A sanctified heard is congnescent in understanding the importance of the soul. The soul is the main target of battle. If you stay in sin, and do not put yourself back into fellowship, then you are not letting God have your soul. If your wish is to keep Satan away from your soul, then it is of vital importance that you stay in fellowship with the Lord.
The sanctified heart also controls the tongue, and the tongue can either be a vessel of evil, or a vessel of good. If you stay in fellowship, and study God s Word, then your tongue will be a vessel of good. If you do NOT stay in fellowship, and do NOT study, your tongue can be a destructive tool of Satan, full of deceit and un-godliness. So watch carefully what comes from your mouth. For one doesn t realize how powerful the tongue can be. For God can hear your live thoughts, but Satan cannot. Satan waits and listens to every one of your words.
Your best defense for your soul and tongue, is the Whole Armor of God, which is the Truth, obtained and sustained through study. Truth gives us detrimental insight, and positive volition towards God, and in return will have a very positive effect on our daily lives. It is very important to know that at birth we become alive as a human being, but dead as a Spirit. Physical life goes into your God-created home, the Soul. God made man, and blew into him the breath of life. The Old Sinful Nature is NOT a part of that home.
Sin, Evil and Good make up the Old Sinful Nature. The Old Sin nature is the sovereign ruler. We must overcome this sovereign ruling nature in order to grow closer to God. Once again, and as always, the answer to get rid of that