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1 | Does Satan Know Your Thoughts? | Rev 2:23 | DocTrinsograce | 178622 | ||
Dear Gaggyball, Welcome to the Forum! Our Brother Mark makes a good point. There is no Scripture that states that Satan can read the mind of man. That said, however, one must remember that Satan is very old. He is also very intelligent. He has had a long time to study human nature. Just as we can "read the mind" of a little child, I am sure that we are frequently equally transparent to Satan. Of course, I am using the word "Satan" in the broadest sense of the word. He is not omnipresent. Probably very few of us have actually been in his presence. He has an army of minions, though, who are probably often present. But Satan is called the "Lord of the flies." They are but nuisances without any power that is not granted by God, and are used fully to His own eternal purpose. When I posted this to a similar question in the past, Tleigh2703 wrote the following, the gist to which I agree: "Satan is very old. Satan cannot examine our thought pattern, but he does know our family history all 6,000 years of it. He knows it well enough to tempt each generation with the weaknesses(sins)of their forefather. The result is another 4 year curse upon the family (Duet. 5:9). Since our very nature is to sin (because of the first Adam's fall)it is easier to leave a 4 year curse vs a thousand year blessing (Deut 7:9). In a lot of ways Satan is just like man. He sits and watches our behavior and then he uses it against us. This is the reason it is so important that we ask God for his forgiveness and repent quickly. The awesome part of this is 4,000 years into our history Christ died for us and gave us the power to become like him. Sin Free!" In Him, Doc |
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2 | Does Satan Know Your Thoughts? | Rev 2:23 | kriss | 178744 | ||
Dear Gaggyball, I have always been told that Satan can not read our mind and know what we are thinking, but he can see our face and acts on our emotions. I am not sure where this is in the bible but it has been a topic of many Sunday School discussions and we have (in our class) come to the conclusion that he can tell by our facial expressions, our gestures, our body language, our tears, all the outward expressions what we may be feeling and he attacks them when he knows we are down, | ||||||