Can Satan read our thoughts?

[grace222]

I have heard that only God knows our thoughts, but does Satan?

I know he gives us bad thoughts but can he also read our thoughts?

Sometimes I am careful not to pray aloud because I know he can hear me and I am careful what I say too.

I'm not a bible scholar so can someone please help me with some scriptures in answering this question.

thanks so much!

[Candi770]

I don't know if you will find physical scripture for that but,,, God is omnipresent-meaning He can be everywhere at once and is able to read our thoughts, Satan wasn't created to be like that-he can give us seeds, just as well as God gives us seeds, it's up to us to not allow those seeds to be sown in our hearts, and to allow only God's seeds to grow.

We need to have a healthy understanding of God's power at work in us and our authority as a believer to realize that satan only has power we give up, so stand your ground. I know that satan can use the words that you can use fresh from the prayer closet-put that it funny, because he doesn't truely know what is yet to come from the Father. Don't give the devil any crdit for anything-in all things give Glory to God.

I believe we can hear the Lord, we hear our own spirit, we can hear our own flesh and we can hear the enemy. Our flesh and the enemy can sound very simular-because our flesh is at odds with our spirit man. The Lord will never bring condemnation, but the devil will. Our flesh will condemn us when we ask for forgiveness, we just have to receive forgiveness by faith and make our flesh line up with the word of God. The enemy only has as much ground and as much power as we give up. He will attempt to bring condemnation-but knowing it's not the Lord-we can rebuke him at the starting gate-and beat him at his game.

Sometime my flesh will have "wicked imaginations", but I confess that to the Lord and ask for forgiveness-and don't receive it to myself. The Holy Spirit/Lord/God will bring conviction-but in that will provide a way out with the Word and with Hope.

Blessings

candi

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Sometimes I am careful not to pray aloud because I know he can hear me and I am careful what I say too.

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[terter]

The enemy & his group have had several thousands to study humankind so it can seem like he can. He can give us thoughts - but we don't have to entertain them. That's when we switch to what's in The Word.

[patricia1]

No, but he hears what we say and has the blueprints on us so to speak. afterall He lived up there for I do not know how long....Don't let him trick you into thinking otherwise. Also our expressions are a dead give away...

[Openly Curious]

No, I personally do not think that Satan can read our minds. The devil is not all knowing for he is only a created being himself. It is God is who Omnipresent which is being everywhere at once. Satan on the other hand is not like God as he is not omnipresent nor has that power being limited to the air space in our world. Satan is the prince of the air right now according to the book of Ephesians but it does not say in scripture nowhere that Satan is the Creator of the entire universe does it? I believe he even got kicked out of heaven for his pride.

I just think if Satan had this so called mind reading ability that it would also extend to the mind of God and Satan wouldn't have had to approach the throne of God in the book of Job to accuse Job of wrong doing and thus got God's permission to try and tempt Job into not keeping his faith in God but Satan failed. So Satan don't look so all knowing to me in that story.

just my opinions

OC

[OneLight]

No. If he could, he would of known that Job would never betray God nor turn from Him. I do believe that he can see the condition of our spirit, being a spiritual being, and act accordingly. I have no scripture to base my belief on.

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[EricH]

Satain is not all knowing, but the degree to which he can know what we are thinking is not stated in the scriptures.

[Ddavid from NC]

He is not a mind reader but a skilled and deceptive adversary, who has a lot of practice with observing human nature. Criminologist can catch a crimminal because thatkind of behavior is pretty predictable, because they are always feeding personal lust and attempt to protect themselves from discovery. However the most unpredictable person is not a sinner but a Christian. He is torn between following the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the desire of depravity.

[Marnie]

If he can, he'll be MAD when he reads mine.