"Beware the Evil Behind Smiling Eyes"-that's the title of the talk I just read by Elder Anderson. He was speaking to the men in a priesthood sessions years ago, but I found many words of wisdom from that talk. Mainly, he spoke about how Satan is the master deceiver, and can make evil things seem appealing. Think about it-Satan doesn't have anything else to do in his life except watch and study people, and tempt them. He tries to figure each of us out, and figure out our weakest points and do everything he can to make them weaker.
Unlike Heavenly Father, who has always known our spirits and everything about us, weak and strong. He tries to help us become stronger. It's our choice whether we become stronger or weaker. But Satan can make things that will only harm us in the end seem like the easier thing to do. He can brush over, make up, blow up, or whatever he wants to do to something, to catch our attention.
It's been said in the scriptures many times- even the elect will be deceived. Evil is disguised so easily. There are so many forms of it. Evil is whatever takes us away from our Heavenly Father.
Elder Anderson touched on the point that the closer we draw to Christ, the greater his light is within us, and that light helps us see more clearly what is good and what is not. I think that's a perfect analogy, because Christ is often described as "the light of the world". He is the one who helps us become stronger, and better able to discern what is good and what is bad. Satan just makes everything fuzzier and more confusing. With Christ we have clarity. With Satan, we have nothing.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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