Does Satan Know Your Thoughts?

[SpiritLedEd]

Um Ed Do you want to rephrase that last line?

It is wrong you know. :shock:

What do you base that claim on? Remember Jas 4:7 - "Resist the devil and he will flee from you."?

SLE

 

[El Hombre viejo]

What do you base that claim on? Remember Jas 4:7 - "Resist the devil and he will flee from you."?

SLE

Your statement that "Scripture knowledge and faith in its power will expose Satan's bluff and send him fleeing every time."is wrong.

One can have all the knowledge in the world and lose every battle.

I know that what you meant was "USING your knowledge of the Word...more succinctly... Using the Word in faith will send him fleeing every time."

I only corrected here because Satan is a legalist. Just like our laws, what is said, or written is what is enforced. If what is meant is different from what is said or written.... well guess what?

 

[Stickz]

pixie: Could God allow Satan to be in us. I think he was in Job and Simon Peter, wasn't he? I know that he is not omnipotent, but God could allow him to know our thoughts, for God's purpose, couldn't He. Just like with Job. Is there any scripture that says that satan could never know our thoughts. I have had some pretty demonic thoughts sometimes and I just don't believe that they come from me. Does anyone have any info on this? Can people become posessed by satan, if God so chooses? Thanksixie

I Kings 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; ( for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men; )

Proverbs 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

Matthew 12:44 Then he saith, I will return into the house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

Matthew 12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be unto this wicked generation.

Matthew 15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Matthew 15:20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIND.

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

I Corinthians 2:16 FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ.

Ephesians 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Ephesians 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

Colossians 1:21 And you that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

Colossians 1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreprovable in his sight:

Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

II Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Titus 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

I Peter 3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

I Samuel 16:14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from God troubled him.

Many of us wear our hearts on our sleeves. Even for people that don't talk much, I'm sure that Satan can observe them for a few hours/days and get a real good handle on what it is that they are thinking about.

If you could spiritually follow someone around, how long do you think it would take you to figure out what they are all about?

To answer the question, Can Satan read our thoughts, I'd have to say, yes. Even though I don't actually see the scripture that plainly states those words, I believe that it should be deduced from the scripture given.

I have thoughts sometimes too—don't know if they compare to your own—but when they occur ( and sometimes it's often ) I call on the Lord before they have time to take root. I don't know where you stand with God, but the struggle against my own flesh, sin, is an every day fight for me. It has been for some time now, and I don't expect that it will ever completely go away as long as I am in this body. Keep fighting, eventually it does become easier—or, maybe, you just get used to it. Either way, pray continually, and search the scriptures; God likes for us to want to spend time with Him.

Let me know if I can be of any further assistance.
I'll do what I can to help.

sunshine307: I'm sorry jiggyfly but I don't understand what you are trying to say when the question asked was "can a Christian be possessed by satan." That is the question I answered. The disciples who walked with Jesus weren't actually Christians as no-one could become a Christian until after Jesus death and resurrection, so therefore the Holy Spirit couldn't be in them.
I'm not following anyones theory - simply stating the Word of God.

Psalm 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Luke 1:13-15

Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

Luke 1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

Luke 2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.