Temptation

Talks

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On one occasion, President Marion G. Romney declared, “I know that God lives. Through my own experiences I have come to know of his spirit and his power. I know also that Satan lives. I have detected his spirit and felt of his power” (“Satan- The Great Deceiver,” Ensign, June 1971,36). We are not used to hearing people “bear testimony” of Satan in a Latter-day Saint context. Nevertheless, there is a devil and he seeks to destroy our lives. (First Comes Love – Brinley/Ogletree 104-107)

Satan’s increasing influence in the world is allowed to provide an atmosphere in which to prove ourselves. While he causes havoc today, Satan’s final destiny was fixed by Jesus Christ through His Atonement and the Resurrection. The devil will not triumph. Even now he must operate within the bounds set by the Lord. He cannot take away any blessing that has been earned. He cannot alter character that has been woven from righteous decisions. He has no power to destroy the eternal bonds forged in a holy temple between a husband, wife, and children. He cannot quench true faith. He cannot take away your testimony. Yes, these things can be lost by succumbing to his temptations. But he has no power in and of himself to destroy them. (Richard G. Scott October 2010 conference) 

Always remember that God loves you and that Satan hates you.  Why would you listen to someone who hates you and works hard every day to ensure your misery and eternal damnation?

Church News week ending September 29, 2007 by John L. Hart

God’s plan does not contemplate rewards or punishments, as much as it contemplates consequences.  Truly a man will reap as he has sown.  The law of consequences suggests that often when we make a correct decision, we pay our price first and reap the reward later.  When we make an incorrect decision, we often reap our reward first, but pay our price later.”  Elder Callister said, “In general, the sinner is not the man who sets out in life to be wicked…the sinner is the man who cannot say no.”

 “I would rather stand with God and be judged by the world than to stand with the world and be judged by God.”

We are not punished for our sins, but by them. – Elbert Hubbard

Lucifer is real. He is subtle. He is convincing. He is powerful. … The devil knows where to tempt, where to put in his telling blows. He finds the vulnerable spot. …The adversary is subtle; he is cunning, he knows that he cannot induce good men and women immediately to do major evils so he moves slyly, whispering half-truths until he has his intended victims following him, and finally he clamps his chains upon them and fetters them tight, and then he laughs at their discomfiture and their misery” (Spencer W. Kimball, The Teachings of Spencer ‘W:- Kimball ed. Edward L. Kimball [1982], 151).