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(Heb. 7, 18–25; Luke 21:37–22:8) Satan entered Judas and taught him how to betray the Lord: he agreed and betrayed. Satan entered because the door was open for him. Our inner being is always contained; The Lord Himself stands outside and knocks for it to be opened. How does it open? Sympathy, predisposition, consent. Whoever has all this leaning towards Satan, he enters into him; Whoever, on the contrary, has all this leaning towards the Lord, the Lord enters into him. That Satan enters, and not the Lord, man himself is to blame. Do not allow thoughts pleasing to Satan, do not sympathize with them, do not be influenced by them, and do not agree to them - Satan walks and walks around, and then moves away: after all, he has not been given power over anyone. If he takes possession of someone, it is because he gives himself into slavery. The beginning of all evil is thoughts. Do not allow evil thoughts and you will forever close the door of your soul to Satan. And if unkind thoughts come to you, what should you do? Without them there is no one in the world, and there is no sin here. Drive them away and it's all over; They will come again, drive them away again - and so on for the rest of your life. When you accept thoughts and begin to engage with them, it is not surprising that sympathy for them will appear; then they will become even more persistent. Sympathy will be followed by bad intentions, now for one or another bad deed. Vague intentions will then be determined by disposition towards one; choice, agreement and determination begin - that’s the sin inside! The door of the heart is wide open. As soon as agreement is formed, Satan jumps inside and begins to tyrannize. Then the poor soul, like a slave or like a beast of burden, is driven and exhausted in doing indecent things. If she had not allowed bad thoughts, nothing like this would have happened. You might be interested in: