I agree with you in that the devil isn’t directly responsible for every temptation we face, nor can we blame him when we give in and do wrong. Temptations come to us in many ways—but when we give in to them, we alone are responsible for what we’ve done. The Bible says in James 1:14...........“Each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed”.Because man doesn't have to be tempted by the devil, in order to sin against God. We can have our own lust tempt us against God, the same way Lucifer tempted Himself to first rebel.
Isa 14:12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
Jas 1:13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
I.e. we can't blame the devil, and especially not God, but only ourselves for our own lust and sinful disobedience.
The millennium will prove once for all, that man created in God's image has power to love or rebel against the Lord, under the best conditions for doing good, where the only leadership is Jesus Christ the righteous Himself, and His resurrected saints.
Many still haven't learned that lesson from Adam and Eve, who transgressed the commandment in the garden of God, where the LORD Himself walked in the cool of the day...
No, you understand well enough, and hopefully I've answered your legitimate question about why some people continue to disobey God, even when the devil has nothing to do with it.
However, I did not say he will have no influence in rounding up the rebellious for one final war with God. And that will only include those, as you say, who had already become His enemies by their own lust.
They will remain alive and not executed by the King's law, because they outwardly obeyed in works, though rebelling against Him in the heart.
Mat 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess...Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
We need to remember that it isn’t a sin to be tempted; even Jesus was tempted by the devil to turn away from God’s plan (see Matthew 4:1-11). But it is sin to give in to temptation and go our own way instead of God’s way.