Can Satan Read our Minds and heart ?
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how did the devil know Peter and no other Apostle was to take over the leadership ?
Luke 22
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
John 21
Peter to lead the church when Jesus gone
14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Luke 22
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
John 21
Peter to lead the church when Jesus gone
14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
R
True Blain, But Satan has to ask God to temp us, to attack us. And God allows it sometimes to better our self in our faith. As a test sort of thing. Satan Cannot read our minds, But our Creator Can. God won't allow Satan to read our minds. If that is so? How come he has to temp us first? how come he has to seek our hearts to try again temp us to do wrong? Surely if he could read minds, he would therefore would waste time trying to get in your mind in the first place?, if you get my meaning.
If he had a direct path to your mind, he wouldn't waste time trying to get in to temp. So with that in mind, he cannot read minds.
If he had a direct path to your mind, he wouldn't waste time trying to get in to temp. So with that in mind, he cannot read minds.
Satan is a limited, fallen angel. He has no power but to tempt us.
"For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain." 1 Thess. 3:5
Satan is not omnipotent, omniscient or omnipresent. He can only be in one place at a time, and only do one thing, although he can send his minions, the demons to do his work of tempting. Satan, can, however, see things from the outside. Thus, if you are drinking, partying, etc, he sees disobedience and he will work with it to tempt you more.
"And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, [SUP]2 [/SUP]in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience." Eph. 2:1-2
Only God knows our hearts and minds.
“I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds." Jerm. 17:10
"for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything." 1 John 3:20
By the way, that heading "Peter to lead the church when Jesus gone " is just something added recently. Nor does Luke 22 predict the future. I was just listening to a sermon today that Peter always spoke first - something like 20 times when Jesus asked questions. I think any being (human or demonic!) could figure that Peter might be important from the way he acted.
Besides, Peter was not the leader of the church. Paul became the leader because of his evangelistic efforts. Peter just gave the speech at Pentecost and led in Jerusalem until the church was dispersed. Paul was much more influential and became the de facto leader, because of his missionary travels. Peter really drops out of the Bible after the conference in Jerusalem about whether Gentiles needed to be circumcised (Acts 15:2). He lost his leadership by siding with the Judiazers and other than Paul mentioning him a few times, and 1 Peter (2 Peter apparently is very different in style, and has more in common with Jude than 1 Peter), Peter stopped being a force very early in church history.
"For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain." 1 Thess. 3:5
Satan is not omnipotent, omniscient or omnipresent. He can only be in one place at a time, and only do one thing, although he can send his minions, the demons to do his work of tempting. Satan, can, however, see things from the outside. Thus, if you are drinking, partying, etc, he sees disobedience and he will work with it to tempt you more.
"And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, [SUP]2 [/SUP]in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience." Eph. 2:1-2
Only God knows our hearts and minds.
“I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds." Jerm. 17:10
"for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything." 1 John 3:20
By the way, that heading "Peter to lead the church when Jesus gone " is just something added recently. Nor does Luke 22 predict the future. I was just listening to a sermon today that Peter always spoke first - something like 20 times when Jesus asked questions. I think any being (human or demonic!) could figure that Peter might be important from the way he acted.
Besides, Peter was not the leader of the church. Paul became the leader because of his evangelistic efforts. Peter just gave the speech at Pentecost and led in Jerusalem until the church was dispersed. Paul was much more influential and became the de facto leader, because of his missionary travels. Peter really drops out of the Bible after the conference in Jerusalem about whether Gentiles needed to be circumcised (Acts 15:2). He lost his leadership by siding with the Judiazers and other than Paul mentioning him a few times, and 1 Peter (2 Peter apparently is very different in style, and has more in common with Jude than 1 Peter), Peter stopped being a force very early in church history.
He plays word games to see how you respond.
Cold reading is a series of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, mediums and illusionists to determine or express details about another person, often in order to convince them that the reader knows much more about a subject than they actually do.[SUP][1][/SUP] Without prior knowledge of a person, a practiced cold reader can still quickly obtain a great deal of information about the subject by analyzing the person's body language, age, clothing or fashion, hairstyle, gender, sexual orientation, religion, race or ethnicity, level of education, manner of speech, place of origin, etc. Cold readers commonly employ high probability guesses about the subject, quickly picking up on signals from their subjects as to whether their guesses are in the right direction or not, and then emphasizing and reinforcing any chance connections the subjects acknowledge while quickly moving on from missed guesses. Cold reading - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Matthew 4:3The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
Luke 4:13When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
James 1:14but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
Cold reading is a series of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, mediums and illusionists to determine or express details about another person, often in order to convince them that the reader knows much more about a subject than they actually do.[SUP][1][/SUP] Without prior knowledge of a person, a practiced cold reader can still quickly obtain a great deal of information about the subject by analyzing the person's body language, age, clothing or fashion, hairstyle, gender, sexual orientation, religion, race or ethnicity, level of education, manner of speech, place of origin, etc. Cold readers commonly employ high probability guesses about the subject, quickly picking up on signals from their subjects as to whether their guesses are in the right direction or not, and then emphasizing and reinforcing any chance connections the subjects acknowledge while quickly moving on from missed guesses. Cold reading - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Matthew 4:3The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
Luke 4:13When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
James 1:14but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
R
In the book of Job, you will hear about Satan having to ask God for permission concerning what he could do economic damage, family, health.
When we consider where this 'permission' comes from. think of it this way, every molecule in the universe, in a sense needs permission to do anything, because God is infinite in power. An infinite God can not allow anything to be done, without his permission. Therefore, for the Devil to exist, he needs, in a sense, God's permission.
When we consider where this 'permission' comes from. think of it this way, every molecule in the universe, in a sense needs permission to do anything, because God is infinite in power. An infinite God can not allow anything to be done, without his permission. Therefore, for the Devil to exist, he needs, in a sense, God's permission.
We know that Eve was deceived. 2 Cor. 11:3 says, "But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ." Also, 1 Tim. 2:14 says, "And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being quite deceived, fell into transgression.
Why did the devil tempt Eve and not Adam ?
Why did he use Deliah to get to Samson ?
Why did the devil tempt Eve and not Adam ?
Why did he use Deliah to get to Samson ?