Yes, people do have a choice to sin against us or not. And certainly, when we are hurt the person hurting us willingly played into the enemy’s plan. But it helps me to remember that this person isn’t my real enemy. The devil is real and on an all-out assault against all things good and real. He hates the word together. And he especially works with great intentionality against anything that brings honor and glory to God. But we are told in Scripture that we can take a stand against the schemes of the enemy. In Ephesians 6:11 that word can in the original Greek form is dynasthai, meaning “I am
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