Satan's Tactics to Destroy Believers

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Once upon a time... Satan called a cosmic convention of his wicked fallen hoards. They eagerly came from far and wide, from the four corners of the earth, to hear the bidding of the master Deceiver!

In his opening address to the countless millions of assembled wicked angels, the great Deceiver said these things.........

"We can't keep the Christians from going to church. We can't keep them from reading their Bibles and hearing and knowing the Truth of God. We can't even keep them from conservative values. But, we can do something else. We can do something most of them will never even realize until its too late.”

"We can keep them from forming an intimate, abiding experience in Christ. If they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them will be broken."

"So let them go to church, let them have their conservative lifestyles, but we will steal their time, so they can't gain that experience of deep connection with Jesus Christ."

"This is what I want you to do, my angels of darkness. Distract them from gaining a firm hold on their Savior and maintaining that vital connection throughout each and every day of their lives!"

"How shall we do this?", shouted his wicked angels.

“As we usually do... let’s go with the many powerful guises of FEAR”.... Satan said.

"Keep them busy in the nonessentials of life and invent unnumbered schemes to occupy their minds ", "all this will keep them from trusting and deeply loving one another", Satan boldly answered his evil minions. He then went on to outline his plan in much greater detail....

"Tempt them to spend, spend, spend... then, borrow, borrow, borrow. Convince the wives to go to work and the husbands to work 6 or 7 days a week, 10 to 12 hours a day, so they can afford their lifestyles. We’ll make their careers the most important thing in their lives... climbing the ladder of success. Keep them from spending time with their children. As their family fragments, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work."

"Over stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that quiet voice of conscience. Entice them to play the radio and CD player whenever they drive their cars; lure them to keep the TV, the DVD, & their CD's going constantly in their homes, from sunup to late night. And see to it that every store & restaurant in the world plays music constantly. This will jam their minds, distract their attention and disrupt their mental union with Christ. Fill their coffee tables with magazines & newspapers. Pound their minds with news 24 hours a day. Invade their driving moments with endless billboards. Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, sweepstakes offers, mail order catalogues, and every kind of newsletter and promotional offering, free products, services, all creating false hopes and dreams. They will dream grand things, lust for bigger houses, more stuff and live beyond their means. We’ll make high stress and anxiety seem like normal life.”

"Even in their recreation, lure them to be excessive. Always have them return from their vacations and recreation exhausted, disquieted and unprepared for the coming week. Don't let them enjoy simple things in God’s nature. Drive them to amusement parks, sporting events, concerts and movies instead.”

“And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, lure them into gossip and small talk so they will have troubled hearts and unsettled emotions. Use self-importance and pride to teach them to make rules and more rules in their congregations, creating an atmosphere of “man-knows-best” interpretations of God’s Word promoting a divisive spirit of legalism. Deceive them into believing that judging others by these legalistic standards is always for the good of God’s Kingdom. This will ruin their love for one another and spoil the spirit of acceptance and forgiveness of one another. Show them how to create programs and more programs to attract everyone to church. Teach them ways to soften the truth so the message appeals to everyone... water down the gospel of Jesus Christ, so it doesn’t seem all that important that changing one’s life is such a big deal."

"Let them be involved in soul-winning. But crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from Christ. Help them believe they can do it all! Soon they will be working in their own strength, not God’s power, sacrificing their health and family unity for the good of the cause. Get them involved in misdirection causes like politics, changing society, anything and everything that will make them feel like they’re working for God."

“All of these things will make them believe that moments of quiet and solitude when they might “pray” is nothing but unproductive time poorly spent. Lead them in a go-go, do-do lifestyle that promotes self first, their needs and interests always ahead of everything and everyone else.”

“They will become fearful... of failure... of not being involved... of not contributing... of not building... of not achieving.... of not accomplishing... of not enjoying all this world has to offer... WE my wicked minions... will be their source for filling their hearts with carnal desires... WE will control them and fill them with self-indulgence desires... time wasting pursuits, shallow things... the things of OUR world.”

“Our goal... fellow angels of darkness... is to help them store up treasures here on earth... not in heaven. That will take all their time and prevent them from ever being fully anchored in Christ.”

It was quite a convention. The countless millions of wicked angels, left the convention returning to the four corners of the earth to confuse, mislead and corrupt the minds and hearts of Christians.

Equipped with the power of fear in all its guises, Satan is causing Christians everywhere to live their lives in the fast lane, always busy, often overwhelmed.... rushing here and there, always frantic in their activities. No time for God... for worship... for fellowship... for study... for prayer. Always fearful of tomorrow.

Has the Devil been successful with his scheme in your life?

Only “You” can be the judge.