Often, people now believe if they think something it must be true.
The devil is placing evil thoughts in the minds of people to confuse, frustrate, and cause anger when nothing happened to foster these feelings.
Most people do not know the Lord, therefore, they do not understand the spiritual battle going on in their own mind. They have a feeling and determine that it was caused by someone else and then they proceed to vent the anger as though it was rational to do so.
The devil did this with Eve in the garden. He told her God was lying to her, making her disbelieve and disobey Him. His rules for Eve protected her but all she saw was that He was keeping something from her that she might want. The devil is doing the same thing today.
The world is exploding with irrational thinking because the minds of many are twisted up with lies from the devil. He is behind all the actions of the evil people, who seem completely out of control because they are out of control. The devil is working in their minds to make them believe things that are not true.
Ephesians 6:12
"12 For our struggle is not against [a]flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places."
This is what we are watching now in these end times, the completely irrational thinking and actions of those who have no defenses against the devil.
They think they are free from the influence of others but they are not free, they are in the worse bondage possible, under the control of an unseen enemy who is hell-bent on destroying them and anyone else he can influence them to destroy.
1 Peter 5:8 "Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walketh about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour."
How does someone stop the influence of the devil in their lives? There is only one way, that is to believe in Christ and His finished work on the cross for their sins while asking to be changed into a new creation by Him. Anyone who does this will be changed by Christ and will no longer be under the power of the devil.
1 John 4:3-5 "…3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time. 4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. 5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them."
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