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NASB | 1 Peter 5:8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober [well balanced and self-disciplined], be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone to devour. |
Bible Question: Can Satan actually put(insert, plant)thoughts into our minds? or do evil thoughts come from within our own selves? |
Bible Answer: Hi heseeshisson, Satin is the father of lies, and he can influence us with his lies. But our thoughts are still our own -not his- and also he is not omnipresent, he can only be in one place at a time, so there is little chance that he is personally attacking an individual. He does have many minions however, who are more that willing to promulgate his lies, and spread his evil plans to influence us with his deception. So we must realize that there are evil forces around us. So remember to, "Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints," Eph 6:11-18 I pray this helps you. God bless John |