Satan's Convention
Satan called a worldwide convention. In his opening
address to his evil angels, he said, "We can't keep the
Christians from going to church. We can't keep then from
reading their Bibles & knowing the truth. We can't even keep
them from conservative values.
"But we can do something else. We can keep them from forming
an intimate, abiding experience in Christ. If they gain that
connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken. So let
them go to church, let them have their conservative
lifestyles, but steal their time, so they can't gain that
experience in Jesus Christ. This is what I want you to do,
angels. Distract them from gaining hold of their Saviour and
maintaining that vital connection throughout their day!"
"How shall we do this?" shouted his angels.
"Keep them busy in the nonessentials of life and invent
unnumbered schemes to occupy their minds," he answered.
"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, 10-12 hrs a day, so they can afford
their lifestyles. Keep them from spending time with their
children. As their family fragments, soon, their homes will
offer no escape from the pressures of work.
"Overstimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that
still small voice. Entice them to play the radio or cassette
player whenever they drive, to keep the TV, the VCR, & their
CDs going constantly in their homes. And see to it that
every store and restaurant in the world plays music
constantly. This will jam their minds and break that union
with Christ.
"Fill their coffee tables with magazines & newspapers. Pound
their minds with the news 24 hrs. a day. Invade their
driving moments with order catalogues, and every kind of
newsletter and promotional offering, free products,
services, and false hopes."
"Even in their recreation, let them be excessive. Have them
return from their recreation exhausted, disquieted and
unprepared for the coming week. Don't let them go out in
nature. Send them to amusement parks, sporting events, and
concerts instead.
"And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, involve them
in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled
consciences and unsettled emotion."
"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. Soon they will be working in their own
strength, sacrificing their health and family unity for the
good of the cause."
It was quite a convention in the end.
And the evil angels went eagerly to their assignments
causing Christians everywhere to get busy, busy, busy and
rush here and there. Has the devil been successful at his
scheme? You be the judge.
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