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1 | Can Satin read our minds?Chaser. | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 138623 | ||
It is evident that Satan cannot read our minds. But I will say that, for all practical purposes, Satan does not need to read our minds. He knows how we think and how we are likely to act and react. Like God, he knows or frame, and he remembers we are but dust. But unlike God, he has no pity on us. Satan seems to know how the average human being will react. But he seems to also badly underestimate the power of God in us, and to have no clue what it does to our minds when we are yielded to the Spirit of God. That was the mistake he made with Job and with Jesus. Someone asks also if Satan can speak to us, and I say he does not need to do that either. He can dangle enticements in front of us and he can move other humans in their flesh to talk to us. Again, he underestimates our power to resist him. But we can, with the sword of the spirit, and he flees from us. God can read our minds (Psalm139; Jeremiah 17:10; Amos 4:13; Matthew 9:4;12:25, etc.) but there is no indication, that I am aware of, that he has given a similar power to Satan. He has not given that power to other human beings (1 Corinthians 2:11). Isn’t interesting though, that we seem to be almost able to read each other’s minds? There is a certain predictability in human behavior, and Satan is aware of it (Job 2:4). But we can fool him and defeat him by inculcating and exhibiting the mind of Christ. |
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2 | Can Satin read our minds?Chaser. | Bible general Archive 2 | He-man | 138636 | ||
You say satan knows how we think and act but has no pity on us. I don't see any bible reference on these suggestions. Where did this creature come from? The O.T. does not even mention satan except four times and it is translated adversary. The word itself,sa´tan,the Hebrew saÆtaÆn, is simply an “adversary,” It is used as a proper name or title only four times in the Old Testament, viz. (with the article) in Job 1:6, 12; 2:1; Zech. 2:1, and (without the article) in 1 Chron. 21:1. It is with the scriptural revelation on the subject that we are here concerned; and it is clear, from this simple enumeration of passages, that it is to be sought in the New rather than in the Old Testament.It is especially remarkable that no power of spiritual influence, but only a power over outward circumstances, is attributed to him. Of the nature and original state of satan, little is revealed in Scripture. William Smith; revised and edited by F.N. and M.A. Peloubet, Smith’s Bible dictionary [computer file], electronic ed., Logos Library System, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson) 1997. |
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3 | Can Satin read our minds?Chaser. | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 138640 | ||
You seem to have good intelligence and good study skills. You also seem to have the ability to do critical analysis. So you should be able to figure out all of this by yourself. I commend you for recognizing that the Bible does not focus extensively on the person and work of Satan. You should also be commended for the insight that his influence in the Old Testament is pointed out and explained in the New Testament. With that, I am confident that you are able to do some searching and that by so doing you will be able to answer your own question. When it is all done, I trust you will be able to recognize and resist his influence. |
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