“Casting down imaginations, and every
high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God.” 2 Corinthians 10:5
One
sphere of Satan’s operations is man’s thought life. He arouses imaginations
which must first be suppressed before we can bring our thoughts into captivity
to the obedience of Christ. We need to know what satanic temptation is. The
devil will inject into your mind a thought, a fancy, which appears to be your
own. Attracted by it, you accept and use it as though it were yours, though in
actual origin it is his.
Many sins
are first committed in the mind’s imagination. Many unpleasantnesses among
Christian brothers and sisters arise from fancies. As Martin Luther suggested,
“You cannot forbid a bird from flying over your head, but you can prevent it from
making a nest in your hair.” Refuse to let evil thoughts find a resting place
in you.
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