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Take Responsibility For Yourself Subtitled: Stop Playing the “Blame Game” Part Two

Take Responsibility For Yourself Subtitled: Stop Playing the “Blame Game” Part Two. Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

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Take Responsibility For Yourself Subtitled: Stop Playing the “Blame Game” Part Two

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  1. Take Responsibility For Yourself Subtitled: Stop Playing the “Blame Game” Part Two

  2. Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. Gen 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

  3. Gen 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. Gen 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

  4. Gen 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. Gen 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

  5. Six Areas In Which We Play the Blame Game 1. The Tendency to Blame Other People 2. The Tendency to Blame God 3. The Tendency to blame the Devil

  6. 4. The Tendency to Blame Circumstances 5. The Tendency to blame our “sickness” or mental condition 6. The Tendency to blame our ethnicity or so called orientation

  7. The Tendency to Blame Other People

  8. 2. The Tendency to Blame God

  9. a) God Doesn’t Care About You Anyway

  10. “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” (1 Pet. 5:7).

  11. b) If God doesn’t want you to do it then He can stop you. After all, He already knows what you’re going to do anyway.

  12. Matt. 26:34: Jesus said unto him [Peter], Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

  13. Matt. 26:40: And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Matt. 26:41: Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

  14. c) I prayed and asked God to deliver me from this sin, but I am still struggling, so it is not my fault.

  15. James 4:7: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  16. d) God is the one who gave me these desires in the first place (for sex, etc.)

  17. e) God is in control and may use my sin for some greater good.

  18. Calvinist Loraine Boettner is one of many who promote this idea when he writes, “God so controls the thoughts and wills of men that they freely and willingly do what He has planned for them to do.” (God, Revelation And Authority)

  19. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (Rom. 8:28; KJV)

  20. “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15; see also 1 John 5:2, 3; 2 John 6).

  21. f) God in His providence provided me this opportunity

  22. 1Sam. 23:7: And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 1Sam. 23:8: And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

  23. “And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand” (1 Sam. 23:14).

  24. 1Cor. 10:13: 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.

  25. g) I may not be one of the elect so I may as well enjoy myself.

  26. 3. The Tendency to blame the Devil

  27. a) The devil tricked me, so it is not my fault

  28. Gen 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

  29. Gen 3:13 Then the LORD God asked the woman, "How could you do such a thing?""The serpent tricked me," she replied. "That's why I ate it." (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

  30. b) The devil tempted me. What was I to do? I’m weak

  31. Satan and his minions are behind most temptations. One of his titles is “the Tempter” (1 Thess. 3:4, 5; Matt. 4:1-3; 1 Cor. 7:3), but he is not fully responsible, James says, “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed” (James 1:14).

  32. c) I can’t help myself.

  33. Flip Wilson coined a popular phrase, “the devil made me do it.”

  34. “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” (Romans 6:16). Yielding is a voluntary action.

  35. d) My sin is the result of demonism. I need deliverance before I can stop sinning.

  36. “Devil possession” is not an excuse to sin: “The devil has been sinning since the beginning. The person who continues to sin belongs to the devil. The Son of God (Christ) came for this: to destroy the devil’s work” (1 John 3:8; Easy to Read Version)

  37. Others “possessed by the devil but held Culpable • Elymas (Acts 13:8-13) • Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-10) • Judas (Luke 22:3-6, 47-48; Matt. 27:1-5)

  38. Others “possessed by the devil but held Culpable (Cont) • Saul (1 Sam. 16:14; see also 16:16; 19:9 as well as Judges 9:23 and Psalm 78:49)

  39. e) I am under a generational curse because of an unknown sin of my ancestors. This is why I do what I do.

  40. Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

  41. 2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

  42. 4. The Tendency to Blame Circumstances

  43. a) Menstrual cycle (period), old and cranky, tired, menopause, been through a lot lately, etc.

  44. Joh 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

  45. According to Webster's dictionary the word “tribulation” means “a trying experience.”

  46. b) I grew up in a bad neighborhood

  47. c) Due to this situation you have no choice but to (lie, cheat, etc.) or else you might lose your (job, spouse, home, etc.)

  48. d) I have no choice – it’s a part of my job.

  49. e) It’s okay to hang out here. You won’t get tempted. You’re strong.

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