OPPOSITION

 

"Satan would suck the life out of us. He, who cannot have the life that we are promised, would absorb us like a spider sucking the juice out of an insect. But we don't have to give in to any of his tactics. Whether he pretends his aims are noble; whether he tells us to follow him because our faith is just not realistic; whether he tells us our life or cause or hopes are foolish; whether he tries to frighten, pretending he has all the power on his side, he is lying.

"He says, "I have nothing for you but misery, and in exchange I want you to yield to me your peace of mind, your joy, and your inheritance in the kingdom of God."

- Maurine Jensen proctor, "On the Morrow I come Into the World", Meridian Magazine

HIS SEVEN LIES:

1. God doesn't want to hear from you. Not after you have ignored Him so long;

2. Because God loves you, your behaviour doesn't matter all that much; 

3. If you can't gain a testimony right away it must not be true;

4. Confessing your sins will only hurt the people you love. To spare them that pain, keep it secret.

5. The Church teachings are outdated.

6. You tried and tried but you are just not good enough. You'll never make it. 

7. God is asking too much of you. 

HIS THREE DOCTRINES:

1. No punishment for sin;

2. Nothing after death;

3. He does not exist.

HIS RATIONALISATIONS:

1. Just once won't hurt;

2. No one will know;

3. Everybody is doing it.

HIS VALUE SYSTEM:

1. Selfishness;

2. Self-indulgence;

3. Immediate gratification.

HIS SALES TECHNIQUES:

1. Pacifying;

2. Flattering;

3. Lullying.

(2 Nephi 28:21-22)

HIS WORLDLY ENTICEMENTS:

1. Power;

2. Popularity;

3. Praise.

HIS GOAL:

1. To steal our spiritual identity;

2. To kill our faith in God

3. To destroy our commitment to Christ

(John 10:10)

"And now....remember, remember, that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."

(Helaman 5:12)

"....the enemy is on the alert, and as the Savior said, the prince of this world cometh, but he hath no power over me." D&C 127:11; JST John 14:30

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Whole Armour by Celestial Heritage)