ricky954 said:I know that the devil can plant suggestions in our mind. But can he read out thoughts?
I know we are to pray in spirit so that the devil can not hear our prayers. Can some one help me in this area.
ricky954 said:I know that the devil can plant suggestions in our mind. But can he read out thoughts?
I know we are to pray in spirit so that the devil can not hear our prayers. Can some one help me in this area.
If you operate in the "flesh" you are open to the devil as that is his playground it is not that he "reads minds" as much as he understands fleshly desires an uses them to "draw us out" of spirit into the flesh realm. This is why the word instructs us to "compare spiritual things with spiritual things and carnal with carnal" by taking our failings into the spiritual realm and giving it to God to handle we find victory over the enemy.ricky954 said:I know that the devil can plant suggestions in our mind. But can he read out thoughts?
I know we are to pray in spirit so that the devil can not hear our prayers. Can some one help me in this area.
Al said:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IF satan could read YOUR consious thoughts..you'd be in big trouble!
You yourself said; "The devil is definitely not all knowing-omniscient ~
You just contradicted your own thoughts by saying ;"but I still think it is possible that he can read our conscious thoughts).
What's the word conscious mean: ~CONSCIOUS~: Having an awareness of one's environment and one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts.
Well, you just stated satan can read your thoughts. And yet you stated he isnt omniscient..Let's see what OMNISCIENT means..humm....
OMNISCIENT: 1. One having total knowledge. ~ Well thats two contradictions you posted here.
I'd like to ask you, Do you know what you think you know..or are you just throwing glitter in the air?
Do you believe satan can read your thoughts or do you think he isnt omniscient..or what?
I guess you should have just given your OPINION on the topic, and not try to confuse yourself more than you were before..
GBU
al
evangeline said:As I said in an earlier post, I think it is possible that higher levels of evil spirits may be able to "read" our conscious thoughts, but only God can fully understand how those thoughts are laid down in our subconscious and how they affect us and motivate us.
Being omniscient means knowing EVERYTHING that there is to know about EVERYTHING which is impossible for the devil because, for one thing, he is not omnipresent, meaning he is limited in his location...so he can't be everywhere at once...so he can't know what's going on in another place. Also he is a created being. He is on a totally different level to the Father, Son or Holy Spirit who are infinite, all-powerful, all-present, all-knowing, etc.
Only God is omnipresent and omniscient, only God knows us better than we know ourselves.
Knowing our conscious thoughts doesn't make us omniscient, so how can you argue that it makes the devil omniscient.
Anyway, as I've said all along...it really doesn't matter one way or the other because the Holy Spirit living in us is much greater than any evil spirit, whether it can read your mind or not.
Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you! James 4:7
Lastly, I was very clear in stating it was only an opinion, not a belief, because the Bible is silent on this matter.