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Originally Posted by Trapped
I don't care if some Christians feel Satan is in our flesh. He is not.
Sin dwells in us. Satan doesn't.
Satan can influence our thoughts. But he doesn't know our thoughts.
All the world lies in his hand. But he's not everywhere in the world.
The fallen flesh is something different than "Satan living in people".
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Trapped, I agree with you that Satan does not live in people. I am not really up on Satan things or think about this topic and don't know how the spirit world operates. James has some things to say as does Peter. Jesus said you are of your father the devil. I don't think Satan runs to someone in Moscow and then over to another in Iran and then over to Mayor De Blasio n NY ( sorry, I couldn't resist that one) I would think that knowing how to influence someone would involve knowing their thoughts.
Now that I think of it a little more- where do I come up with a picture of Jesus knowing everyone's thoughts? I don't seem to formalize a clear picture of that being the case from scripture. Jesus knowing all thoughts of all people at the same time would definitely be an interesting study, maybe Ohio could fill me in on that one. I suspect he is speaking from situational things he read about in the gospels