Rightly Dividing Man: Spirit, Soul, and Bodymidst of any test or trial the devil would try to bring
against you so you can stay strong against his attacks.
This is how you keep your spirit strong as a
powerful defense against Satan. Well, how are you
going to get help for your mind, will, and emotions
then? By digging up your past? By getting someone to
pray for you? By getting someone to cast the devil out of
you? No, that's not going to help when the real problem
is that your mind and emotions just need to be renewed
with the Word of God.
It is a waste of time to try to cast the devil out of
someone whose real problem is an unrenewed mind.
Let's get back to the Word! Let's find out what the Word
has to say about the soul of man, especially the mind of
man where the attacks of Satan are most prevalent.
The Mind of Man
Actually, the Bible has a great deal to say about
man's mind. You begin to talk about the mind, and
some people think you're talking about Christian
Science. But God has given us specific instructions
about the mind and what man is supposed to do to keep
his mind strong so he can stand against Satan, the
enemy of his soul.
ISAIAH 26:3
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose MIND is stayed on thee: because he
trusteth in thee.
PHILIPPIANS 2:5
5 Let this MIND [attitude] be in you, which
was also in Christ Jesus.
PHILIPPIANS 4:6-8