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The title of today's post is The Importance of Staying Alert.

Remember to stay alert and hold firmly to all you believe. Be mighty, full of courage.

1 Corinthians 1613, the Passion.

2.11, see that no advantage be taken of us by Satan,

or so that, excuse me, that no advantage be taken of us by Satan,

for we are not ignorant of his devices or schemes. The word ignorant in this verse is from the Greek word agnoeo, which means to be without knowledge or understanding. Our English word agnostic is

derived from it. Agnoeo. Agnostic. Technically, an agnostic is derived from it. Agnoel, agnostic.

Technically, an agnostic is not a person unsure of he or she believes in God, although we now use the word primarily in that way. An agnostic is a person who does not know or understand

regardless of the subject. We also get the words ignorant and ignore from the

same root. In this verse, we are urged not to ignore or be an agnostic without understanding

where the devil is concerned.

Schemes, don't be ignorant, are unaware of his schemes.

It's from the word noemah, which literally means thought.

The verse essentially says, don't be without understanding of the way Satan thinks or of what he's thinking or planning.

Noeima came to also mean plans, schemes, plots, devices, because these things are products of our thoughts. For greater insight, let's insert

these definitions into the verse. Don't be without understanding of the way your enemy thinks

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