“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 he 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.
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