Can Demons read my mind? (Gen 3:1-7, et al.)

Sermon outline

1. Introduction to his classic Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis wrote (1942):
2. What are angels/demons?
   1. Created = finite (Gen 3:1, Col 1:15-16, heb 11:2)
   2. Spiritual Beings (Heb 1:14, Eph 6:12, Mt 8:16 et al)
   3. Intelligent (Gen 3)
   4. Powerful (Gen 19:1, 11, Luk 1:19, Ps 103:20)
3. How do Demons work?
   1. Communicate, twist, lie (Genesis 2:17, 3:1-7, Jn 8:44, 2Cor 10:5)
   2. Seek to sow unforgiveness (2Corinthians 2:10-11, Eph 4:32)
   3. Tempt for Spiritual Impersonating (Acts 5:3)
   4. Tempts to sexual infidelity (1Corinthians 7:5)
   5. Blind People to understanding the gospel (2Corinthians 4:4 , 10:3-5, Rom 12:2)
4. Can Demons read my mind?
   1. NO – since they are created and finite they don’t know a lot of things )Mk 13:32, 1Pet 1:12)
   2. NO – only God knows our inner thoughts (Gen 6:5, Ps 19:2-4)
   3. NO – They couldn’t relay King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream to the Magi. (Dan 2:27-28)
   4. Our Hope (1Pet 2:9)