“Lest by any means, as the serpent
beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your thoughts should be corrupted from the simplicity
and the purity that is toward Christ.” 2 Corinthians 11:3
Before a
man can receive a new heart from God, he needs to have a change of mind. This
is what happens at conversion. Even after this, however, the believer’s mind is
not exempt from the assaults of Satan. The same apostle who affirmed that the
god of this world had blinded the minds of unbelievers was also concerned lest
Satan should deceive and corrupt the thoughts of those who had experienced this
change of mind.
In
deceiving Eve by his craftiness, Satan first put doubting thoughts into her
mind. At that time her heart was sinless. Yet she allowed her thoughts to be
distorted, so forfeiting her reason and spoiling her relationship with God. Let
us be careful of boasting about the sincerity of our hearts while being careless
concerning our thought-life. Transformation depends on the renewing of the
mind.
2 Corinthians 10:4-5
“For the weapons
of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy
strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the
knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ”
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