The Dark Principalities and Powers in the heavenly realms are able to oppress people via thoughts. Worse for the unsaved.
This is why the Apostle Paul said sing to yourself (Christians) hymns. Sometimes I’ll roll through several Christian songs when I’m feeling weary from battles.
I personally have seen those weak in the Faith coming up with all sorts of notions of things that aren’t happening. But then, initiate personal struggles resulting in arguments, etc.
They truly are vain imaginations as the Scripture calls it.
Thank you guys for the interesting dialogue.
Indeed, too many lost people who live by lies.
We can pray for them.
“The Dark Principalities and Powers in the heavenly realms are able to oppress people via thoughts. Worse for the unsaved.
This is why the Apostle Paul said sing to yourself (Christians) hymns. Sometimes I’ll roll through several Christian songs when I’m feeling weary from battles.
I personally have seen those weak in the Faith coming up with all sorts of notions of things that aren’t happening. But then, initiate personal struggles resulting in arguments, etc.”
Back in Biblical days, humans had no concept of computers. The human brain is, in essence, an organic computer that scientists still don’t know much about...or don’t know enough about. One thing I’ve read is that human thoughts are electrical synapses.
It’s all very complex, but I’m thinking that the fallen ones have the ability to “hack” our brain/computer and send evil thoughts to us. They seek to divide us, so they send “thoughts” that make us question or turn against those we love and against our fellow humans. The only way to really fight against it is to be aware of it and to be able to identify it when it happens. If you know what it is and where it’s coming from, you can consciously tune it out and ignore it. All Christians need to know this and practice that “tuning it out”.
A lot of folks just chalk it up to hormones, mood swings, etc... but some of it is, in actuality, coming from the dark side, literally. Hence, ...the phrase “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood” is from Ephesians 6:12 in the Bible. It emphasizes that our struggles are not merely physical, but also involve spiritual forces and wickedness. I have often considered that those people that are severely mentally ill are ones that have been most severely attacked by the evil ones and were too weak to resist or fight back as non-Christians.
King James Bible
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.