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Simon DID NOT SPEAK FROM THE HEART!

Yes, he did. Jesus asked and Cephas answered.

Romans 10:10-11
King James Version

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

The Messiah did not say the Father "put the words in Simon's mind and lips. (which is your private interpretation) " but rather that the Father revealed it to him (ἀποκαλύπτω Definition: to uncover, reveal).

The analogy as to what and how Balaam's ass spoke is perfect.

an animal does not have a soul capable of free will, sin, faith and salvation
Balaam's ass did not believe as Peter did
Peter did not bray, he rebuked Jesus (which was his adversarial error) and spoke what was commonly believed by Jews about the Messiah. Perhaps he was brazen and puffed up, thinking he knew more than others, pontificating without wisdom, understanding, and knowledge.
If you look carefully at Numbers and the account of Balaam's ass, it reads that the LORD opened her mouth, not that he put his words in her mouth. It was a miracle yet the conversation was simple and led the errant prophet to see the sword awaiting him. None of that applied to Peter. Rather the Messiah rebuked him and called him an adversary (I assume Aramaic or Hebrew, but not Greek). It does not necessarily mean that "Peter had given over his intellect and lips for Satan's use" or was possessed by a demon as you seem to allude.

You asserted, "an animal does not have a soul capable of free will, sin, faith and salvation"

Catholic, every living creature has a soul, which is a behavior mechanism. What God gave humans is a spirit. Only humans descended from Adam gave a spirit.

The term 'the flesh', as in 'the spirit is willing butthe flesh is weak' is referring to the behavior mechanism of body and soul. Until one is born again, born from above, they have a spirit encrusted with sin due to being captured in the behavior mechanism inherited from Adam.

Once someone is born again, born from above, they have a spirit that GOD has separated from the behavior mechanism inherited from Adam.

Try seeing the spirit where you use the soul. Your Catholicism religion is fixated on the soul, the flesh. Your religion even has a huge myth of a purgatory where the flesh is purified through suffering (works anyone?) so it can go to Heaven. News flash: Jesus did not go to that cross to redeem your flesh, your behavior mechanism. He went to that cross to redeem the spirits we have inherited from Adam. And e has promised to one day, in the twinkling of an eye, give us a new body and new soul, fit for eternal life and functioning physically on a higher reality plane than we now occupy.

Quite a rationalization of what Levi wrote in his words that were inspired by the Holy Ghost to be in the common Greek, as the rest of the bremainder of the texts of the New Covenant also were.

The assessment of the words of Peter's pronouncement were quite obviously in the nature of Special Revelation, and when that was confirmed as a revelation not of Peter, but of The Father, then what I said about it is no longer arguable. I did not create the narrative, I merely pointed it out some of its feaatures for what they were.

When Jesus gave the lesser being Satan a direct command, it was he that had taken over Peter's will and was influencing Peter.Satan was in the presence of the Company, and Jesus addressing the issue confirmed that fact, which my comment was only made to draw the reader's attention to that unarguable fact.

I'm amazed that you have the gall to basically indicate what I wrote was a fib, and using an unsupportable fabrication to do it!

Again, I'm not wrangling with you any more over this matter.

an animal does not have a soul capable of free will, sin, faith and salvation

Are you SURE???

FREE KITTENS

A pretty little girl named Suzy was standing on the sidewalk in front of her home in Salt Lake City. Next to her was a basket containing a number of tiny creatures; in her hand was a sign announcing FREE KITTENS.

Suddenly a line of big black cars pulled up beside her. Out of the lead car stepped a tall, grinning man.

"Hi there little girl, I'm President Russell Nelson. What do you have in the basket?" he asked.

"Kittens," little Suzy said.

"How old are they?" asked Nelson.

Suzy replied, "They're so young, their eyes aren't even open yet."

"And what kind of kittens are they?"

"Mormons," answered Suzy with a smile.

Nelson was delighted. As soon as he returned to his car, he called his PR chief and told him about the little girl and the kittens.

Recognizing the perfect photo op, the two men agreed that the president should return the next day; and in front of the assembled media, have the girl talk about her discerning kittens.

So the next day, Suzy was again standing on the sidewalk with her basket of "FREE KITTENS," when another motorcade pulled up, this time followed by vans from Deseret News, The Ensign magazine and KSL.

Cameras and audio equipment were quickly set up, then Nelson got out of his limo and walked over to little Suzy.

"Hello, again," he said, "I'd love it if you would tell all my friends out there what kind of kittens you're giving away."

"Yes sir," Suzy said. "They're Christians."

Taken by surprise, the Living Prophet® stammered, "But... but... yesterday, you told me they were MORMONS."

Little Suzy smiled and said, "I know. But today, they have their eyes open"