Tuesday, September 10, 2013

How Satan can be successful

In my last blog post, I talked about what Satan is trying to accomplish (which I think everyone should be very aware of in order to defend against it).  In this post, I will discuss how Satan is able to be successful.

I believe it comes down to two things:
1) that we can't remember our pre-mortal life
2) that we have physical bodies which have built-in self-destructive appetites

A verses from the Book of Mormon that support this:

"Wherefore, ... reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh" (see citation)

"...I would that ye should look to [Jesus Christ], and hearken unto his great commandments; and be faithful unto his words, and choose eternal life, according to the will of his Holy Spirit;
And not choose eternal death, according to the will of the flesh and the evil which is therein, which giveth the spirit of the devil power to captivate, to bring you down to hell, that he may reign over you in his own kingdom." (see citation)

In other words, our physical bodies are programmed with set of desires which contradicts the will of God, and therefore is in line with the will of Satan.  Therefore, Satan is able to tempt us.

This life, therefore, becomes an arena in which we attempt to gain mastery over our own bodies.

This is a very important concept to understand because it helps to clarify which behaviors are good and which are evil.

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