“Who are we going to believe in our search for happiness and well-being?” Will it be Satan, the author of all lies and deceit, whose single objective is to destroy us? Or are we going to believe a loving Heavenly Father, who is the source of all truth and happiness, whose sole objective is rewarding us with His eternal love and joy?” -Richard C. Edgley
I realized something–it’s been a major “aha” moment for me. I wonder if it rings true to you? Satan talks to us in first person. It’s a mind-blowing concept, even though it’s something we’ve always known. He is a master at deceiving us into thinking that our thoughts are all our own, and that we are broken beyond repair. At least that’s how I have always thought. But when you realize that Satan knows us better then we know ourselves, it makes sense that he can create these thoughts that genuinely seem to come from us. We are strangers in these human bodies of ours, cut off from our pre-mortal remembrance, blinded to all we have known about everything, including ourselves. Satan remembers though. He knows how to talk to us, in the first person, to confuse us and persuade us.
“The use of artificial lures to fool and catch a fish is an example of the way Lucifer often tempts, deceives, and tries to ensnare us.
Like the fly fisherman who knows that trout are driven by hunger, Lucifer knows our “hunger,” or weaknesses, and tempts us with counterfeit lures which, if taken, can cause us to be yanked from the stream of life into his unmerciful influence. And unlike a fly fisherman who catches and releases the fish unharmed back into the water, Lucifer will not voluntarily let go. His goal is to make his victims as miserable as he is.” -M. Russell Ballard
- Written by Shauna Shively
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