Quote: I really appreciate all comments, thoughts, objections, constructive hecklings, testimonies. They help spur on deeper meditations and excursions into God's Word. I sincerely pray these writings are used by God to help the body of Christ be perfected in holiness.

I had a good laugh.

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Colin Murray

What is "Spiritual Plagiarism"? (please don't laugh)...

Dear Paul,

I had asked how I could better discern between the feelings or leadings of my soul and those of my spirit.

You wrote:
"...ask yourself this one question: will this experience help me gain victory over sin and walk before God with a greater sense of purity and holiness? This, I believe, is the ultimate litmus test test between soul and spirit."

Thank you for this and your other tips and thoughts.

I, too, have been following your blog "Understanding Mortification" and am finding it very helpful. May God help you continue and complete the book. I think it's good that you keep the portions as short as you have.

Using the "litmus test" - yes, it's feeding my spirit.
Thanks be to God.

Brother Paul,
Wanted you to know that your posts have been of an infinite value to understand morification in my own life.
May the Lord bless your desire for the publication of this work to the edification of the saints.

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Fifi

Quote from Paul:

"The loosening of the mind is indeed a habit. Spiritual forces wait to attack when they know the girding is down. Remember, they watch you. They don't know your thoughts, but they can observe your activity and listen to your speech and make inferential judgments based on what they find. Keep filling yourself with scripture. Keep notes on the activity of your mind. Don't let it wander aimlessly and indulge itself too heavily on worhtless subjects that will not strengthen your inner man. Keep yourself fortified."

"They ("spiritual forces") don't know your thoughts..."
For me as a Christian, I guess most of my sinning occurs in my thought-world (and not openly or blatantly). My thought-world seems to be the environment in which I spend most of my day.

Jesus condemns evil thoughts, as in, for instance:

"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."
Matthew 5:27-28

Do not the demons have access to this thought-world? Can't they manipulate or influence my thoughts?

Could someone help me to relevant Scriptures?

Thanks