Subject: Can Satin read our minds?Chaser. |
Bible Note: 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. |