The Devil Goes After the Mind

The devil goes after the mind of people, if he can control the mind he can control everything else in a person's life.

Believers don't have to be controlled by the devil, we can be controlled by the Holy Spirit Who lives in us.

1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "…15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."

Acts 10:9-11 "…9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas 10 and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.…"

Does this passage in Acts encourage you? It sure does me, because Saul who became Paul, hated God's people, he was self righteous and demonstrated an attitude of superiority over the people of God. Does any of this sound familiar?

When I see what God did with Paul before he was born again, I get excited, thinking that he did it with me and can do it with my narcissists who need to become born again.