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Originally Posted by Trapped
Satan does not know our thoughts. He does not live in people, except maybe entering one at a time like Judas. He is a limited being. He is not omnipresent. The world is under his control because he has legions of his cronies everywhere.
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I would check with the Christians who seem to feel he is in our flesh, directs many thoughts, and all the world lies in this hand. So, really, if you think about it, Paul gets into what we were before salvation in Ephesians and talks quite plainly about the evil one in an overwhelming way. The fallen flesh of man is a large topic as well in the scripture. The influence of the evil one seems to be a lot more pervasive than one soul at a time!
My point being Jesus is the Christ, that overcame the world, and the evil one and was given by God all authority in heaven and earth. Given is the key word here. Paul prays that we see this