Report: Satan's world-wide convention

#1 · April 13, 1999, 8:28 am

Quote from Forum Archives on April 13, 1999, 8:28 am
Posted by: chetv <chetv@...>

Satan called a world-wide 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 them from reading their Bibles and 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 relationship 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 Savior and maintaining that vital connection
throughout their day!"

"How shall we do this?" shouted his angels. "Keep them busy in the
non-essentials of life and invent un-numbered schemes to occupy their
minds," he answered. "Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow,
borrow. Convince the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to
work 6 - 7 days a week, 10 - 12 hours a day, so they can afford their
lifestyles. Keep them from spending time with their children. As their
family fragments, soon, their home will offer no escape from the pressures
of work."

"Over stimulate 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, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their homes. And see
to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays non-biblical music
constantly. This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ."

"Fill their coffee table with magazines and newspapers. Pound their minds
with the news 24 hours a day. Invade their driving moments with billboards.
Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, sweepstakes, mail 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 to reflect on God's wonders. Send them to
amusement parks, sporting events, concerts, and movies 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 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.
How about this definition of busy:

B - being
U - under
S - satan's
Y - yoke

Posted by: chetv <chetv@...>

Satan called a world-wide 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 them from reading their Bibles and 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 relationship 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 Savior and maintaining that vital connection
throughout their day!"

"How shall we do this?" shouted his angels. "Keep them busy in the
non-essentials of life and invent un-numbered schemes to occupy their
minds," he answered. "Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow,
borrow. Convince the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to
work 6 - 7 days a week, 10 - 12 hours a day, so they can afford their
lifestyles. Keep them from spending time with their children. As their
family fragments, soon, their home will offer no escape from the pressures
of work."

"Over stimulate 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, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their homes. And see
to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays non-biblical music
constantly. This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ."

"Fill their coffee table with magazines and newspapers. Pound their minds
with the news 24 hours a day. Invade their driving moments with billboards.
Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, sweepstakes, mail 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 to reflect on God's wonders. Send them to
amusement parks, sporting events, concerts, and movies 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 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.
How about this definition of busy:

B - being
U - under
S - satan's
Y - yoke