's help.

We have no excuse to blame everything we do on the devil. He can only tempt us to do those things. But he cannot make us do them. And even when the temptations are too great for us to simply ignore him, God will make a way for us to bear it. 

Thanks for coming by today, Friends.

Have a blessed day!