“Satan's Limitations”

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Thank you for the time and energy and effort it takes to keep this site up.  You are heaven-sent!  May the Lord bless each of you that do this for His will and keep you in peace and health and safety.  I would like to ask a question, please.  Can the devil read our minds?  Does he know our thoughts as God does?  Can he hear our prayers, even if we pray silently?  A lady testified in church last Sunday and said she prays silently at her nighttime prayer, so the devil could not hear what she had to say.  Can the devil read our minds, and do you have scripture to prove it, please?

Sincerely,
Not A Mind Reader

Dear Not A Mind Reader,

Satan cannot read your mind, but he can attack your mind.  The devil is exceptionally cunning and wiley (Eph 6:11).  He uses his trickery to deceive us, but he doesn’t know your inner thoughts.  On certain occasions, the devil has placed thoughts within minds (Jhn 13:2), but he cannot see into our hearts.  If the devil could read minds and hearts, he never would have wasted time tempting Jesus (Matt 4:1).

God is the only one to be noted to have the ability to see into our hearts (Acts 1:24) and read our minds (Lk 11:17).  Aside from God, the only one who knows your mind is you (1 Cor 2:11).  The devil may be very clever… but he doesn’t know the depths of your soul.

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