Posted by: thaishin | March 31, 2023

Can Satan put thoughts into our heads?

From Ask Pastor John on March 27, 2023 at http://www.desiringgod.org:

Pastor John Piper cited 3 instances of such:

John 13

And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him, -nkjv

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him; -kjv

And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, -nasb

The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. -niv

Acts 5

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? -nkjv

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? -kjv

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the [a]proceeds of the land? -nasb

Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? -niv

1 Chronicles 21

1Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel. -nkjv

1And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. -kjv

1Then Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to count Israel. -nasb

1Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. -niv

Quoting Pastor John:

“There’s no fine line between the thoughts that Satan put and the thoughts that we come up with, desires that Satan put and desires that we come up with, we don’t know how Satan interacts with our sinful nature to do his ugly work, but I think it is fair to say that our own sinfulness is like an invitation, like a welcome mat and it opens a door to Satan… “


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