"And many more such things did he say unto them, telling them that there could be no atonement made for the sins of men, but every man fared in this life according to the management of the creature; therefore every man prospered according to his genius, and that every man conquered according to his strength; and whatsoever a man did was no crime.
And thus he did preach unto them, leading away the hearts of many, causing them to lift up their heads in their wickedness, yea, leading away many women, and also men, to commit whoredoms--telling them that when a man was dead, that was the end thereof."
Alma 30:17-18
It's interesting that this was the tactic of the anti-Christ Korihor. By taking away people's hope in an afterlife and an eternal future, he sought to make them short-sighted and to give up any hope in making themselves, or the world around them, better. In verse 13 he calls it "a foolish and a vain hope." Maybe this tactic can be instructive for us, because we can see that one of the tactics of the adversary is to blind us to the truth of the future and cause us to lose hope in our ability to change and to progress.
Today, let's not fall into Korihor's spurious argument. Let's remember God's hand in our lives, guiding us and helping us even when things seem dark, and leading us, always, to something better, beyond all of this. What God has promised is real, and our faith in him is eternally justified. Let's spend some time in prayer and the scriptures today so that we maintain contact with the Spirit, and worldly arguments like this seem as false as they really are... and then let's go forward, trusting in God's plan and promises.
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