Genesis 3:13

1
The Devil Made Me Do It

• Genesis 313

2
Blame Game

• Many seek to shift the blame / responsibility for
  their actions to someone / something else
• God does not play the blame game (Gen.
  39ff)
• We are not forced to sin we are responsible for
  our own actions, good or bad (Ezek. 18)

3
Examples of Those Whom Satan Could Not Make to Sin

• Job (Job 1-2) appealed to integrity
• Joseph (Gen. 39) appealed to conscience
• Jesus (Mt. 4) appealed to scripture

4
What About Demon Possession Today?

• Demons made people do bad things (Mk. 51-13
  917ff)
• God removed the demons when he removed the
  miraculous power to cast them out (Zech. 132
  Mk. 1617)

5
What About David and Judas?

• Did Satan make David number the people (1
  Chron. 21 2 Sam. 24)?
• No, David acted on his own after being influenced
  by Satan an adversary ( 1
  Chron. 218 2 Sam. 2410)
• Did Satan make Judas betray the Lord
  (Jn. 132,18, Psa. 429, 26-27 Lk. 223)?
• No, Judas allowed himself to be influenced by
  Satan (Jn. 664,70-71 124-7 Acts 117,25)

6
What Are We To Do?

• Dont bare the marks of the devil (Jn. 844 1
  Jn. 38-10)
• Take the way of escape (1 Cor. 1013)
• Give no place to the devil (Eph. 427)
• Control your desires (Jas. 114-15)
• Resist the devil (Jas. 47 Eph. 611
  1 Pet. 59)