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Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them [message #1947 is a reply to message #88]

Sun, 13 January 2013 11:55

rdwhitaker
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Being a late comer here, there is much on this forum to catch up with, and I am slowly getting around to it. I have enjoyed reading this thread.

A big red flag was raised for me, however, when I read the suggestion we should love Satan. I understand the reason behind this (love your enemy) but this is a very dangerous course to follow. Satan is waiting for every opportunity to twist and turn our thoughts, words and actions against our proper progress. Someone who tries to love Satan could very, very easily be turned away from their path of eternal progression. I view the word "enemy" as in "love your enemy," as referring to mortals. When it comes to Satan, I feel the best course is to avoid him and not tempt him to take advantage of our well meaning attitude. There are those who want to pity Satan, to have compassion on him, who think he has been given a bum rap just for fulfilling his assigned, eternal role. This is dangerous. The best course for us to follow during mortality is to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, might, mind, and soul. This does not leave much room for loving Satan. There may come a time when we have progressed enough that it may be given us to feel something other than enmity for Satan, but I doubt that time will occur during any of our mortal probation.

Ryan

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		By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Dragon on Thu, 01 July 2010 14:28
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Amonhi on Fri, 02 July 2010 15:11
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Dragon on Sun, 04 July 2010 14:18
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Elina on Mon, 05 July 2010 22:46
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Amonhi on Mon, 05 July 2010 23:25
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Rebecca on Tue, 06 July 2010 23:35
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Dragon on Sat, 10 July 2010 09:59
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Amonhi on Wed, 14 July 2010 20:49
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Dragon on Fri, 16 July 2010 08:56
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Amonhi on Fri, 16 July 2010 14:24
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Dragon on Sun, 15 July 2012 14:21
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Elliaison on Fri, 02 July 2010 16:13
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: zephyr on Fri, 25 May 2012 22:13
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Amonhi on Fri, 25 May 2012 22:57
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: JulesGP on Sat, 02 June 2012 00:12
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: mormonhah on Tue, 28 August 2012 18:35
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: zephyr on Tue, 28 August 2012 19:30
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: rdwhitaker on Thu, 24 January 2013 11:29
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: brrgilbert on Wed, 09 January 2013 15:50
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Denryu on Wed, 09 January 2013 16:23
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: brrgilbert on Wed, 09 January 2013 18:10
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Denryu on Wed, 09 January 2013 20:34
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: brrgilbert on Wed, 09 January 2013 21:23
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Denryu on Wed, 09 January 2013 21:52
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: brrgilbert on Thu, 10 January 2013 05:35
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: brrgilbert on Thu, 10 January 2013 15:46
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: JulesGP on Thu, 10 January 2013 17:56
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: brrgilbert on Fri, 11 January 2013 06:09
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: Denryu on Fri, 11 January 2013 09:01
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: rdwhitaker on Sun, 13 January 2013 11:55
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: JulesGP on Sun, 13 January 2013 12:25
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: brrgilbert on Wed, 23 January 2013 20:52
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: rdwhitaker on Tue, 22 January 2013 14:23
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: FreddyV on Wed, 23 January 2013 15:46
		Re: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them By: leejae on Fri, 22 November 2013 21:02

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