"The Devil Made Me Do It!! (Deception, Deceiving & being DECEIVED)!!

Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾‍♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I discuss: Why is "the devil made me do it" not a valid excuse? The first instance of “the devil made me do it” used as an excuse, was in the Garden of Eden. Eve says, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate” (Genesis 3:13). Her excuse did not get her off the hook (verse 16), and it won’t help us much, either!! The devil and his demons cannot control a believer. Using the devil as a scapegoat for our own sinful choices is counterproductive to achieving victory over sin! Beloved, be not deceived! You do know that God will not be mocked, right? 💥 Galatians 6:7, NLT: "Don't be misled--you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant." If you are a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ and you commit a sin, the devil did not make you do it. He may have tempted you to do it. He may have even influenced you to do it. But he did not MAKE you do it. You still had a choice. God never allows you to be tempted beyond your ability to withstand, and He always provides a way of escape (1 Corinthians 10:13). A born-again believer saying “the devil made me do it” is denying the truth of 1 John 4:4, “Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” 💥 Deception, Deceiving & being DECEIVED! My brothers and sisters, we have been warned by the Word of the Living God, that we be not deceived and let no one deceive us! We live in a world full of lies and deceit comes from many sources. There are lying spirits who lead astray (1 Timothy 4:1); there are “evildoers and impostors” looking for dupes (2 Timothy 3:13); and, perhaps most insidious, we have ourselves to deal with. Self-deception is common in our fallen world. Our own hearts are deceitful—so much so that we easily fool ourselves! A prime example is the thinking we