The Devil made you do it, really? Are you sure? If you want to blame him you will fall into temptation every time. James 1:14 says:
Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.
The first part of this verse tells us that our temptation comes only from our own desires. I strongly believe that one person's passion is another's person's repulsion. Some people have a passion for pornography, while others are repulsed by it.
You can look at desires another way. You may have the desire to be thin and you may also have a desire for a big piece of chocolate cake. The key is when that piece of cake is in front of you which desire is the strongest at that time? The desire for the cake or the desire to be thin?
The same thing goes for sin. The Devil can't make you sin, he can and certainly does place things like the chocolate cake in front of you but he can't make you eat it. The decision is yours. It is just a matter of where your strongest desire is.
The last part of this verse uses the word enticed, that is just like bait. Satan uses temptation as bait and sin is the hook. Satan like any good fisherman knows which kind of bait you will be most likely to go for. He will then put it on the hook and dangle it right in front of you. Then when you bite he will drag you away. If you don't get free from the hook before he gets you in the boat you will end up on his plate.
So when the bait is in front of you and you bite, just remember you took the bait. The Devil just put it there. He didn't make you do it.
What is your strongest desire? Sin or the Savior?
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