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1 | Can the devil tune in to our thoughts? | Bible general Archive 3 | InGodITrust | 188227 | ||
WOS, Thankyou for your response. Please forgive me if you think I put God the Father in the same category as "other spiritual creations." I certainly did not intend that interpretation. My thought was "all spiritual beings," including the Trinity. I was very careful to simply convey thoughts I have had over many years about how spiritual beings, those of the Christian view, communicate and/or obtain knowledge of human activity. Personally, circumstances in my own life lead me to believe that demonic forces can read our thoughts. I have experienced what I thought to be misleading answers to prayer because I had prayed silently, in my heart, then, to have circumstances go contrary to what I thought "God" told me. I have since learned to trust God whole-heartedly in circumstances. I am fully convienced that only God has full and absolute control over circumstances. I do not put faith in what others, nor anything else, say or do, in them selves. I always know how God is leading by and through daily circumstances. Again, personally, I do think demonic forces can read our thoughts. I absolutely make no claim that it is supported through scripture,just as I already stated. I would rather error on the side of caution and take the assumptive postion that thoughts can be read or understood by the enemy than to assume the enemy can not. I believe it is safe to "make the assumption" that it is so rather than make an assumption they can not. I believe the wisest position is never to trust the carnal mind with it's thoughts or obviously thoughts that come and go. I see no harm in taking this postion then to assume satanic forces can not read our thoughts as that would be to fail "to safe guard this vital area." As a rule of thumb anytime scripture is not "absolutely clear," it is wise to take the safest course available. Hope this clarifies why I brought all this up.... InGodITrust |
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2 | Can the devil tune in to our thoughts? | Bible general Archive 3 | BradK | 188232 | ||
Hello IGT, Before this thread becomes nothing more than conjecture and speculation, might we appeal to and stand with what scripture says? You seem to contradict yourself several times in your post to WOS! If there is no scriptural basis to support your "personal thoughts" and "circumstances" why belabor the point? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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3 | Can the devil tune in to our thoughts? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 188238 | ||
Hi, Brad -- I've read through this thread this afternoon and conclude that your concerns about it becoming nothing more than conjecture and speculation are clearly justified. ....... The contributors to this thread -- and indeed to this Forum -- sorely need to remind themselves that this is a BIBLE study forum and not an opinion-sharing get together wherein anyone can lay Scripture aside and say whatever pops into his head about any subject that strikes his fancy ...... We all of us need to be reminded that this is a sola scriptura forum, meaning that it attaches no authority whatever to human opinion; but, on the contrary, relies upon the written word of God and that alone. Thus, human experiences, dreams, private revelations, hunches, opinions, conjectures, speculations, feelings, and such like, having nothing to do with the revealed truth of God and no genuine didactic value, are vigorously discouraged on SBF. ..... Let's follow the forum guidelines please. ..... Teaching what the word of God teaches is priceless. Expounding on human opinion is worthless. --Hank | ||||||
4 | Can the devil tune in to our thoughts? | Bible general Archive 3 | skccab | 188241 | ||
You're absolutely right, Hank. And I, for one, did go off on a tangent there. Many apologies. blessings cheri |
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